12-01-2005, 04:20 AM
Ben Ami wants proof to the native wife of Job Charnok. She has her tomb along with that of her children and husband in a well known grave yard of Kolkata.The full story is as follows.
Job Charnok was sailing by in the Ganga on his way from Buxar ( a important trading station of the time) to Kolkata via Bhagalpur.Early in the morning, at Mahendru Ghat in Patna a young widow was asked to take her last bath before jumping on the funaral pyre of her elderly husband who had died the previous night.She was a good swimmer and she swam to the boat of the Englishman, who rescued her and took her to Kolkata.Before that there was an exchange of fire between the bodyguards of the English merchant and a few of the fellows who wanted the sati to be returned. Actually, more authentic details will be available from those who are presently engaged in finding out the exact date of birth of Kolkata.
Job Charnok was sailing by in the Ganga on his way from Buxar ( a important trading station of the time) to Kolkata via Bhagalpur.Early in the morning, at Mahendru Ghat in Patna a young widow was asked to take her last bath before jumping on the funaral pyre of her elderly husband who had died the previous night.She was a good swimmer and she swam to the boat of the Englishman, who rescued her and took her to Kolkata.Before that there was an exchange of fire between the bodyguards of the English merchant and a few of the fellows who wanted the sati to be returned. Actually, more authentic details will be available from those who are presently engaged in finding out the exact date of birth of Kolkata.