Bardhaman Raj Itibritta

Bardhaman Raj Itibritta, a comprehensive history of the erstwhile Burdwan Raj family, written originally in Bengali by Sri Nirod Baran Sarkar, Sahitya Vinod deserves acclamation, not as a history or a chronicle only, but as a treatise of authenticated documents. Besides being a factual narrative of the Brudwan Raj family around 350 years of their stay in Burdwan, the book is a credential to the development and growth of Burdwan as the hub of an exclusive culture. Sri Sarkar, my friend-philosopher, in his consistent effort over the years, has published on original documentation of the achievements and contribution of the Burdwan Raj family in fairly understandable language. According to the tradition the original founder of the house, was one Sangam Rai, a Khattri Kapur of Kotli in Lahore, who on his way back from a pilgrimage to Puri, being much taken with the advantages of Baikunthapur, a village near the town, settled there and devoted himself to commerce and money lending.