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Mukherjee during his lifetime came to know so many boys, perhaps hundreds, but he took fancy of only two of them, the two brothers, Kamalaksha Bose and Alok Bose. He knew at his heart of hearts that only these two brothers, devoid of lust for fame, fortune, greed etc. would be his worthy successors and would be able to carry the mantle of his selfless work and would help maintain the legacy which he (Sushen Mukehrjee), throughout his lifetime held dearly so close to his heart. In pursuant to this compulsion he adopted the two brothers as his sons and installed them the true inheritors of the above property by one deed of conveyance. After the demise of respected Sushen Mukherjee, Kamalaksha Bose and Alok Bose took up the cajoles of running the activities of Amar Kutir with so much of dedication in a most selfless way, never believing in self-populist propaganda etc. The Bose brothers always kept themselves away from the limelight and shied away from the humdrums of populist self-trumpeting act for fame and so called honour. Out of passion or ideal one great soul founded one organisation but to veer it towards the rightful destiny needs yet an equally astute mind and a gigantic heart to reverberate one small creation into a much bigger centre for multifarious activities. They ran it from 1955 to 1978/ 1980. Ultimately, they had managed to help transfer this property to create an autonomous body known as Amar Kutir Society for Rural Development and gifted the property to this society. Thus it became a self-sufficient organisation which is benefiting the local population. Local people bring their merchandises such as needle works, leather handicrafts etc. local people bring their merchandises such as needle works, leather handicrafts etc. and sell them to the above society who in turn sell them to the tourists visiting the society or export them to foreign countries.
147:'well to do' members of society. Or else, he would travel to Bombay, Madras to find avenues of earning revenue for the establishment he so fondly founded in Amar Kutir. Thus he came across different shades of people. Bottom line being, that was how he learned the tricks and trades of waxing, cracking and printing, hitherto popularly known as Batik Print on fancy leather goods such as ladies' handbags, purses, brief-cases, side bags etc. He was the pioneer in this type of artifices trading and which, of course, he mastered through intermingling with traders visiting India from Malayasia, Indonesia in the late thirties and early forties. This itself is a history. During his years in prison Mukherjee met several revolutionary leaders, notably Moni Ganguly and Panna Lal Dasgupta. The prisons of British authorities were at that time hot beds of Marxist discussion and training. From 1938 when the British government relaxed its rules and started releasing many of the revolutionaries from prison, they started living and working in Amar Kutir. They were instrumental in organizing night classes and spreading Marxist ideas amongst the rural masses. When the Second World War broke out in 1939, many of the revolutionaries left Amar Kutir and were directly involved in organizing peasant movement in the villages. Many of them were active during the Quit India movement in 1942. Tarapada and Jata Majhi of Rupur Samaya Sadan died in police firing in a raid on Bolpur Railway Station conducted by thousands of people assembled by Amar Kutir.
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Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Ballav Bhai Patel et al., all those first ranked Indian Freedom fighters, he plunged himself into the freedom movement of India. He met Mahatma Gandhi, Subhas Bose et al. when the movement was at its zenith.
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was subsequently located around the same place in 1923. It carried on the craft training work started by Silpa
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printing, handloom and leather craft production.. So fortunately he found a place measuring 100 acres (0.40 km), around remotest area of
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861:Rampurhat I
695:Subbhabhumi
690:Rarh region
668:Territories
557:Mama Bhagne
522:Banalakshmi
74:Early years
63:West Bengal
47:Kopai River
1388:Categories
1368:Amar Kutir
1296:Sriniketan
1163:Mayureswar
1014:Mayurakshi
984:Bakreshwar
886:Nalhati II
876:Murarai II
700:Vajjabhumi
659:Suri Sadar
577:Poush Mela
502:Amar Kutir
214:References
168:Activities
128:Sriniketan
39:Amar Kutir
24:Amar Kutir
1168:Rampurhat
1133:Dubrajpur
1091:Rampurhat
1023:Transport
881:Nalhati I
871:Murarai I
823:Ilambazar
790:Khoyrasol
785:Dubrajpur
731:Rampurhat
721:Dubrajpur
680:Kajangala
654:Rampurhat
552:Kajangala
207:Jun. 2014
189:markets.
130:in 1922.
1363:Tinpahar
1215:See also
1206:Rajnagar
1158:Sainthia
1096:Sainthia
1081:Muararai
994:Brahmani
795:Rajnagar
780:Sainthia
736:Sainthia
618:Bengalis
336:26 March
303:26 March
277:26 March
250:26 March
1183:Murarai
1178:Nalhati
1112:Birbhum
1086:Rajgram
989:Bansloi
775:Suri II
726:Nalhati
490:General
381:5 March
69:History
1173:Hansan
1153:Labpur
1148:Nanoor
1143:Bolpur
1117:Bolpur
1076:Chatra
1004:Hinglo
999:Dwarka
972:Rivers
833:Nanoor
828:Labpur
770:Suri I
753:blocks
716:Bolpur
649:Bolpur
601:People
484:topics
174:kantha
1009:Kopai
675:Gauda
613:Bagdi
608:Bauri
542:Gajan
497:Alkap
244:(PDF)
237:(PDF)
182:shola
178:batik
59:state
22:Some
1138:Suri
979:Ajay
741:Suri
628:Hari
527:Baul
383:2009
338:2009
305:2009
279:2009
252:2009
184:and
96:sari
623:Dom
186:lac
126:at
61:of
53:in
1390::
412:,
361:,
346:^
313:^
296:.
260:^
222:^
82:,
65:.
1271:e
1264:t
1257:v
474:e
467:t
460:v
385:.
340:.
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281:.
254:.
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