Ulpur

Ulpur is a village to the north of Golpalganj in Bangladesh. It was founded by the Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur family as seat of their Zamindari and Jagir called Shahpur.

Shahpur Pargana consisted of 27 maujas (village plus surrounding greens, farmlands, lakes, etc.) and a population of 30,200 in 1931 with Ulpur being the central village and seat of the Zamindari.

Notable people

References

  • Archaeological survey report of Greater Faridpur District (2017), by Md. Abul Hashem Miah, Nazimuddin Ahmad, Bangladesh. Dept. of Archaeology
  • Parichay: Vangaja Kayastha-ganer Samajika Ithisa saha Daksina Fardipurer Bil-pradeser Vivarna (1937), by Roy Chowdhury, Dinabandhu Calcutta
  • Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture, A history of caste and clan in Middle-Period Bengal, Ronald B. Inden (1976), University of California Press, Berkeley
  • [1] Indian princely states website
  • [2] Fotos of Ulpur
  • [3] Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur webpage
  • [4] article on Sarbari Roy Chowdhury

23°04′N 89°50′E / 23.067°N 89.833°E / 23.067; 89.833

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.