|
Dharmatala
Dharmatala (archaic spelling Dharmotola) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after Lenin as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala. It is a busy commercial area that had come up with the growth of Calcutta during the British Raj and is thus one of the repositories of history in the city. Etymology Dharmatala means Holy Street. It is commonly held to derive its name from a large mosque which stood at the site of Cook and Company's livery stables. Some discern the name as a reference to dharma, one of the units of the Buddhist Trinity. There was a Buddhist temple at Janbazar, nearby. Tipu Sultan Mosque at the corner of Chowringhee Road and Dharmatala, was built in 1842, by Prince Gholam Mohammad, son of Tipu Sultan. Cotton, H.E.A., ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, pp. 248-50, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Bino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Kolkata
The Kolkata Tram System, is a tram system that serves Kolkata, the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, operated by West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) after Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) was merged with WBTC. Being started in 1873 Kolkata tram is the second oldest operating tram network in the world after trams in Turin, Turin (1871). Being electrified in 1902, Calcutta became the first Asian City with electric tramway. The Kolkata Tram is the only tram system operating now in India. With the help of periodic negligence, the Government of West Bengal (current operators) had formed systematic initiatives to suspend the entire tram network from the city and sell properties. However, an apolitical organization named Calcutta Tram Users Association (CTUA) was formed in 2016 to advocate in favor of Kolkata's tram system. The network initially had up to 37 lines in the 1960s, but has gradually reduced over the years with on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipu Sultan Mosque
The Tipu Sultan Mosque, officially known as the Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque, also known locally as the Tipu Sultan Masjid, and formerly known as the Dhurrumtollah Mosque, is a mosque located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. The mosque is named after Tipu Sultan, a famous ruler of Mysore. Located at 185 Dharamtalla Street, the mosque is renowned for its architectural and cultural heritage relics. Background Tipu Sultan was the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and well known as a scholar and poet. The Tipu Sultan Mosque was built in Calcutta (now Kolkata) by his 11th son, Prince Gholam Mohammed. His youngest son built this mosque in memory of his father, far away from Mysore, in Calcutta, due to family history. Tipu Sultan was engaged in a series of wars with the British East India Company, which had sought trade favours from the Sultan at first, and later tried to annex his Kingdom by military force. After the last war, with Tipu's death on the battlefield, and si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doms
The Doma (), also known as ''Dom'', ''Domra'', ''Domba'', ''Domaka'', ''Dombara'' and ''Dombari'', are castes, or groups, scattered across India. The Doma/Dom were a caste of drummers. According to Tantra scriptures, the Dom were engaged in the occupations of singing and playing music. Historically, they were considered an Untouchability, untouchable caste called the Dalit, Dalits and their traditional occupation was the disposal and cremation of dead bodies. The Doma were formerly classified as a Denotified Tribes, criminal tribe under the 1870s Criminal Tribes Acts of the British Raj. They are in the list of Scheduled caste for Reservation in India in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. Etymology Individuals who live by singing and music were referred to as Doma in Tantric scriptures. According to historian M.P Joshi, the word Duma is connected to the sound of a drum. Its presumed root, ''ḍom'', which is connected w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haris (caste)
The Hari is a scavenger caste of Indigenous peoples, indigenous origin found in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. The Haris numbered 390,619 in the 2001 census and were 2.1 per cent of the Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, scheduled caste population of West Bengal. 49.5 per cent of the Haris were literate – 61.6 per cent males and 36.8 per cent females were literate. References {{Scheduled Castes in West Bengal Bengali Hindu castes Scheduled Tribes of West Bengal Social groups of West Bengal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharmathakur
Dharmathakur (also called, Dharmaraj or simply Dharma) is a Hindu deities, Hindu deity of death and justice, worshipped by villagers in the traditional Rarh region in the present day Indian state of West Bengal as one of their special village gods (''Gramadevata, gram devata''). He is represented by a shapeless stone daubed with vermillion and is normally placed under a tree or placed in the open, but sometimes enshrined in a temple. The worship takes place in the months of Boishakh, Baisakh, Joishtho, Jaistha and Asharh, Asarh on the day of full moon and sometimes on the last day of Bhadro. Dharmaraj is worshipped mainly by the Bauris, Bauri, Bagdi (caste), Bagdi, Haris (caste), Hari, Doms, Dom etc. castes. A temple of Dharma stood in the Jaun Bazaar street in Calcutta during the late 19th century. Origins Dharmaraj has been linked with many gods such as Sun-god Surya, Varuna, Vishnu, Yama, Shiva and even with Buddhism. Fundamentally, it all started with the magical beliefs rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binoy Ghosh
Binoy Ghosh (14 June 1917 – 24 July 1980) was a journalist, sociologist, writer, literary critic and researcher. His ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'' won the Rabindra Puraskar in 1959.Sengupta, Subodh Chandra and Bose, Anjali (editors), 1976/1998, ''Sansad Bangali Charitabhidhan'' (Biographical dictionary) Vol I, , page 345, Formative years Binoy Ghosh, son of Biseswar Ghosh, who hailed from Jessore, now in Bangladesh, graduated from Asutosh College, Kolkata, and completed his post-graduation in Ancient Indian History and Anthropology from the University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c .... He worked as a journalist in the editorial departments of ''Forward'', ''Jugantar'', '' Dainik Basumati'' and ''Arani''. Writings In his writings in Bengali, Binoy Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan (, , ''Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu''; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799) commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery. He expanded the iron-cased Mysorean rockets and commissioned the military manual ''Fathul Mujahidin''. The economy of Mysore reached a zenith during his reign. He deployed rockets against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars, including the Battle of Pollilur (1780), Battle of Pollilur and Siege of Srirangapatna (1799), Siege of Srirangapatna. Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali used their French-trained army in alliance with the French in their struggle with the British, and in Mysore's struggles with other surrounding powers: against the Maratha Empire, Marathas, Sira, India, Sira, and rulers of Malabar (Northern Kerala), Malabar, Kodagu district, Kodagu, Keladi Nayaka Kingdom, Bednore, Carnatic regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib
Prince Sahibzada Sayyid Shareef Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Khan Sahib, (March 1795 in Srirangapatnam – 11 August 1872 in Tollygunge, Calcutta) was the youngest son of Tipu Sultan. Deported to Calcutta in 1806 along with the remainder of his family 7 years after the defeat and death of his father, he was eventually recognised by the Government of India as the official head of the family and successor to his father. Known as the last surviving son of Tipu Sultan and Knighted in 1870, he died 2 years later, aged 77, of dengue fever Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. Asymptomatic infections are uncommon, mild cases happen frequently; if symptoms appear, they typically begin 3 to 14 days after i .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sultan Sahib, Ghulam Muhammad History of Karnataka Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Indian knights 1795 births 1872 deaths Deaths from dengue feve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chowringhee Road
Chowringhee Road (also spelt ''Chourangi Road''), located in the Chowringhee neighbourhood of Kolkata, is the arterial road running from the eastern fringes of Esplanade southwards up to the crossing with Lower Circular Road (AJC Bose Road), in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is the single most important road of the metropolis of Kolkata. It was officially renamed as Jawaharlal Nehru Road after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister, but the original name Chowringhee Road is used commonly. History Arguably one of the first roads in the city, prior to the coming of the British, the road used to link the villages of Kalighat and Chowringhee. The village of Chowringhee was named after the hoary saint Chowranginath of the Nath sect of mystical Hinduism who had his 'dera' or camp over there, and the name stuck on in spite of the British rule and was changed after the independence of India The Indian independence movement was a series of historic e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janbazar
Janbazar is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family. Geography Janbazar is broadly spread across Ward Nos. 46 and 52 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The road from Chowringhee to Circular Road, about a mile long, was called Jan Bazar Road till the end of the 19th century. It was then renamed Corporation Street and was further renamed Surendranath Banerjee Road. In olden days, Kolkata streets had oil lamps. Then came the gas lamp and electricity. For sometime there was a tussle between gas lamps and electricity. In 1914, high-powered Keith lamps of 1,000 candle power were fixed on Corporation Street, and Chowringhee Road. Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation bore the cost to demonstrate the advantage of electricity. Janbazar is served by New Market Police Station of Kolkata Police. The police stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddhism And Christianity
There were links between Buddhism and the pre-Christian Mediterranean world, with Missionaries#Buddhist missions, Buddhist missionaries sent by Ashoka the Great, Emperor Ashoka of India to ancient Syria, Syria, ancient Egypt, Egypt and ancient Greece, Greece from 250 BC. Significant differences between the two religions include monotheism in Christianity and Buddhism's orientation towards nontheism (the lack of relevancy of the existence of a creator Deity) which runs counter to teachings about God in Christianity, and grace in Christianity against the rejection of interference with karma in Theravada Buddhism on. Some early Christians were aware of Buddhism which was practiced in both the Greco-Buddhism, Greek and Buddhism and the Roman world, Roman Empires in the pre-Christian period. The majority of modern Christian scholarship rejects any historical basis for the travels of Jesus to India or Tibet and has seen the attempts at parallel symbolism as cases of parallelomania whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
