She also offered considerable charity to the Imperial Library (now the National Library of India ), the Hindu College (now Presidency University ).

Her mother Rampriya devi died when she was just seven years old.

The daughters were Padmamani, Kumari, Karunamoyee and Jagadamba.

Kumari was married to Pearimohan Chowdhury, and she died early, in 1837.

Karunamoyee was married to Mathurmohan Biswas (or Madhur-mohan Biswas).

She died in 1833 after childbirth, and after her death, her younger sister Jagadamba was married to her husband Mathurmohan Biswas.

While the prestige of the zamindari grew, Rani Rashmoni, being very pious from childhood, continued to lead an extremely religious and austere life, befitting a widow in Bengali Hindu society.

By blocking the shipping trade on a part of Ganges she compelled the British to abolish the tax imposed on fishing in the river, which threatened the livelihood of poor fishermen.

When Puja processions were stopped by the British on the charge that they disturbed the peace, she defied the orders.

The British had to withdraw the penalty imposed on her in the face of public opposition and rioting in her support.

She oversaw the construction of a road from Subarnarekha river to Puri for pilgrims.

She funded the construction of ghats such as Babughat (in memory of her husband), Ahiritola Ghat and Nimtala Ghat for the daily bathers in the Ganges.

She donated generously to the then Imperial Library (now the National Library of India ) and Hindu College (now Presidency University ).

This part of land which was then a part of the Sunderbans was marshy and almost uninhabitable except for some families of thugs who found the area convenient to stay and venture out for plunders in far away places mounted on stilts.

Rani Rashmoni persuaded these families and helped them to build up fisheries in the surrounding water bodies that later turned into large rich bheris.

This was a great social reform that the Rani had initiated.

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa (then known as Gadadhar ) was appointed its head priest under her patronage.

Being born in Chasi-Kaibartta family and being a middle-caste Shudra origin, 4 no Brahmin was ready to be the priest in her temple.

This included traditional pomp, including all-night jatras (folk theatre), rather than by entertainment for the Englishmen with whom she carried on a running feud.

It was commissioned in June 2018 and will be based in Visakhapatnam (indigenously built by Hindustan Shipyard).

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Rani Rashmoni 24 March 2019