25-812: Chhatna is a village and a gram panchayat in the Chhatna CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal , India . According to the historian Binoy Ghosh , three places claimed to be the home of the medieval lyrical poet of Bengal, Chandidas – Chhatna in Bankura district, Nanoor in Birbhum district and Ketugram in Bardhaman district. The issue became more complicated with conflicting claims clouding
50-609: A circle of Indians writing in English around Purusottama Lal's Writers Workshop , a publishing house that went on to publish many of his works, some posthumously. As an academic McCutchion also took this phenomenon as his field. He became Professor, then Reader , in Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University in Calcutta after 1960, where he taught eighteenth-century French and English literature, and developed
75-407: A general course in arts. The College of Agriculture, Chhatna, an extended campus of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya , was started in 2015. Chhatna Chandidas Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 10 computers, a library with 3,072 books and a playground. Chhatna Basudev Bidyamandir
100-575: A period teaching in schools in southern France , he decided to travel out to India. In Jesus College his interest in the East had led to him being a keen member of the Tagore Society, a factor which must have drawn him to Bengal . He went out initially on a temporary six-month contract to teach English at Tagore's Visva-Bharati University , Santiniketan . Thereafter in Calcutta he mixed with
125-708: Is 441 km. State Highway 8 running from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) passes through Chhatna. Chhatna railway station is on the Kharagpur–Bankura–Adra line of South Eastern railway. Chhatna Chandidas Mahavidyalaya was established at Ghoramuli in 2007. It is affiliated to the University of Burdwan and offers honours courses in Bengali, English, history and sociology, and
150-417: Is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1972. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has 10 computers, a library with 315 books and a playground. Chhatna Basuli Balika Banipith is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1975. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has a library with 500 books. David J. McCutchion mentions
175-532: Is a basic governing institution in Indian villages. It is a political institution, acting as the cabinet of a village or group of villages. The Gram Sabha works as the general body of the Gram Panchayat. The members of the gram panchayat are elected directly by the people. The gram panchayat is headed by an elected President and Vice President, assisted by a Secretary who serves as the administrative head of
200-469: Is divided into wards, and people in each ward vote for their representative. These elected members, along with the president ( sarpanch ) and vice president, form the Gram Panchayat. The president (sarpanch) and vice president (upa-sarpanch) in a gram Panchayat are elected from among the elected ward members. the term of office for elected members in a Gram Panchayat, including the Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch,
225-499: Is typically five years. All people over the age of 18 who are residents of the territory of that village's Gram panchayat can vote. For women's empowerment and to encourage participation of women in the democratic process, the government of India has set some restrictions on Gram panchayat elections , reserving one-third of the seats for women, as well as reserving seats for scheduled castes and tribes . David McCutchion David McCutchion (12 August 1930 – 12 January 1972)
250-784: The Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the Chota Nagpur Plateau . The soil is laterite , red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but
275-625: The Birbhum-Bardhaman area. In Birbhum the deity worshipped was Bisalakshmi Devi. However, the name Basuli seems to have been derived from Bisalakshmi. Hamir Uttar Roy ruled from 1353 to 1404 AD. From the dates of composition of Srikrishnakirtan , it is evident that Chandidas lived during the rule of Hamir Uttar Roy. It is generally accepted that Baru Chandidas belonged to Chhatna. Chhatna is located at 23°18′06.3″N 86°58′57.8″E / 23.301750°N 86.982722°E / 23.301750; 86.982722 . The map alongside shows
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#1732801436673300-581: The Indian countryside that brought about his early and sudden death, a result of polio , in January 1972. A token of the affection he was held by those in Calcutta that knew him is evident in the tribute volume of recollections, David McCutchion: Shraddhanjali , and his correspondence with Purusottama Lal published soon after his death. In his last year McCutchion was a visiting lecturer at the University of Sussex where he introduced aspects of Indian culture to
325-743: The Vasuli temple at Chhatna as a pancha-ratna built in 1871. The temple of Basuli Devi, where Chandidas is believed to have worshipped, is now in ruins. Chhatna Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Chhatna, is the major government medical facility in the Chhatna CD block. There are primary health centres at Jorhia (with 10 beds), Salchura (Kamalpur) (with 2 beds), Jhantipahari (with 6 beds) and Bhagabanpur (with 6 beds). Chhatna Superspecialty Hospital has started functioning. [REDACTED] Susunia travel guide from Wikivoyage Gram panchayat Gram Panchayat ( transl. 'village council' )
350-452: The critical theme of Indian writing in English, starting with an essay of 1962: The Novel as Sastra , a study of Raja Rao . Around 1960 McCutchion met and developed an important friendship with Satyajit Ray based on a relaxed rapport. They both shared a taste for western baroque music . Ray asked him to help translate his film dialogue from Bengali into English, a task that helped inversely to increase McCutchion's command of Bengali. It
375-474: The first village where Gram Panchayat was established, on 2 October 1959. In 1992, the institution of Gram Panchayat was modified in order to deepen democracy. The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution re-introduced panchayats as the institutions of local self-governance, with a basic structure for operations at three administrative levels; villages, groups of villages and districts. Gram Panchayats are at
400-494: The historical scenario. Three persons associated with the name of Chandidas emerged and they have been identified separately with the prefix ‘Baru’, ‘Dwija’ and ‘Din’. In the 14th-15th century, Chhatna was the capital of a kingdom named Samantabhum . The feudatory ruling family of Samantabhum was established by Sankha Roy. According to local hearsay, two brothers, Chandidas and Devidas came from outside and settled in Chhatna under
425-402: The lowest level of Panchayat Raj institutions (PRIs), whose legal authority is the 73rd Constitutional Amendment of 1992, which is concerned with rural local governments. The Gram Panchayat is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a Ward Member or Commissioner, also referred to as a Panch or Panchayat Member, who is directly elected by the villagers. The Panchayat is chaired by
450-659: The panchayat. The president of a gram panchayat is known as a "Pradhan" or " Sarpanch " in Northern India . There are about 250,000 gram panchayats present in India. Established in various states of India, the Panchayat Raj system has three tiers: Zila Parishad , at the district level; Panchayat Samiti , at the block level; and Gram Panchayat, at the village level. Rajasthan was the first state to establish Gram Panchayat, Bagdari Village, Nagaur District being
475-435: The patronage of Hamir Uttar Roy, grandson of Sankha Roy. Devidas was appointed priest in the temple of Basuli Devi and Chandidas was a poet. In 1916, Basanta Ranjan Roy Bidvatballava of Beliatore found an unpublished manuscript of Chandidas, edited it and had it published under the title Srikrishnakirtan . Another factor in favour of Chhatna is the widespread worship of Basuli Devi in and around Chhatna, something not seen in
500-612: The president of the village, known as a Sarpanch . The term of the elected representatives is five years. The Secretary of the Panchayat is a non-elected representative, appointed by the state government, to oversee Panchayat activities. According to Section. 6 (3) of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act of 1994 , that state's gram sabha has to conduct a meeting at least twice a year. Gram Panchayat elections in India occur every five years. The village
525-596: The soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the Damodar River . It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. The headquarters of Chhatna CD block are located at Chhatna. Chhatna police station has jurisdiction over Chhatna CD block. The area covered
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#1732801436673550-532: Was acquired by the V & A with copies held by the 'International Centre for Study of Bengal Art (ICSBA)'. He also studied and collected the Bengali patua art, or scroll paintings of traditional artists, which developed out of the religious art surrounding the temples. This collection was later bequeathed to the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry. It was the arduous demands and hazards of tramping
575-414: Was an English -born academic, and a pioneer in a number of original strands of scholarship in Indian studies before his early death at age 41. Popularly known as "Davidbabu", in his short life, he made a major contribution to the study of Hindu terracotta and brick temples of Bengal and was also one of the first scholars to write a study of the emerging field of Indian writing in English. McCutchion
600-651: Was born in Coventry , England, and attended the red brick-built King Henry VIII Grammar School . While there it was bombed in a German raid and he was evacuated for a time. After the war he spent a year on national service in Singapore with the R.A.F. He went up to Cambridge in 1950 to read Modern Languages ( French and German ) at Jesus College . An interest in the East was whetted by his time in Malaya , and after
625-524: Was while on shooting location in Birbhum district for Abhijan in 1962, that McCutchion developed a fascination for the brick temples scattered across the Bengal landscape. Over the next decade they became a passion; of categorising, conservation and documentation, driving his use of photography as a recording device. His photographic collection amounting to some 20,000 images (colour slides and b/w prints)
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