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Golapbag (Golap=Rose; Bag=garden) was part of the royal palace of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Now it is a portion of the garden of the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

Burdwan or BARDHAMAN is about 100 km from Calcutta. It is an ancient town. It was known as PARTHENIS during the time of Alexander the Great, the famous Greek Emperor.Later, during Mughal periods it was called SHARIFABAD. Sulaiman Karnani founded the present town in 1567 AD. In 17th century SANGAM RAY came from Punjub to start a business here, his descendant KRISHNARAM RAY was declared RAJA (King) by the emperor Aurangzeb. This royal lineage was continued upto 1955.

ON EXPLORE : #475; NOV 22,2007

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