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This is an archive article published on November 7, 1998

Sister Nivedita’s house may get heritage status

CALCUTTA, Nov 6: President K R Narayanan today said that the residence of Sister Nivedita in North Calcutta should be granted heritage statu...

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CALCUTTA, Nov 6: President K R Narayanan today said that the residence of Sister Nivedita in North Calcutta should be granted heritage status.He made this observation during a private visit to the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture this afternoon.

Narayanan wanted to know whether Sister Nivedita’s residence had been declared a heritage building.

When informed that nuns of the Ramakrishna Sarada Mission had taken up the matter with the authorities concerned, he remarked it should indeed be declared as a heritage building.

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Besides serving as Nivedita’s residence, the house on Bosepara Lane also initially housed her school for girls.

Calcutta Municipal Corporation chairman Purnendu Sengupta said yesterday a committee set up by CMC under chairmanship of eminent historian Barun De had recommended both the Bospara House and the school on nearby Nivedita Lane for heritage status. A formal order on the matter was expected soon, he said.

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