Talk:Bardhaman Raj

Arbitrary heading
No, it should not be merged with Bardhaman district page. The topic is interesting on its own and is distinct from district statistics. It is about the famous zamindari family, an ancient one, of Bardhaman and is therefore of definite historic interest to researchers and general readers alike (from India and Bangladesh if not from elsewhere). At present it is not so much "confused" as skeletal. It needs to be improved and it needs more references which I hope it will get in time if it is allowed to stay on in Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.18.231.7 (talk) 10:55, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

This page lacks an introductury segment. I read through the 1st two parts yet to have no idea what this article is about. I stubled to the page via one of the front page, looking for information about a person mentioned in the article.

this article looks like the typical confused writeup on somebody's family history. It needs to be rewritten properly, or it needs to go. --dab (𒁳) 09:37, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

This article should not merged with the Histroy section of Burdwan district page. However the article needs a proper clean up. BengaliHindu (talk) 18:49, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

The page Burdwan (Zamindari) and this article are same. Both should be merged.Jethwarp (talk) 03:45, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

Article in bad shape
This article has nothing good in it. Its references says something and article says something else. Bardhaman dynasty ruled that area or they were zamindaar, its not clear. I will try to work on it. Kirtimaansyal (talk) 18:02, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Where are the references???
Ennoblement[edit] In 1657, during the rule of the mughal emperor Jahangir, Banku Bihari's son Abu Ray was appointed the officer in charge of revenue collection and of the maintenance of public order in two precincts (Rekabi Bazar and Mughultuli) of Burdwan district. He owed this appointment to his ability to supply the army passing through Burdwan with adequate provisions at short notice. The family continued to flourish in trade, and Abu Ray's son Babu Ray added further to the prestige of the family by acquiring large estates. He purchased Burdwan and three other estates from Ram Ray, an important Zamindar of the area. His grandson Krishnaram Ray, son of Ghanashyam Ray, obtained letters patent from Aurangzeb in 1689 A.D., recognizing him as Zamindar of these estates and extending to Burdwan and some other areas the offices already held by the family in Rekabi Bazar and Mughultuli. The family thus entered the ranks of the nobility. Krishnaram Ray was ordered to not realize any new taxes from the peasantry but to encourage cultivation and maintain law and order. The nazarana for the land was set at Rs. 200,000/-. Zamindars are not to be confused with Indian royalty. The "Mahrajas" of Burdwan were basically large rent collectors for the British having bought this privilege at auction during the Permanent Settlement of Bengal; they were never members of the Chamber of Princes and had no treaties with the British Government. The lands that they collected rents from were directly administered by Indian Civil Service officers who themselves were part of the Bengal Presidency and later the State of Bengal. Thus Raja and Maharaja were titles that in many cases such as here had no reference to sovereignty. Nor were the "Maharajas of Burdwan" aristocrats in any sense of the word. They, however were extremely wealthy businessmen.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHY EVERYONE IS PROJECTING ADMINISTRATORS AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.128.19 (talk) 05:23, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

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