page_title: Andul Dutta Chaudhury Family
hierarchical_section_title: Andul Dutta Chaudhury Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Photographed at Andul, Howrah.
context_page_description: Dutta Chowdhury family, also Chowdhury family, was an erstwhile revenue collector, during Sultanate and Mughal periods, of Muzaffarpur pargana, consisting of several villages, namely Andul, Mahiary, Dhulagore, Sankrail, etc., founded by Debdas Tekari Dutta, in the late 14th century CE. Since Dutta acquired the entire pargana as estate he was bestowed the title Chowdhury by Sikandar Shah, the second Sultan of Bengal. The family is an offshoot of Duttas of Bally of Southern – Rarh region, founded by Bharadwaja clan Purushottam Dutta, who arrived from Kannauj.
  The present descendants of the family are scattered throughout India, Bangladesh and United States.
context_section_description: Dutta Chowdhury family (Devanagari: दत्तचौधरी परिवार, Bengali: দত্তচৌধুরী পরিবার, Farsi: دوت چوودی), also Chowdhury family, was an erstwhile revenue collector (zamindar), during Sultanate and Mughal periods, of Muzaffarpur pargana (a portion of present-day Howrah), consisting of several villages, namely Andul, Mahiary, Dhulagore, Sankrail, etc., founded by Debdas Tekari Dutta, in the late 14th century CE. Since Dutta acquired the entire pargana as estate he was bestowed the title Chowdhury (Farsi: چوودی) by Sikandar Shah, the second Sultan of Bengal. The family is an offshoot of Duttas of Bally of Southern – Rarh region, founded by Bharadwaja clan Purushottam Dutta, who arrived from Kannauj.
  The present descendants of the family are scattered throughout India, Bangladesh and United States.
caption: The Chowdhury family's Chandi-mandapa in Andul, renovated in 1930 CE.
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