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History of Digha

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One of the most mainstream and most appreciated places of interest for Bengalis, uncommonly Kolkatans to be progressively explicit is Digha (  দীঘা   ) . Visiting here at the ends of the week after a chaotic week after week plan is much the same as investing some energy in heaven. In any case, what number of us know how it turned into a place of interest? What is its history? We should require a little exertion to discover it out. Already this spot was known as Beerkul. Warren Hastings, the then Governor General of India in 1780 referenced about this spot in his letters to his significant other and other British authorities. He was so intrigued with this current spot's magnificence that he valued it by alluding it as, "Brighton of East". Along the shoreline there were numerous cashew manors for which this spot increased some name. It was under the British guideline till 1947 and was not a position of a lot of dialog. A name, not by and large knew about will...