Sabarna Roychoudhury Clan of Uttarpara
Ratneshwar Roychoudhury, the younger brother of Bidyadhar Roychoudhury purchased a tract of land opposite Calcutta on the banks of the Hooghly river as desired by Kamdeva Brahmachari and established the town of Uttarpara in 1709. This town became famous due to its contribution to modernising Bengali society. The world famous Hungry generation (হাংরি আন্দোলন) movement in Bengali literature was started by the descendants of Ratneswar Roychoudhury; Malay Roy Choudhury and Samir Roychoudhury. Ratneshwar's Uttarpara mansion was known as Sabarna Villa. One of the recent descendant of Ratneswar Roychoudhury is Pratap Roychoudhury recently residing at Baidyabati with his wife Shibani Roychoudhury. One of the other descendants of Ratneswar Roychowdhuwy is Probhat Roychowdhury(younger brother of Pratap Roychoudhury), his son Pulak Roychowdhury and daughter Chaitali Roychowdhury. Probhat Roychowdhury married Rajlaxmi Chatterjee of Chandannagar whose forefather Surya Kumar Chatterjee had the Surya Kumar Chatterjee Street Of Bhabanipur named after him.
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