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Shilaidaha
Kuthibadi
is
a
place
in
Kumarkhali
Upazila
of
Kushtia
District
in
Bangladesh.
The
place
is
famous
for
Kuthi
Bari;
a
country
house
made
by
Dwarkanath
Tagore.
Rabindranath
Tagore
lived
a
part
of
life
here
and
created
some
of
his
memorable
poems
while
living
here.
It
is
a
three
storied
building
constructed
with
brick,
timber,
corrugated
tin
sheets
etc.
The
building
is
pyramid
shaped
with
a
terrace.
The
total
area
of
the
compound
is
11
acres.
The
building
is
situated
on
right
in
the
middle
of
the
compound.
In
1890
Tagore
started
managing
their
family
estates
in
Shelaidaha.
He
stayed
there
for
over
a
decade
at
irregular
intervals
between
1891
and
1901.
It
is
a
country
house
built
by
the
father
of
Rabindranath,
Maharshi
Debendranath
Tagore.
The
house
was
repossessed
by
a
Bank;
the
Tagore
Estate
was
a
debtor
to
this
Bank,
who
auctioned
off
the
property
and
it
became
the
possession
of
the
Zamindar
of
Bhagyakul
(Munshiganj),
Roy
family.
The
house
was
part
of
Roy
Estate
till
the
Zamindari
system
was
abolished
under
the
East
Bengal
State
Acquisition
and
Tenancy
Act
of
1950.
Syed
Murtaza
Ali,
during
his
tenure
as
Divisional
Commissioner
of
Rajshahi
took
the
initiative
to
preserve
the
dilapidated
house
in
1958.
During
this
renovation,
the
color
of
the
house
was
inadvertently
changed
to
red
like
other
houses
belonged
to
the
former
Zamindars
of
the
district.
The
reformation
of
Kuthi
Bari
has
been
completed
under
the
Department
of
Archaeology,
Ministry
of
Cultural
Affairs.
It
now
serves
as
a
museum
named
'Tagore
Memorial
Museum'.
Many
of
the
objects
Tagore
used
are
displayed
here,
such
as
his
bed,
wardrobe,
iron
chest,
lawn
mower,
framed
pictures
and
last
but
not
the
least
his
houseboat.
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