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Chitralekha talks about their family estate in Lamchor village in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh.

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Title as given by the source: Chitralekha talks about their family estate in Lamchor village in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh. This was a prominent zamindar or landowning family. On her father’s side of the family they were all scientists and educators, they had set up schools in the village, their house was like a boarding for students who were also trained in rifle shooting, because they would have to fight the British. Her father, Niranjan Chaudhury, was a member of the Anushilan Samiti. She said, later that training came to use during the communal riots of 1946. All around them there was killing, arson and looting, but their lives and property were saved. Chitralekha tells us how her mother went home to her in-laws after five years in Santiniketan and the house seemed like a hostel to her. Chitralekha also tells us how her mother’s original name was Nibhanoni but Rabindranath changed it to Chitranibha, because she was such a good painter. That is the name she came to be known by later.
Place: DhakaLocation is approximate — known to district level.
Date: Date unknown
Collection: The Travelling Archive
Persistent ID: BDMA-R-000451

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APA: Chitralekha talks about their family estate in Lamchor village in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh. This was a prominent zamindar or landowning family. On her father’s side of the family they were all scientists and educators, they had set up schools in the village, their house was like a boarding for students who were also trained in rifle shooting, because they would have to fight the British. Her father, Niranjan Chaudhury, was a member of the Anushilan Samiti. She said, later that training came to use during the communal riots of 1946. All around them there was killing, arson and looting, but their lives and property were saved. Chitralekha tells us how her mother went home to her in-laws after five years in Santiniketan and the house seemed like a hostel to her. Chitralekha also tells us how her mother’s original name was Nibhanoni but Rabindranath changed it to Chitranibha, because she was such a good painter. That is the name she came to be known by later.. (n.d.). The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000451 Original: https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/chitralekha-choudhury-disappeared-fresco/
Chicago: "Chitralekha talks about their family estate in Lamchor village in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh. This was a prominent zamindar or landowning family. On her father’s side of the family they were all scientists and educators, they had set up schools in the village, their house was like a boarding for students who were also trained in rifle shooting, because they would have to fight the British. Her father, Niranjan Chaudhury, was a member of the Anushilan Samiti. She said, later that training came to use during the communal riots of 1946. All around them there was killing, arson and looting, but their lives and property were saved. Chitralekha tells us how her mother went home to her in-laws after five years in Santiniketan and the house seemed like a hostel to her. Chitralekha also tells us how her mother’s original name was Nibhanoni but Rabindranath changed it to Chitranibha, because she was such a good painter. That is the name she came to be known by later.." Recorded in Dhaka. n.d. The Travelling Archive. Shurer Manchitra, BDMA-R-000451. https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000451. Original at https://www.thetravellingarchive.org/chitralekha-choudhury-disappeared-fresco/.
Persistent URL: https://shurer-manchitra.pages.dev/en/recordings/BDMA-R-000451

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