Dighapatia Raj (at times called Dighapatia Raj Paribar actually
Dighapatia Royal Family) was a zamindari in present day Rajshahi (Nator
Distric), which was controlled by this tradition of 7 eras of Rajas from
late seventeenth century till the mid-twentieth century; when the just
government took control after the end of the British Monarchy's standard in
India, in 1950, the East Pakistan government annulled privileged and the
zamindari framework in present day Bangladesh. The family was situated at the
Dighapatia Palace.
The family helped generally to the
advancement in instruction, framework and society of Rajshahi and North Bengal.
They were particularly well known for their liberality and open soul. The Rajas
constructed the Varendra Research Museum in addition to different organizations
of society and instruction. The Rajas of Dighapatia were situated at the
Dighapatia Palace. They got imperial titles and titles of honor from the Mughal
Empire, for example, Raja, Maharaja and Raja Bahadur and different titles from
the British Crown, for example, the Indian Orders of Knighthood.
History
:
The main Raja was Dayaram Roy who,
at an exceptionally youthful age, got the assistance from Raja Ramjivan Roy,
the first Raja of the Natore Raj family, and in the long run turned into his
dewan. Raja Dayaram headed the armed force of Raja Ramjivan in help of the
Nawab of Bengal in 1716 and toppled the insubordinate Raja Sitaram Beam, who
was a zamindar(and later ruler, or Raja) of neighboring Bhusna state. The sack
of Muhammadpur, Raja Sitaram's capital, later empowered him to eventually
establish the framework of the Dighapatia tradition. For his steadfastness, he
got vast tracts of area in Rajshahi and Jessore as stipends and later obtained
zamindari in Bogra and Mymensingh.
Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, who was the
nawab of Bengal under Head Aurangzeb gave on him the title of 'Rai-Raiyan' in
distinguishment of his administrations. At the point when the Earl Cornwallis
presented the Perpetual Settlement Act, a substantial number of the old
medieval rulers and zamindars made amid the time of the Nawab Murshid Quli Khan
couldn't meet area income principles and accordingly got to be defaulters.
Their homes were sold up to another class of rich rulers. The Dighapatia Raj
was one of the few leftovers of the old rotting 'jagirdars'. They were
energetically after European dress, wine, stallion race and different such
other outside allure of life. The royal western impact is reflected in their
castle building design as well as in their furniture and other inside designs.
Then again, amid certain formal events they wore lavish robes, jeweled turbans
and conveyed extremely valuable decorated swords in dainty casing tucked at
theirs waists, after the past designs of the Mughal honorability actually when
the Mughal line and their supreme principle had aded. Pran Nath Roy and Pramada
Nath Roy were a percentage of the essential zamindars of Dighapatia.
Structural
engineering:
The royal residence region involves
around 43 sections of land (170,000 m2) of area or around 25 bighas, encased
inside a canal and a high border divider. The domain likewise contains few
lakes and greenery. The front entryway doorway houses a forcing four-storied
pyramidal door with a clock tower. It is likewise contains an arrangement of
angled openings on three stories and two circlets flanking the clock on the top
story.
The "E" formed east-bound
exterior is over a 100 ft (30 m) long and has a noticeably projecting patio in
the inside. Also, two somewhat anticipating wings exist on both closures. The
veneer is enriched with flower plans in its plasterwork. An arrangement of
pointed trefoil angled openings give access to the building over a running
gallery in front. The parapet on the top is embellished with merlons. The
hemispherical vault with a sharp finial on spreads the focal anteroom.
The castle square houses nine
resting chambers, a durbar lobby, an eating corridor and a danceroom. The roof
of the durbar lobby is in excess of 25 feet (7.6 m) from the carpet and is much
higher than the flanking flats. The roof is beautified with painted botanical
theme in wood set in sounds. Despite the fact that the castle ground was
ravaged in different times ever, there are still some delightful bits of
relics, for example, the neo-traditional bronze Greek statues, bloom vases,
light fixtures, cut wooden bedstead and regal furniture. The primary hall
likewise shows two heavily clad knights.
The southern wing of the castle is
correspondingly outlined fit as a fiddle of an 'E'. There is a largegarden in
the front with a wellspring and a couple of life-size marble female models
placed at the four corner porticoes. An expansive verandah in front prompts a
huge anteroom and past, to an arrangement of condo. The top of the verandah is
carried on semi-Corinthian sections exchanged by trefoil curves. A back
verandah on the western end of the piece neglects a piece of the canal. The
lavatory is made completely of marble.
The 'Kumar Castle' (actually
Sovereign's Royal residence) found to the southeast, near the fundamental royal
residence compound is a two-storeyed building that houses four primary rooms
and a changing area on the upper carpet and an arrangement of lofts on the
ground floor. The little treasury lobby stands straightforwardly behind the
Kumar Royal residence. There likewise exists the single storeyed 'Rani Mahal'
(Monarch's Castle) to the south of the fundamental royal residence piece,
initially involved the unlimited sustained range of the castle. The guesthouse,
stables, the servants' quarters and so forth have all vanished with time and at
the fallout of the seismic tremor of 1897.
How
to Go:
It’s 230 km’s far from Dhaka city. You can use bus
also train to go there.
Fare of Transport: Tk.600 (AC Bus)
Tk.400 (Non AC Bus)
Tk.300-1500
(Train-depand on class)
N:B: Befor going you must get the permission from Distric
Commissionar Office.
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