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Bharati Bhaban
was
also
started
in
1920,
initially
known
as
Hirapur
Indian
Association,
then
as Burnpur Indian
Association
and
finally
as Bharati Bhaban
in
1948.
Almost
anybody
who
has
made
a
mark
in
the
Bengali
cultural
arena
has
performed
at Bharati Bhaban.
City: Asansol
State: West
Bengal
Municipal
Corporation: Asansol
Municipal
Corporation
Vidhan
Sabha
constituency: Asansol
Dakshin
In
the
densely
forested
area
around
the
place
where
Burnpur
now
stands
was
a
small Santal hamlet
named
Hirapur,
in
Shergarh
pargana,
in
the
zemindari
of
the Raja
of
Panchkot.
That
was
long
before
the
arrival
of
the
British
in
India,
but
it
is
difficult
to
specify
how
long
back.
Manick
Chand
Thakur,
a
descendant
of Srinivas
Thakur,
a
direct
disciple
of Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu,
came
and
settled
in
Hirapur.
He
built
a
temple
of
Madan
Gopal,
on
a
piece
of
land
gifted
by
the
Raja
of
Panchkot,
sometime
towards
the
end
of
the
18th
century,
or
may
be
a
little
earlier.
The
temple
is
still
there.
In
the
early
British
era,
Hirapur
finds
a
place
in
the
list
of
villages
under
Asansol
police
station
and
served
by
Asansol
post
office,
in
the
village
directory
of
Burdwan
district
compiled
by
the
Post
Master
General
of
Bengal
in
1884.
The Bengal
Nagpur
Railway main
line
from
Nagpur
to Asansol,
on
the Howrah-Delhi
main
line,
was
opened
for
goods
traffic
on
1
February
1891. A
railway
station,
named
Narsinghbandh
came
up
on
that
line,
near
Hirapur.
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