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Bhawanipur Gujarati Balmandir
Vidhyanjali High School more commonly known by its old name Shree Bhawanipur Gujarati Balmandir is a high school located at 20/1, Ram Mohan Dutta Road in Bhowanipur locality of Kolkata. History It was founded by the generous contributions from the Gujarati people, Gujarati speaking migrant community living in Calcutta with a view to teach Gujarati language based curriculum to their children. Among the founders were Himachand K. Shah, Himchandbhai Shah, Saudamaniben & others. Jayantilal Manishankar Ojha was also one of the founder trustee of the school.Diary of Golden Days at Jharia – A Memoir & History of Gurjar Kashtriya community of Kutch in Coalfields of Jharia – written by Natwarlal Devram Jethwa of Calcutta compiled by Raja Pawan Jethwa published in year 1998 in English pp:32- Amritlal Ojha (1890-1944) & Ojha family.and Section: Gujaratis in Kolkata. pp:xi - Rai Bahadur Himchand K. Shah, Jayantilal M. Ojha, Lira Raja Rathor, Lira Raja & other prominent Gujaratis living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
