our soldiers to pieces. All this took place within a few hours’ ride from Calcutta. On the 17th, the Magistrate got together some reinforcements, the Europeans being mounted on elephants. But the insurgents met them, drawn up in battle array, a thousand strong, and chased the party to their boats on the river, cutting down those who were slowest in retreat. It now became necessary to deal with the rebels by means of regular troops. A body of Native Infantry, with some Horse Artillery and a detachment from the Body-Guard, were hastened out from Calcutta. The insurgents, disdaining the safety of their stockade, met the troops upon the open plain, with the mangled remains of a European, who had been killed the previous day, suspended in front of their line. A stubborn engagement decided their fate. They were driven back pellmell into their entrenchment, and the fortified camp was taken by storm. Titu Miyán, the leader, fell in the action. Of the survivors, three hundred and fifty in number, a hundred and forty were sentenced by the Court to various terms of imprisonment; and one of them, Titu’s lieutenant, was condemned to death.’
Gobardanga, a large village on the eastern bank of the Jamuná, in the north of the District, in Basurhát Subdivision. I have given the details of its population, etc., on pages 89 and 123. A tradition has it that this village is the spot where Krishna tended his flocks; and on the opposite side of the river is an embankment called Gopinípotá, where it is said that Krishna dwelt for some time with the Gopinís, or shepherd maids of Brindában. Kanháinátsál is a small village adjoining Gobardángá, the name of which signifies ‘Krishna’s pleasure-seat.’ It is now known for its sugar manufactory. Gobardángá is now the family residence of one of the wealthiest zamindárs of the District, and contains a school, a charitable dispensary, and a large bázár.
Jagatdal, a village in the north of the District, on the Húglí, opposite the French Settlement of Chandarnagar. A line of double ditches and two large tanks it contains, are said to be the remains of a fort erected in the sixteenth century by Rájá Pratápáditya for the residence of his family.
Basantpur, the principal village in Dhuliápur Fiscal Division, Sátkhirá Subdivision, is situated at the confluence of the Kálindí and Jamuná rivers; and its position gives it importance, owing to the extensive traffic carried on with the Eastern Districts, as all boats put in here for provisions and fresh water, and also for repairs.
