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Old Dumdum Road is still behind the history

DUMDUM Does anyone know how old the mosque is at Nagerbazar Mora in South Damdam Pur area? History says, the mosque that survived was of the Mughal period. Sirajuddaula was also traveling there. But that information is asleep in the dark. In this way, the history of Damdam, a city even older than Kolkata, has gone to sleep forever. But there is a lot of storytelling to wear in Damdam. Some time before the Battle of Palashi. East India Company Officer Robert Clive was marching along the army towards Jessore Road towards Kolkata. When he reached Damdam, he saw two houses on the left side of the road. Within a few days, Clive's troops occupied the two houses. Named one of the Clive House. Clive also renovated the old house. The other house was a few hundred meters away. Which Nawab Alibardi Khan created. Clive also renovated the house. The name was 'Fairy House'. Clive's wife, angry at the groom or started living there. Now, of course, that house doesn't...