Ananda Chandra Bhowal
Babu Ananda Chandra Bhowal | |
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| Born | 1878 Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India (today Bangladesh) |
| Died | 1972 Kolkata, India |
| Occupation | Politician, Social Reformer, Zamindar |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | British Raj, Partition of Bengal |
| Spouse | Kamini Devi |
| Children |
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Babu Ananda Chandra Bhowal, (better known as Anandra Chandra Bhowal) was Bengali Hindu aristrocrat Zamindar im the erstwhile Bengal Presidency.
Family[edit]
His father was a rich businessman of Ananda Chandra Bhowal was born in 1878 in the house of Jagabandhu Bhowal at the then Dhaka District. He was educated at home in his native village. From early childhood he witnessed Indian Nationalism Movement. He grew up within strict Hindu rituals as he was born in the Brahmin Barujibi Caste. Caste hierarchy was most common in those days. At around the age of 30, he married Kamini Devi.[Betel]] and cash crops, and a reputed Zamindar. Born and brought up in the Noiro Pukur Paar, village under the then Munshiganj Thana of Dhaka District. He had 5 sons and 1 Daughter.
Politics[edit]
He actively inspired young generations and participated in Anti-British Movement and he was inspired by. He was the Zamindar of villages like Kewar, Makahati, Dhamod, Noiro Pukur Paar, Ghashi Pukur Paar, Aldi, Bajroyogini, Ramsingh etc., with around 65,000 acre lands and a population 2000.
Partition of Bengal, Rise of Bangladesh and Immigration[edit]
East Bengal State Acquisition and Tenancy Act of 1950 led to the mass destruction of the Zamindari. The anti-Hindu genocide the early 50's left thousands of Hindus as immigrants to India. As a result, alongwith his villagers and family fled to West Bengal in October 1954 but agained returned in the early 60's. At last in the last sixties he took Indian citizenship and breathed till death in India.
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