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How Self Serving Politics Killed Valuable History - Death of a Hamlet Called Uttarpara

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  I do not believe in conjectures. Being an analyst and strategist buy profession I follow data- Deductive reasoning when it comes to history. Sometimes it might look boring, but it's the only way to gag the shape shifters and naysayers playing politics with our history distorting it to fit their narrative.  Bengalis, you have a lot to be proud of! While exploring spirituality, I pursue Inductive reasoning though United States of America is known as the country of the free and land of opportunities. It was built by aspiring migrants from across the world. Did you know Europe looked at Bengal with a similar lens? Find a nation where in 20 square mile radius you have 6 European settlements - Danish, British, Armenians, Portuguese, French & Germans? (See the map below) They all traveled from the West through the mighty Saraswati River (now almost dried up) onto the Ganges. They had the option to settle on the eastern banks of the Ganges i.e., Kolkata side. They didn't, they