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KANDI
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1911) / britannica_1911
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1911:kandi:8d35a3771a61
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kandi, a town of british india, in murshidabad district, bengal. pop. (1901), 12,037. it is the residence of the rajas of paikpara, a wealthy and devout hindu family. the founder of this family was ganga govind singh, the banyan or agent of warren hastings, who was born at kandi, and retired hither in his old age with an immense fortune. his name has acquired celebrity for the most magnificent _sraddha_, or funeral obsequies, ever performed in bengal, celebrated in honour of his mother, at a cost, it is said, of l200,000.