Call to declare Kalidas Dutta's Majilpur house a heritage museum

• Demand raised to declare archaeologist Kalidas Dutta's ancestral home in Majilpur a heritage building and convert it into a museum.
• The demand was made on Kalidas Dutta's 131st birth anniversary by the Kalidas Dutta Memorial Committee.
• Kalidas Dutta was a pioneer in the historical study of undivided 24 Parganas and an amateur archaeologist who discovered numerous ancient artifacts.
• His home hosted eminent scholars and Bunkim Chandra Chattopadhyay, and housed the first archaeological museum of undivided 24 Parganas.
• The committee urges government acquisition as the house was recently sold privately by his descendants.

Why It Matters: Preserving Kalidas Dutta's house as heritage honors his archaeological legacy.