Raja Naba Krishna Deb celebrated Durga puja in 1757 on a grand scale after the British defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah at the battle of plassey.Lord Clive and Warren Hastings were in the list of invitrees.
It was here that the first civic reception of Swami Vivekananda after his return from Chicago Parliament of Religions was organised in1897 by Raja Binoy Deb Bahadur.