A brief survey on
the origin and Development of Devcote and its native culture and
resourcefulness
By-
Dr. Supam Mukherjee
Many scholars have played an important role to
establish a complete History of North Bengal. Modern process of history writing
and explanation of various resources have changed our interpretation of history many times. If
history is a ‘continuous process’ then it is also true that it’s an ‘unending
dialogue between the past and present’. Modern historians like to avoid
biased viewpoints, but in this context so many scholars made their work with the light
off past decision. So we failed to get answer of certain simple questions in
this context. In recent time Dr. Debabrata Malakar has tried to explain the different views of the local history and the importance of Harirampur,
Gangarampur,Patiram and the adjoining places.
Dr. Malakar also tried to discover the
real birth place of Mahakabi Kalidasa. I am not asking you to support these arguments but I would like to request the readers to rethink about the
history of this area.
Now the question is where was the exact birth place
of Mahakabi Kalidasa? I would like you to pay attention that why did Mallinath not
give his attention on Ritusanghar? Secondly what was the real connection with
the myth of Devi Saraswati and Kalidasa? Thirdly how did Kalidasa think of
tackling the very natural atmosphere and the setting of the locale?
From a combined research work of Indological and
Archeological studies, a modern view has been given by Dr. Malakar in claiming
Devcote, that is Gangarampur, was the ancient capital of Gour. From
where in the last half of the 11th century the Ram pala, son of
Mahipala-II shifted the capital from Devcote to Harirampur, a new capital city
known as Ramabati and Ramabati later on being occupied by Vijoy Sena the
founder of sena dynasty took its name as Vijaypur after the name of Vijoy Sena,
where the coronation of Laxman Sena was done as per indological record. During
the reign of Laxmansena it was named as Laxmanabati which invaded and
conquered by Bakhtiar Khilji in the year 1203 A.D. A concept of Nadia given by
Dr. Malakar means the new shining city like a new township today, which was built
by Rampala.
Hence, the newly Ramabati city built by Rampala has
its another name NADIANAGARI that is new shining city in a nutshell it is being
known now the Devcote (Gangarampur) was the first capital city of Gour and
Ramabati/ Laxmanabati( Harirampur) was the second capital city of Gour.
So once again I would like to request the readers to pay their attention in this particular area for the betterment of historical
researches and to establish the real history of our nation.
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Tourism, an association for conservation and tourism recently undertook
an initiative to develop Cross Border Tourism from India to Bangladesh.
For the same, it recently organised a trip to Paharpur, the UNESCO
declared World Heritage Site in Bangladesh. The aim of the trip was
conservation of heritage sites and to initiate peace between the two
countries through tourism. The trip was undertaken by Raj Basu, Vice
President, Help Tourism; Biplab Saha, CEO, Sun Tourism and Taifiq
Rahman, former Vice President, Tour Operators Association of Bengal
(TOAB) to check the feasibility of introducing Paharpur as a tourist
destination in India.
For the trip, they started from Siliguri (India) covering Chengrabandha, Burimari, Teesta Barrage, Rangpur and Joypurhat. They chose Joypurhat as the base, which is situated ten kms from Paharpur, due to its proximity to World Heritage Site (Paharpur, Bangladesh). During the trip they also met many local tourism stakeholders in Bangladesh and highlighted that the trip will create easy road connectivity between the World Heritage Sites: from Darjeeling to Paharpur to Dhaka, uniting the two North Bengal regions. Further, it will help in cross-border relations and peace. They also visited some other places in Bangladesh like Mahasthal, Akkelpur, Pagla Dewan, Dhamurhat, Jagdalvihar and Patharghata. According to Basu since the first trip was successful, they were planning to commence trips for tourists from the second week of December last year. | |||
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West Bengal to draw investments worth Rs 3560 crore for five tourism mega projects
- CATEGORY: MARKET
- PUBLISHED ON WEDNESDAY, 30 JANUARY 2013 13:47
Also looks at investment for hotels, skill development centres
SAYONI BHADURI – New Delhi
West Bengal is looking to develop five mega tourism projects and wishes to attract investments worth Rs 3560 crore, informed Vikram Sen, principal secretary, tourism, Government of West Bengal. These include a tourism hub in Gajoldoba on a 208 acre piece of land with investment opportunities worth Rs 1500 crore. The key focus here will be the 18 hole golf course. Kolkata will see the construction of a giant wheel, similar on the lines of London Eye. The total investment is pegged at Rs 800-1000 crore. Apart from the giant wheel, the project will include development of a floating jetty and other entertainment options at the location. The West Bengal state tourism department plans to promote Kunjanagar as an eco tourism hub with a focus on rural tourism, health and spa amenities. There are 90 acre of land available and a total investment of Rs 410 crore is expected. Another 90 acre land has been allotted in Sylee to promote tea tourism at an expected investment of Rs 350 crore. “There are 12 gardens in and around Sylee which can be promoted for tea tourism,” said Sen. The fifth mega project is to be developed in Jhadkhali. On an area of 99 acre and at a total investment of Rs 300 crore various tourism projects are available for the private sector to take up.
Apart from these mega projects, the tourism department is providing ready lands for four- and five-star hotel projects in Dhatura (14 acre), Henry Island (10 acre), Digha (seven acre), Bhaluka Beel (five acre), Salt Lake - Kolkata (three acre). Sen also informed that the tourism department is giving out land for skill development projects like hotel management institutes in Chalsa, Gajoldoba, Barjora, Darjeeling and Budge Budge; food craft institutes in Siliguri, Digha and Panchla; and culinary institutes in Salt Lake-Kolkata and Hooghly.
The state expects to process all bid approvals for these projects by or before August 2013. “As a matter of policy, the state government has decided to embark on the PPP model for all of these projects,” said Sen. The government will provide single window clearance, safety and security measures, etc. Elaborating on the single window clearance, Sen said that there is an online application that an applicant has to fill in and then based on the project requirements the tourism department will gain clearances from various requisite departments. The state is also providing incentives to projects less than Rs 50 crore like subsidy on fixed capital investments, subsidy in interest up to 50 per cent of the annual interest liability on the term loan, subsidies on quality improvement, incentives up to 60 per cent for EPF and ESI for employment generating projects, refund of 50 per cent on stamp duties regarding purchase or acquisition of land, waiver of electricity duty for a period of five years. For projects costing more than Rs 50 crore, apart from the mentioned benefits, the government will reimburse 75 per cent of VAT paid in the previous year provided in lieu of interest subsidy.
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