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■ Timeframe: November 2022 to February 2023
Preservation of the ancestral house of revolutionary Ullaskar Dutta in Kalikachha village, Brahmanbaria district in Bangladesh. This house is now a heritage building of Bangladesh.
In November 2022, Ullaskar Dutta Academy initiated contacts with various civil society groups like Udichi Shilpo Goshthi of Bangladesh and other likeminded stakeholders to revive the memory of revolutionary Ullaskar Dutta, whose ancestral house is in Kalikachha Village in Brahmanbaria District of Bangladesh. The shared history resonated with the hearts and minds of the people in both the Bengals on either side. Ullaskar Dutta Academy constantly co-ordinated and directed this initiative from Kolkata base and culminated it into a big civil society movement inside Bangladesh.
On formation shared by Ullaskar Dutta Academy; rallies, human chain, long march, street meetings demanding preservation of Ullaskar Dutta’s century old ancestral house caught media attention across Bangladesh. Ullaskar Dutta Academy also worked with big names in Bangladesh media like The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, Ittefaq, News24, Jugantar and ATN News and the mass appeal grew. Finally, in February, 2023, Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Culture, Government of Bangladesh issued a Gazette to acquire the premises of revolutionary Ullaskar Dutta’s ancestral house and declared it a heritage building of Bangladesh under Section 10 of The Antiquities Act-1968 (Amendment Ordinance 1976).
My name is Shva Brata Dutta, a NRI (Australian) at he moment, but temporary living atLucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Shri Ullaskar Dutta was our late father’s (Shri Upendra Chandra Dutta) younger cousin brother. We went to Kalikachha, while we were very young. We visited Bangla Desh few times, were going to Kalikachha last winter but had to cancell due to delay at Kolkata to get the visa. Our father moved out of then Bengal to complete his studies at Banaras Hindu Unversity, finally secured a job in the Educatuon Department, retiring as the Dy. Director of Education of the U P Board.
I am 94 years old, retired Uran Designer, working with ACT Government as an Urban Designer. We (my rother and I) will try this year again to visit Kalikachha, if possible. Would like to keep in touch with your interestung research work.
Please advise how to donate for the worthy cause
With best regards – Shibu Dutta
https://ullaskar.ac/donate-now/
regards. subhra gupta
9831099011
Most imressive for me, ShibuDutta, of Kalikachha, born andbrought up in Uttar Pradesh, India. Our father was late Shree Upendra Chandra Dutta, Retired as Dy. Director of Education Board of Uttar Pradesh.
I and my younger brother hope to visit Kalijkachha later this year, everything going as per plan.
I am now an Auatralian citizon and my younger brother, Vivek Dutta, is an USA citizon. Presently I am in India.
It will an honour to visit the heritage house of Ukkaskar Dutta, our uncle, [Kaka}
sir please see your gmail. regards.
Its a good initiative of the activists. Revolutionist Ullaskar Dutta is very relevance and essential to study for us who are trying to achieve and protect our indigenous rights, culture and heritage of society.
thanks brother