Ulpur

Ulpur is a village to the north of Golpalganj in Bangladesh. It was founded by the Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur family as seat of their Zamindari and Jagir called Shahpur.

Shahpur Pargana consisted of 27 maujas (village plus surrounding greens, farmlands, lakes, etc.) and a population of 30,200 in 1931 with Ulpur being the central village and seat of the Zamindari.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, born in 1933 in Ulpur, sculptor
Subrata Roy Chowdhury, human rights lawyer

References

Archaeological survey report of Greater Faridpur District (2017), by Md. Abul Hashem Miah, Nazimuddin Ahmad, Bangladesh. Dept. of Archaeology
Parichay: Vangaja Kayastha-ganer Samajika Ithisa saha Daksina Fardipurer Bil-pradeser Vivarna (1937), by Roy Chowdhury, Dinabandhu Calcutta
Marriage and Rank in Bengali Culture, A history of caste and clan in Middle-Period Bengal, Ronald B. Inden (1976), University of California Press, Berkeley

External links

[1] Indian princely states website
[2] Fotos of Ulpur
[3] Basu Roy Chowdhury of Ulpur webpage
[4]^[usurped] article on Sarbari Roy Chowdhury

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