When we talk about Uttarpara’s history, one family name appears again and again — the Mukherjee family, also known as the Mukhopadhyay family. Their story is not just the story of a zamindar household. It is also the story of how a small riverside settlement on the banks of the Hooghly grew into a town … Continue reading The Mukherjee Family of Uttarpara: The Zamindars Who Helped Shape a Town