Family of my Uncle (elder brother of my father), I can remember

 I stayed in my village twice, one before going to maternal uncle's house and secondly before coming to Calcutta. I didn't see Motilal samadder, my uncle (elder  brother of my father) who died earlier. I had heard from my mother that he was very dashing and pushing. Also he could make one to forget for which he had come to see him, specially any  Tax collector. I had also seen my elder cousin brother, Manasranjan who was not a good student and my father brought him to Calcutta along with us and deputed him to run a business opened for him of hardware small materials. But went again to the native village before partition for his treatment attacked with TB but died for depending on God and not on modern treatment.

I collected good number of photos and posted here, from the families  of Bardi and Sonada. Sonada came to Calcutta in 1949, after partition of India and stayed with us for some time till he had a separate establishment of his own with his mother. After a good number years, at the of my son's marriage in 2002, he came to my house to attend the marriage ceremony , disclosed the cause separation when my father was rudely shocked. It was due to the provocation of his mother in law, residing at that time in near college street, opposite to Vidyasagar College. .  

My great grand son (son of daughter of daughter of Bardi.

Sons and daughters of Bardi.

 died on thursday (16.7.15) at 8.30 am at Dhanbad.

Family Tree of Jogomaya (my mother) and Nilima (my wife)

My maternal grand father, I didn't see, had four daughters and one son. three of these daughters were married and one remained unmarried. She was of my age named Renu. I used to tease her when I went there to be admitted in class I in a primary school. My maternal uncle was reading in a high school there.
I stayed in my maternal uncle's house about one year. There was a Kali Bari with a big pond. Most of the villagers took drinking water from the pond. It was very clear.
My maternal uncle came to Calcutta after partition of India. He passed Matriculation Examination in his village and got admitted in B.Com in the night shift so that he work in a office. My father arranged for him an apprenticeship with some stipend in a farm so that he could continue his studies. A room in the ground floor of the building where we stayed was procured on rent to stay. After some time it was noticed that Renu (my masi) was attackede with Bone TB . She had to undergo treatment in a hospital R.G.Medical College near our house. I had to take her in my lap and put her in a pulled  Rickshaw for going to the hospital. My maternal grand mother died something like last   part of 1940s.
My maternal uncle did not stay long with us. He got a service in Indian Railway, took a rented house of his own and went there with his sister.
My maternal uncle ( Bishnupada bhattacharya)was also a patient of TB and undergoing treatment. He was attacked thrice. In the last chance I took him to a Kabiraji TB Hospital in Shyambazar where I had some source, some times in 1950s, he was cured and did not relapsed his TB any more. He, by dint of his labour, became accountant in Eastern Section of BNR. Later he was married and had a son        

Renu Masi was also married, became widow and living still now. She had a  daughter, married, and living along with her mother in Sonarpur, 24-Parganas (S).

The top portion only.

 Daughter of Renu Masi.

Family Tree - Ashtosh Samadder

Ashutosh Samadeder died in 1974 and was not able to see Amartya Samadder ( the  son of Radhikaranjan),  born after his death. He could build a house in Madhyamgram before his retirement and finished after his retirement with the money received from the office for his   long service there,  It was situated at a distance of  about 10 miles from Sealdah Station in Bangaon line in the district  of 24-Parganas (N). He had to forego all his ancestral property in Purapara due to partition of India. He was thinking that East Pakistan will not stay long and would soon join with India. When he decided to sell what he had, it was too late.  He shifted to his new building at Madhyamgram in about 1958.

 He had to bring the dependents of his father-in-law's family and his elder brother's family consisting of 3 ( widow mother-in-law, one brother in law, passed Matriculation Examination and one sister-in-law, almost same in age with myself )   and 3 ( widow sister-in-law [ boudi, called as Bouthan ], two nephews ) persons respectively. He already made his only niece ( Bordi), Nirmala, married after the death of his brother . At that time we were residing in a rented house at 23/D Shankari Tola Street, Cal-14. in one room on 2nd floor with a kitchen on 3rd floor. The water tap was at ground floor and we had to bring water from there to our room and kitchen for our requirements in cooking and drinking. On 2nd floor there was a supply of water direct from the  Ganges for toilet use only.

My father always resided in rented house in Central Calcutta bounded by Bowbazar Street, Dharmotala Street, Lower Circular Road and Wellington Street. Other than this house in Shankaritola Street I can remember without dates two other houses , one in Gokul Baral Street and the other in Mahendra Sircar Street.    

Only my younger sister, Dalu (younger by 10 yrs ) was born in Shankaritola Street.My father fetched all of us to our native village, Purapara, probably in 1939 before WWII  began and kept his family there upto 1942 before the birth of Dalu. who was born in 1943. My elder brother Kumudranjan was sent to one of his sister-in-laws house at Nagarkanda for studies after reaching there so that he did not lose any academic year.. My father arranged his family, my mother, elder sister, elder brother myself and one of my younger sister to live in Purapara.

We had four one storied Kutcha rooms with mud wall and tin at the top on all sides north, south east and west. The room in the west plinth was allotted for my aunt (Jyethima) and we were given to stay in the room on the north plinth. The rooms on the south and east plinths were  store rooms for paddy. My father came back to Calcutta for attending his office.  I stayed there for three years, one year in Purapara and two years in Kaulibera, my maternal uncle's house  as there was no school, even  a Primary one, in our village. I was shifted to my maternal uncle's house for being admitted in a primary school. But during this transfer I lost two academic years. 

In 1942 my father again brought us ( my mother, my elder sister, myself and one younger sister excepting my elder brother who was reading in Kandarpara.,My mother, my elder sister, myself and the younger sister came to Calcutta to stay in 23/D Shankaritola Street, Cal-14.          

Family Tree- 10 generations

The last person Arin is born in Sandiego, California, USA

Our ancestral Home was in Purapara, Faridpur (at present Bangladesh)

At present Faridpur District (Dhaka division) with an area of  2072.72 sq km, is bounded by Rajbari and Manikganj districts on the north, Gopalganj district on the south, Dhaka, Munshiganj and Madaripur districts on the east, Narail, Magura and Rajbari districts on the west. Once a subdivision, the original area of the district (estb. 1815) comprised what is today the Greater Faridpur region which includes the present day districts of Rajbari, Gopalgonj, Madaripur, Shariatpur and Faridpur. Once upon a time the region consisted mainly of depression based marshland. But the alluvial soil of the padma made the soil fertile. Average highest temperature 35.8°C and lowest 12.6°C; annual rainfall is 1546 mm. Main rivers are Padma, Old Kumar, Arial khan, Gorai, Chandana, Bhubanshwar and Lohartek; main depressions are Dhol Samudra, Beel Ramkeli, Shakuner Beel, Ghoradar Beel.

Faridpur district consists of 8 upazilas, 4 municipalities, 79 union parishads, 36 wards, 92 mahallas and 1859 villages. The upazilas are Faridpur sadar, Boalmari, Alfadanga, Madhukhali, Bhanga, Nagarkanda, char Bhadrasan and Sadarpur.

Historical events: In 1582 in the reign of Emperor Akbar, the province of Bengal was formed into 33 sarkars or financial sub-divisions, and Faridpur area appears to have been included within the sarkar of Muhammad Abud. During the Emperor Shah Jahan, these 

divisions were carried onto such an extent as to cause in a falling of the imperial revenue. In 1721 a new partition of the country was made the province of Bengal being formed into 13 large divisions (chaklas) instead of sarkars. In 1765 the financial administration of Faridpur, together with the rest of Bangal was captured by the English. British merchants cultivated Indigo on the banks of the rivers Garai, Madhumati, Barasia, Chandana, Kumar etc. The main kuthi (indigo headquarter) was located in Mirganj of Alfadangha upazila. The Indigo plantation met stiff local resistance like other parts of Bengal and in Faridpur it was led by Pir Dudu Miah

During the 1800s, Haji Shariatullah began the famous 'Faraizi' movement aimed at ending the persecution of Muslims by upper caste Hindu zamindars. Famous for its aristocratic zamindar families, the district was a focal point for political movements in Bengal during the rule of the British Empire. It produced some of the most prominent politicians and cultural figures of Bengal.

As of the 1991 Bangladesh census, Population 1714496; male 50.55%, female 49.45%; Muslim 88%, Hindu 11% Christian 0.7% and others 0.3%.

My father came to Calcutta in search of his fortune and thereby stayed there with occasional visit to his ancestral home. He got his education though he could not sit for any final examination but became strong in Mathematics, English, and Accountancy. He served in several position from Class IV and then became an Accountant of a English farm.