GUWAHATI: Assam govt has set itself on a challenge mode to obtain an deserted three-storey house positioned at Kolkata's Golf Course Road from its present proprietor where the bard had lived and created his magic for approximately 40 many years.
The goal is to maintain the house quantity 77B in Kolkata's probably the most busiest places was from where the mythical Bhupen Hazarika came to be recognized to the world now stands frozen in time and uncared for. It was this house from where he gave the world most of his unforgettable and ordinary creations.
The legend had moved to this house in 1956, first as a tenant. He later bought the house in the 80's. Sometimes in mid-90's he shifted base to Mumbai by no means to return to the Golf Course Road house, which by then began to be known as Bhupenda's house. The deserted house once was frequented by greats in the likes of Hemanta Mukherjee, Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey.
It is not recognized for sure when the house was offered off. The present proprietor Sushil Kumar Dangi, a chartered accountant and a local of Rajsathan, claimed sooner than chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal's emissaries at a meeting in Kolkata on Wednesday that he was the owner several years again. But, others claim that the house was offered off to Dangi in a while sooner than Bhupenda died in November, 2011.
"Assam government expressed its desire to purchase Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's House at 77 Golf Course Tollygunge, Kolkata and convert it into a cultural centre," CM's media guide Hrishikesh Goswami who met Dangi told TOI.
"Dr Hazarika's house in Kolkata from where he created many of his master-pieces is also associated with the emotions of the people of Assam. Showing respect to the emotions of the people of Assam, the state government under the directions of the chief minister has taken initiative to claim the ownership of the house to make it a cultural centre," Goswami said adding that Dangi has replied definitely and confident to appear into the matter.
The state govt is determined to buy the house and is able to pay the existing proprietor handsomely. Sonowal is more likely to call on his West Bengal counterpart Mamta Banerjee for a joint effort to maintain Bhupenda's house.
The goal is to maintain the house quantity 77B in Kolkata's probably the most busiest places was from where the mythical Bhupen Hazarika came to be recognized to the world now stands frozen in time and uncared for. It was this house from where he gave the world most of his unforgettable and ordinary creations.
The legend had moved to this house in 1956, first as a tenant. He later bought the house in the 80's. Sometimes in mid-90's he shifted base to Mumbai by no means to return to the Golf Course Road house, which by then began to be known as Bhupenda's house. The deserted house once was frequented by greats in the likes of Hemanta Mukherjee, Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey.
It is not recognized for sure when the house was offered off. The present proprietor Sushil Kumar Dangi, a chartered accountant and a local of Rajsathan, claimed sooner than chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal's emissaries at a meeting in Kolkata on Wednesday that he was the owner several years again. But, others claim that the house was offered off to Dangi in a while sooner than Bhupenda died in November, 2011.
"Assam government expressed its desire to purchase Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's House at 77 Golf Course Tollygunge, Kolkata and convert it into a cultural centre," CM's media guide Hrishikesh Goswami who met Dangi told TOI.
"Dr Hazarika's house in Kolkata from where he created many of his master-pieces is also associated with the emotions of the people of Assam. Showing respect to the emotions of the people of Assam, the state government under the directions of the chief minister has taken initiative to claim the ownership of the house to make it a cultural centre," Goswami said adding that Dangi has replied definitely and confident to appear into the matter.
The state govt is determined to buy the house and is able to pay the existing proprietor handsomely. Sonowal is more likely to call on his West Bengal counterpart Mamta Banerjee for a joint effort to maintain Bhupenda's house.
Assam govt to buy Bhupen Hazarika's house
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