COOCH BIHAR PALACESORASOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF RAJBANSHI ABRORIGINES

Sunday, October 23, 2011

COOCH BIHAR PALACE

4:34 AM sora 1 comment

Idealised from the concept of classical European style of Italian Renaissance, this magnificent palace was built by the famous Koch king Maharaja Nripendra Narayan in 1887. Raised on a basement of 1.5 metres in height, this double storied brick building covers an area of 4768 square metres. It extends 120 metres from north to south and 90 metres from east to west. The frontal facade consists of a series of arches resting by an alternate arrangement of narrow and broad piers to contain single and double Corinthian pilasters respectively.

COOCH BIHAR Royal PALACE

A porch is projected in the center to provide main entrance to the building through the Durbar Hall. Recalling the memory of St. Peter's Church at Rome, the Durbar Hall is dodecagonal in shape, resting on four arches supported by massive Corinthian pilasters and projecting a lantern at the top. The intrados of the dome is relieved in stepped patterns and flanked by a small elegant balcony with twelve window openings at the base. In the center of the Durbar Hall, the marble floor contains the royal insignia in pietradura. The building contains more than fifty rooms/halls of varied dimensions which include the bedrooms, dressing rooms, billiard room, kitchen, dinning hall, dancing hall, library, toshakhana and the ladies gallery. Certain rooms deserve special attention for their beautiful paintings in the ceiling as well as in the interior wall surface.

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October 31, 2011 at 9:47 PM

My best and memorable place ever visited with SORA Team!!

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Introduction About Rajbanshis

SORA: Arun Rajbanshi/ Ghailadubba:-

During 1600 A.D, before the reign of king prithvi Narayan Shah Jhapa district was known as underdeveloped Kalapani. There was no any government facility provided to this area. The people living here had to struggle with the deadly diseases like Malaria, chicken pox, Dysentery, choleria, Tuberculosis etc. At that period Rajbanshi, Dhimal, Santhal, Tajpuriya, Meche, Gangai were the inhabitant residing in this area and among these ethnic people Rajbanshi were large in number. Rajbanshi peoples have their own ethnic identification. Rajbanshi ethnic group had a leading role in economic, linguistic, cultural and religious field. In society there were no any other non-indegenous tribes like brahamins, kshetris. The other tribe peoples use to come here temporarily for selling chile and use to go back again after few days because they were frightened of the fatal diseases. The peoples from outside use to believe that if they even point their finger towards this area their finger also may dacay by getting some sort of disease. There was one popular proverb at that time, “if you buy rice of one rupee in Jhapa you can live here for life time and that rice shall remain after the death also for cremenatory rituals.” At 2025 B.S United States of America organized Malaria Eradication programme in this area, then after this place turned into residential area. Because of which peoples from different places migrated here. All the land of this place was of indigenous peoples so the foreign migrants adopted different methods to confisticate the lands of simple, innocent and illiterate indigenous people who were unknown about their conspiracy. Even the government and the government officials took the agvantage of these indigenous people and exploited them by giving unnecessary punishment and also confisticated their land in the name of legal punishment. The case of exploitation by government took apex on 2021 B.S when the government decleared Land Reform Law according to which indigenous people were compelled to give their land to the government as the limitation of land ownership was only 28 bigha per individual. The captured land from indigenous people were distributed among non- indigenous people, foreign migrants, brahamins and kshtris and even the government officials made these lands in their own ownership but the landless peoples among indigenous group were not provided any land at that time. Before 2021 B.S ninty percent of Rajbanshi peoples were owner of more than 200 bighas of land per household but after 2021 B.S, Economic policy of Panchayat, 2046 B.S multiparty Democracy now hardly ten percent Rajbanshi peoples are owning some land. Now, again the government is planning to implement revolutionary land reform which is in totally non-beneficial to the indigenous people. The inhuman Jamindari system during 2007 B.S also turned the indigenous peoples to become poor because of immoral punishments of jamindars due to which the indigenous people were compelled to quit their land and move towards the safe place for livelihood.
Therefore Rajbanshi peoples are expecting proper Justice and Compensation for the exploitation of rights by the government.The Special rights with compensation and a secular state with selfdeciding rights to Rajbanshi people should be mentioned in the constitution of New Nepal. Also we are seeking support inorder to maintain prosperity and progress in our ethnicity from national and international organization for our rights.

Preserve Language,culture,tradition and Heritage!!

Organization Introduction

Social Organization Of Rajbanshi Aborigines (SORA) is a social service non-government organization. It is working for the support of socio-economic development of deprived and disadvantaged group of the Rajbanshi, indigenous and marginalized people of Nepal. It is mobilizing local resources and communities to implement community development activities which includes Health, Education, Women empowerment, supporting rehabilitation of the flood displaced families in the community, Income generating and Plantation program so far.

SORA has its active committee members and cooperative teamwork because of which it has gained good reputation and support by the people. The key committee members are Dr. Gautam Rajbanashi [ Doctor in Jhapa District, BDS BPKIHS, Dharan], Mr. Arun Rajbanshi ( Founder Principal of Arunodaya English Boarding School, Ghailadubba), Mr. Arjun Rajbanshi (Journalist and News leader of Pathivara FM, Damak), Mr. Atmaram Rajbanshi ( Journalist of Janasamsad Dainik, Kakarvitta), Ms.Renu Rajbanshi (Social worker), Ms. Kamala Rajbanshi (Social worker and Right activist), Mr. Govinda Rajbanshi (Teacher, MA TU), Mr. Bimal Rajbanshi ( Teacher, BBA TU), Mr. Keshav Rajbanshi (Businessman, Derbesha Morang.
Social Organization Of Rajbanshi Aborigines (SORA) has gained experience to work in community as it has honored the dignitaries of society who have done excellent work in preserving culture, language by providing them certificate of respect and has also a tradition to provide certificate of appreciation to the students who has secured high marks in SLC every year from Rajbanshi Community. It has presented the world First Miss Rajbanshi.

Email Address of SORA: sorarajbanshi@gmail.com
avayraj@yahoo.com
arunrajbanshi@hotmail.com
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/SORASocial-Organisation-of-Rajbanshi-Ab-origines

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Sunday, October 23, 2011