Nostalgic Dwellings: Discovering Kolkata’s Vintage Residential Houses.

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29 Kailash Bose Street

House of Ukha Estate. Literary Kazi Nazrul Islam lived in this zamindar house with Shailjananda Mukhopadhyay, in 1917. The Burdwan-born Nazrul’s 52 years of stay in Kolkata started when the 49 Bengalee Regiment was disbanded in March 1920. After a brief stay at his friend Sailajananda Mukhopadhyay’s mess, he put up at the office of Bangiya Musalman Sahitya Samiti at 32 College Street. He changed his residence about 10times. At first he came to stay at 71 Kailash Bose Street to get admissioin military. It was the ye1917. Then in 1920, he came to stay at the mess of 20 Ramkanta Bose Street fora couple of days.The house is no longer there, instated, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College is there. Then Nazrul used to live at 32 College Street.

                                                           

6 Guruprasad Chowdhury Lane

Dr. Kadambini Ganguly's house. Kadambini Basu Gangopadhyay was born in Chandsi, Barisal, Upper Bengal in 1861. He got the experience of traveling to many places due to his father Brajkishor Bose's replacement job. Kadambini passed the entrance from Bethune School in 1878.She was the first woman in Bengal and India to pass the Calcutta University entrance examination. For him F. Bethune school. A class and later B. The class opened in 1883 with her and Chandramukhi Bose as the first Indian examinees from Bethune College.

46 Kailash Bose Street

The house right next to it is 23/ A 'Sashikana', the current house number is 48A. and where the first widow marriage is said to have taken place. As such, it is not unreasonable to assume that this house is number 22 Sukiya Street. By Radharaman Mitra In 1901, Upendrakishore Roy Chowdhury moved up from 38/1 Shivnarayan Das Lane and lived in this house. Under the eastern part of the house was Kambhik Press and on the second floor was the office and headquarters of Bharti Patrika. Upendrakishore's press was on the first floor of the western part. He lived with his family in the southern part. Leela Majumder wrote that he lived in two floors and three floors. Coming here, Upendrakishore named his business firm U Roy and Sons. It was from here that the message was published. According to Leela Devi, Upendra Kishore went to Garpara from here in 1914. However, Surma, Sukhalata, Punyalata, Shantilata and Sukumar Roy got married in this house.

 

50- A, 50B/ 1 Kailash Bose Street

Laha house Pranakrishna Laha's younger son Jayagovinda lived. He became a member of the Municipal Council, Sheriff of Calcutta and Honorary Magistrate of the undivided Twenty- four Parganas. His son Ambikacharan was also an Honorary Presidency Magistrate. Ambikacharan's two sons Satyacharan and Vimalacharan. Satyacharan was the leading ornithologist of Bengal. He has also written many books on this subject. Vimalacharan was the first to graduate in Pali. Bimalacharan, the author of many articles, was the editor of Bengal Past and Present. He was also a member of the Asiatic Society. Here once Vidyasagar Mahashay established the Metropolitan Institution. The establishment was also at this address in the "Directory" of 1878. Purnachandra de Kavyaratna Udbhatsagar wrote: Vidyasagar Mahashay's 'Metropolitan- College' and 'Law- Class' were just there where Laha- Babu's palace is located to the east of Swargat Rajakrishna Bandyopadhyay Mahashay's house adjacent to Sukiya Street. In 1886 I studied here in the law class.

Presidency boarding house

The one-time Astana of Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, 66, has a rice hotel on the ground floor of his house on Mahatma Gandhi Road. 'Presidency Boarding House, Established 1917' written on the board. It is known that the boarding house has jumped a couple of years ago. A few rooms on the second floor of the century-old house are lit. When asked which house Sharadindu Banerjee lived in, Sheikh Kasem Ali, who was in charge of house maintenance, pointed to the third floor - broken stairs, pitch darkness. There is no way to go.