Rabindra Complex
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According to Rabindranath's biographer Prasanta Kumar Paul's Rabindra Jiboni (The Life of Rabindranath), Rabindranath married Mrinalini Devi on 9 December 1883. His father-in-law Benimadhab Roy Choudhury, a landlord from Jessore, lived in Kolkata. His son Narendranath Roy Choudhury, better known as Felu Babu, would visit their lands in Dakkhindihi. Felu Babu's sons stayed at this building prior to partition. Before permanently moving to Kolkata in 1940, Felu Babu and his wife gave their property to a landlord named Bijankrishna Das as an exchange settlement. Naib Nabakumar Mustafi was in charge of the house and property. Bijankrishna Das left the county in 1965. Naib Mustafi's whereabouts are unknown. The house was taken over by others; 7 September 1995 the two-storey building was recovered from land grabbers. In 1995, the local administration took charge of the house and on 14 November of that year, the Rabindra Complex project was decided. Bangladesh Governments Department of Archeology has carried out the renovation work to make the house a museum titled 'Rabindra Complex' in 2011-12 fiscal year.[3][5][6]
The two-storey museum building has four rooms on the first floor and two rooms on the ground floor at present. The building has eight windows on the ground floor and 21 windows on the first floor. The height of the roof from the floor on the ground floor is 13 feet. There are seven doors, six windows and wall almirahs on the first floor. Over 500 books were kept in the library and all the rooms have been decorated with rare pictures of Rabindranath. Over 10,000 visitors come here every year to see the museum from different parts of the country and also from abroad, said Saifur Rahman, assistant director of the Department of Archeology in Khulna. A bust of Rabindranath Tagore is also there. Every year on 25-27 Baishakh (after the Bengali New Year Celebration), cultural programs are held here which lasts for three days.[5]
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- ^ "ঘুরে আসুন বিশ্বকবি রবীন্দ্রনাথের শ্বশুরবাড়ি,দক্ষিনডিহি থেকে।". 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b শ্বশুরবাড়ি দক্ষিণডিহি. Ei Samay (in Bengali). 4 June 2014.
- ^ মুখপাধ্যয়, প্রভাত কুমার. রবীন্দ্র জীবন (in Bengali). Vol. 1. p. 192.
- ^ a b "Rabindra museum draws huge crowd". The Independent. Dhaka. BSS. 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Khulna Rabindra Complex project gathering dust for 13 years". The Daily Star. 10 May 2008.