Tour: Tushbhandar Zamindar House at Lalmonirhat

The Dhaka Times Desk If you want to make use of your free time, you can visit the zamindar house of Lalmonirhat. Then you will know a lot about history.

About four hundred years ago, the zamindar Muraridev Ghoshal Bhattacharya established the zamindar bari of Tushbhandar in Kaliganj of Lalmonirhat district. It is said that in 1634 AD, during the reign of Maharaja Pran Narayan, Muraridev Ghoshal Bhattacharya came to Cooch Behar with a religious issue called Rasik Rai Vigraha from the twenty-four parganas district. At that time land was donated for religious purposes. Maharaja Pran Narayan Ghoshal donated 9 mauzas to Bhattacharya for performing idol worship. However, Ghosal Bhattacharya was a Brahmin, so he objected to the Maharaja's donation and proposed to the king to collect rent on the property. But the king demanded to take rice husk as tribute. That is why paddy husk was collected from the entire zamindari area and kept on the east side of the zamindari house to give to the king of Cooch Behar. From this incident this zamindar house came to be known as Tushbhandar zamindar house.

Another zamindar of this zamindar clan is Kali Prasad Roy Chowdhury. Kaliganj upazila has also been named after him. Almost four hundred years after its establishment in 1935, the historic reign of the Tushbhandar zamindar bari came to an end with the death of zamindar Girindra Mohan Roy Chowdhury.

How to go

There are various transport buses and intercity trains to reach Lalmonirhat from Dhaka. From Kamalapur railway station, Lalmoni Express train departs at 10:20 PM on 6 days except Friday. Hanif and Shah Ali Paribahan buses leave for Lalmonirhat daily from Gabtali and Kalyanpur.

The distance of Tushbhandar zamindar house from Lalmonirhat city is about 27 km. You can go to Tushbhandar Zamindar Bari located in Tushbhandar Union of Kaliganj Upazila from Lalmonirhat by various local transport.

where will you stay

For overnight stay in Kaliganj you will find standard residential hotels. Apart from this, among the standard residential hotels located in Lalmonirhat, the notable residential hotels are Hotel Shimanda Abashik, Khan Hotel, Hotel Guest, Hotel Masud, Hotel Retirement and Uttara Hotel.

where to eat

There are several food hotels and restaurants in Lalmonirhat, including Paradise, Shimonda Canteen, Palki, Palashi, New Shanti and Muktijoddha Hotel, where you can dine at your leisure.

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