Archive for February, 2010

Hetampur in West Bengal

These Birbhum towns are rich with landmarks from ancient Bengal. Birbhum’s oldest college, Krishnachandra College is at Hetampur. The college was formerly the Ranjan Palace of Raja Ramranjan Chakrabarty of Murshidabad.
Hetampur, Birsinghpur and Rajnagar have relics of the Hindu Rajas of Birbhum. The ruins of Raja Birsingh’s palace are at Birsingpur.These towns of Birbhum are [...]