Govindaram Mitra & Mahratta Ditch
Juthika Dey Gobindaram Mitra Gobindaram Mitra was the first person appointed to ‘Deputy Zamindar or Black Zamindar'. One such East India Company employee who is not a member of the company’s President’s Council was separately assigned the responsibility of collecting revenue from Kolkata. A position known as “Deputy Zamindar,” or Black Zamindar as the British referred to them. From 1720 to 1756, or over 36 years, he served in that capacity. The House of Mitras of Kumartuli was founded by him. Gobindaram Mitra was originally from Chandanpukur, also known as Chandanpur, which is close to Barrackpur. Gobindaram Mitra and his son Raghu Mitra were the most notable among the 16 commissioners appointed for distribution of the money that, as a part of the peace treaty, Nawab Mir Zafar had to pay as compensation for the loss suffered by the British, Armenians, Greeks and Indians from the attack of Kolkata (then Calcutta) by NawabSiraj-ud-Daulah. He owned a massive “Bagan Bari” (whi...