#DoYouKnow Sudhir Kumar Sen, 19th century Bengali hero who introduced Bicycles to Indians?
India got its first bicycle in the 19th century.
According to historian David Arnold, around 35,000 bicycles were imported in India in 1910!
He started his first venture in 1909
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with a capital of Rs 400/- only. He imported bicycles & bicycle spare parts from Europe & sold them in India.
In order to encourage bicycle as a cheaper and convenient mode of transport, Sen began publishing a monthly magazine, Indian Cycle and Motor Journal, from 1917.
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He collaborated with the British cycle manufacturing establishment, Raleigh Bicycle Company.
In 1952, Sen Set up Sen-Raleigh bicycle manufacturing unit in Kanyapur, Asansol, #Bengal.
The vast modern factory with had the capacity to manufacture 2,00,000 cycles annually!
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Initially, the accessories and various components of the bicycles were imported from England and Germany but within a couple of years, manufacturing of these components began in the factory at Asansol.
The sturdy cycles gained huge popularity within a short time!
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He also imported other renowned bicycle brands like Humber, Robin Hood and popularized them in India.
Sen-Raleigh bicycles were also exported to different countries abroad!
Sen-Raleigh Company was the only player & ruled the bicycle market in India for many decades.
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Amid all this, on August 28, 1959, Sudhir Kumar Sen breathed his last while on a tour to Germany.
In 1975, the Central Government took over the management of the company and continued production under the brand name of Cycle Corporation of India Ltd.
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But by then the company was embroiled in a series of litigations that led to its closure in the 1990s.
Now the deserted factory, living quarters & playground – the entire township at Kanyapur off Asansol stands as a silent observer to the golden phase of industrialization
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***Thread on the demise of
Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa
on HIS 136th Death Anniversary***
Sri Ramakrishna died around 9-9.30pm on the night of August 15, 1886.
HIS disciples did not realize that and kept massaging his back till the wee hours.
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They then informed Physician Mahendralal Sarkar who arrived late next morning.
Realizing that Ramakrishna had passed away over 12 hours ago, he asked to get a photograph taken.
Photographers from Bengal Photo Studio arrived in the evening and only then was he cremated.
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HIS mortal body was taken to Cossipore burning ghat - popularly known as Ratanbabur Ghat - for cremation.
A group of 30-40 people, including Swami Vivekananda was present for creating ceremony.
Gopal Chandra Ghosh alias Buro Gopal, had signed HIS death register.
For decades our leaders felt the need for a distinctive symbol that could represent its nationalist objectives, to rally the millions of British-ruled peoples in the Indian subcontinent.
In 1921 a university lecturer named Pingali (or Pinglay) Venkayya presented a flag design to Gandhiji that consisted of the colours associated with the two principal religions, red for the Hindus & green for the Muslims.
To the centre of the horizontally divided flag, Lala Hans Raj Sondhi suggested the addition of the traditional spinning wheel, which was associated with Gandhi’s crusade to make Indians self-reliant by fabricating their own clothing from local fibres.
মামলা-মোকাদ্দমায় জর্জরিত। ভাটা পড়েছে জনপ্রিয়তায়। সে সময় ‘ইন্ডাস্ট্রি উত্তম কুমারকে’ এড়িয়ে চলছেন অনেক পরিচালক। সামনে মুখ খোলার ধৃষ্টতা কারোর নেই, কিন্তু হাবভাবে বুঝিয়ে দিচ্ছেন অনেকেই। মহানায়ক উত্তম কুমার সে আঁচ যে পাননি এমনটা নয়।
অভিসন্ধি করে অনেক পরিচিত মুখ তাঁকে সাইডলাইন করার চেষ্টা করছে। এটা তিনি ভালভাবেই বুঝতেন। এ দিকে হাসপাতালে ভর্তি সুপ্রিয়া দেবী। তাতে মন আরও ভারাক্রান্ত। তবে, নিয়ম করে চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন শুটিং। ২৩ জুলাই তেমনই একটি দিন ছিল।
সকাল সকাল স্নান সেরে পূজা-অর্চনা করে বেরোচ্ছেন শুটিংয়ে। তাঁর বেরনোর সময় প্রতিদিন দরজা সামনে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকতেন সুপ্রিয়া দেবী। যতক্ষণ না কর্তার গাড়ির শেষ চিহ্নটুকু মিলিয়ে যাচ্ছে, দরজার সামনে থেকে নড়তেন না। আজ সে দুয়ার শূন্য।