There stands an old Victorian building on 35/2/A, Khudiram Bose Rd, Tala, near the Belgachia Metro station, which is often wrongly referred as “Belgachia Palace”. In fact, the actual name of the palatial building is “Dhurjati Dham”. At the advent of the 20th century, it was built by Martin Burn Company

Moving on northwards from Jorasanko along Chitpur Road (Rabindra Sarani), across the road from Lohia Matri Sadan, one will find a majestic building complete with an elegant clock adorning its crown. The building is popularly known as ‘Ghariwala Mullick Bari”. This magnificent mansion, situated at 279, Rabindra Sarani, was originally

The Ghosh family of  the Karatiya village in Hooghly, came to Pathurighata in Calcutta, at the time of Warren Hastings. Shri Khelat Chandra Ghosh was the son of Babu Deb Narayan Ghosh and the grandson of Babu Ramlochon Ghosh, a clerk under Lord Hastings. Khelat Chandra  was born in the

In the early 18th century Ramdulal Deb was one of the first Indians to make his riches under the British rule. He constructed his residential building “Ramdulal Niwas” at 67E, Beadon Street in North Calcutta, which is now a heritage venue. The brick-red building, situated near the present Beadon Street

Shobhabazar Rajbari, the palace of the Shobhabazar Royal Family, was built by Raja Nabakrishna Deb, who lost his father, Ramcharan Deb, early in life. When Ramcharan Deb was murdered by Maratha Bargis in the jungles of Midnapore, his widowed wife came back to their house at Gobindapur with her three sons

Built in 1835 by Raja Rajendra Mullick, The Marble Palace is situated at 46, Muktaram Babu Street, opposite Ram Mandir in Jorasanko area of Calcutta. The Mullick family of Chorbagan was founded by Ramakrishna Mullick, who made his fortune in business. In his childhood, Rajendra was adopted by Nilmani Mullick, a