Christmas History In Kolkata: Christmas is a big emotion for all Bengalis. From eating cake to going to church, Bengalis are crazy about everything. But how was this madness born? Kolkata is one of the heart centers of Bengal and Bengalis. How Christmas started in Kolkata. If you want to hear this story, you have to go back to about four centuries ago. English rule had not yet started in the country. Even then the question of making the country independent did not arise. India was still ruled by the Mughal Empire. In this situation, the first Christmas celebration started in Calcutta with the help of Job Charnak.
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It would be a bit wrong to say Kolkata. Because in 1668 Calcutta where! Around the forest. In between is a small village called Sutanuti. Job Charnock was based at Hooghly. Suddenly, one day, this English sailor became angry with the Mughal army. He left Hooghly and fled overnight. The aim was to go straight to Baleshwar in Odisha. But after about 25 miles Charnak reached Dhaka village in a forest. He stayed in that village called Sutanuti for some time. Christmas has already arrived. Not if you don’t celebrate Christmas. So they celebrated Christmas in the village.
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Job Charnock arrived in Calcutta in 1690. That is, almost 25 years after the chase. At that time Sutanuti, Gobindpur and Calcutta came together to form Calcutta. Gradually, English people began to live in different areas of Calcutta. At the same time it became a tradition to celebrate Christmas almost every year. Christmas celebration started from north to south of Calcutta due to Job Charnock and the English who came after him.
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Incidentally, Durga Puja falls around September-October. Christmas falls on December 25. It can be seen from several documents of that time, before the end of Durga Puja, the city used to celebrate Christmas. The arrangement started two months ago. English house repairs from whitewashing, decorating etc. started well before Christmas. bod
