"The ‘first family’ of Calcutta — which owned the land that the East India Company took on lease in 1698 to set up its trading outpost, and instituted what is widely believed to be the first Durga puja in the city in 1610 — now wants to share its legacy with those who have a passion for things past.

“We set up The Saborno Sangrahalaya in 1999 to highlight our family’s contribution to the history of the city and dispel misconceptions about its foundation day. But after winning a legal suit in 2003 and setting the record straight, our aims have changed,” says Probal Ray Chaudhury, the 25-year-old scion of the eldest wing of the Saborno Ray Chaudhury family."

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