Dutta Chaudhuri Chronicles
| Author | Hemotpaul Chaudhuri |
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| Country | United States of America (USA) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Ancestry |
| Published | 2022, California, USA |
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| ISBN | 979-8833432839 Search this book on  . |
Dutta Chaudhuri Chronicles (Bengali: দত্ত চৌধুরী বংশাবলি, IAST: Datta Chaudhuri Caranikalēsa) is an ancestry book authored by Hemotpaul Chaudhuri, a descendant of Andul Dutta Chaudhury Family, West Bengal, India.
About the Author
Hemotpaul was born in Calcutta in the year of 1944, during the infamous times when World War II was on, and the "Great Bengal Famine" was ravaging.
Hemotpaul moved with family to United States.There he worked for another 23 years. He retired in 2008.
Scope
The author has lived outside Bengal for most of his life,a large part of it in the United States which is now his home.
This book in English has updated the information provided in two older books Dutta Vansa Mala and "Amar Desher Kotha" by Atul Krishna Dutta Chaudhury, with the support of other referenced documents. It includes family tree charts covering about 27 generations.
Summary
Chronological history of the author's family can be traced back to the 10th century A.D. His earliest known ancestor, Purushottama Dutta, (https://archive.org/details/journey-of-the-dutta) was one of the five kayastha clans that migrated from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, to Bally in South-West Bengal. Five Brahmin clans were also part of this group invited by the legendary King Adisur. These ten families were requested to settle down in Bengal and assist him in strengthening his administration, as well as to re-establish the Vedic religion. In the 14th century A.D., Tekari Dutta 12th in line from Purushottama, moved from Bally to an area known at that time as the Muzaffarpur Pargana. He purchased a considerable amount of real estate to become the first zamindar of the region. This place located in present-day Howrah district later acquired several names like Chandul, Mohiary, and Andul. The Nawab awarded him the hereditary title of "Chaudhury". The "Andul" section in the book carries the full available ancestry of Krishnananda Dutta Chaudhury, Akshay Chandra Chaudhury and legendary actor Basanta Choudhury.
Sometime in the 16th century, Gobinda Sharan Dutta and Hari Sharan Dutta left Andul with their families because of disagreements with their elder brother Ram Sharan. Gobinda Sharan became the patriarch of the well-known Hatkhola Dutta family of Calcutta; a family well known for their eventual success in business, and for their devotion & philanthropy. This book has a separate "Hatkhola" section assigned for this branch of the author's ancestry, including the ancestry of Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Prabhabati Bose (Dutt). Hari Sharan apparently moved to a place south of Calcutta which he has identified in a separate section "Other Duttas".
Very few Dutta Chaudhury families continue to reside in Andul. New houses owned by others have sprung up where Purushottama Dutta's descendants once used to live.
See also
References
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