Mahishya
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Mahishya is a Bengali Hindu traditionally agrarian caste, and formed the largest caste in undivided Bengal. Mahisyas were, and still are, an extremely heterogeneous caste, encompassing all possible cl
Rani Rashmoni, founder of the Dakshineswar Kali Temple in Calcutta, was born in a Mahishya family
Matangini Hazra
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Matangini Hazra was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement. She was leading one of the five batches of volunteers, constituted by the Samar Parisad, at Tamluk to
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…Midnapore and South Bengal as a whole. As a matter of fact, a majority of leaders and foot soldiers of the Quit India movement in Midnapore, such as Matangini Hazra, Satish Chandra Samanta and Sushil Kumar Dhara were Mahishyas. They had set up a parallel government Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk which ran for…
"Gandhi Buri" Matangini Hazra
Matangini Hazra on a stamp of India celebrating 60 years of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar
Statue of Hazra on the Maidan at Kolkata