MY MEMORIES OF MIDNAPORE - 266

         MY MEMORIES OF MIDNAPORE                                               ( MEDINIPUR )

Medinipur is very much in the news now because of Home Minister Amit Shah Ji visit to this place as a Launchpad for the 2021  Bengal Assembly Elections .

As i had mentioned in my earlier Blogs , My schooling was at Kharagpur and Medinipur which was then called as Midnapore was the District Headquarters of Kharagpur . The coverage of Amit Shah Ji s visit to this place and the elaborate arrangements for the same  has revived memories of my own many visits to this place .



SIDDESHWARI TEMPLE , MEDINIPUR 

Medinipur is at a distance of 20 Kms from Kharagpur and being the District Capital had a number of shops which were bigger than those at Kharagpur . I have made a number of visits to Midnapore with my Parents for shopping as well as the visit to the Siddeshwari Temple .

One such visit  which I remember was with Rama Rao , Our  Bungalow Peon assigned to my Father for the purchase of HAWKINS PRESSURE COOKER which had just made their appearance in Homes then and was advertised as available at BHOWMIK STORES AT MIDNAPORE .

One  other visit which I remember is the almost annual visit to the Kansabati River on the Kharagpur / Midnapore Rail Section by Railway Employees and Tamil Sangam Members . The Train used to  make  an Unscheduled stop near the Rail Bridge to ferry us To and From the River before and after the Picnic . A few Black and White Pictures of my Father in his Prime during one such visit is attached .
My Father sitting right extreme trying his hands at a card game 

Group Snap of all the Participants 


MIDNAPORE , SIDDESHWARI TEMPLE , RAMA RAO , HAWKINS PRESSURE COOKER  - PEASANT MEMORIES REVIVED 






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