I was always curious to know about my husband's { Shambhu Shankar Sinha's} Family. I have already written his childhood and young age memories in "Shambhu Ka Jharokha" I got a chance to know the details about Sinha Family,My husband's elder sister Dr.Shashi Kiran Sinha guided me completely to write this.
About her Grandma Rajmati Devi { Father's Mother} and Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal Son of Heera lal jee { Father's father} she told me many interesting things----Grandma { Rajmati Devi } was the only daughter of a rich man.Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal was spending his live with ease in his "father-in-law's house. He didn't need to do any thing for livelihood. My father-in-law { The eldest son Dr. Bijay Krishna } Used to have Rasgullas as breakfast which was kept in { Cheenka -- A hanging container to save from cats }After father-in-law's departure,he had to do work. Grandma's had five children, Eldest was Bijay Krishna Sinha{My father in law} then Lala Chacha {Lala Prasad },Maini Chacha { Anant Kumar Singh },two daughters,Basanti Buaa,and Sudama Buaa.They were living in own house in Chaili taal.Though Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal started earning,by doing job at Jamalpur for 15 Rs.But the family was big,Five children, Bijay Krishna Sinha,Lala Prasad Sinha, Anant Kumar Sinha ,one daughter-in-law { Marriage in 1935 },and Grandma Grandpa { Gauri Shankar Lal & Rajmati Devi},so 15 Rs were not enough.Grandma { Rajmati Devi} was very fond of delicious food,so every day started asking her daughter-in-law { Shivpyari Devi}{ My mother-in-law} to cook Pakoda in the evening,My father-in-law Bijay Krishna was also earning 25 Paisa per day,but while coming back from work,he used to buy " Rabri"for himself spending those 25 Paisa.One day the Daughter-in-law { My mother-in-law} asked him,Why each day we cook Pakoda when our economic condition is not very good. He replied" It is for you" As announced by Grandma,She then said," I don't want to eat" Grandpa came to know this,and he understood that she can spend sparingly,so he started giving money to his daughter-in-law { My mother-in-law}.Grandma didn't like this she separated her daughter-in-law's kitchen.Now Grandpa{ Gauri Shankar Lal} had to give his salary to his wife Rajmati Devi { Grandma}.On holi she was cooking " Puaa" A favourite Sweet of Bihar State,one neighbourhood lady asked Grandma,about her daughter-in-law,she said ," She is cooking separately."Debt increased so high that the money lender came and broke the wall,he took the bricks, One friend of Bijay Krishna Sinha's name was Naubat Singh,he suggested him ," Why don't you go to Bakhtiarpur. You can earn good there. My mother-in-law { Shivpyari Devi"} insisted my father-in-law to go there. But they had no money even to spend for fare. My mother-in-law saved 30 Rs, which was a collected amount she used to get whenever visited her mother's house { Giridih} She had kept that amount to her Sister-in-law there, so she asked someone to write a letter,and asked to send 30Rs.to her as she needed.Now 10 Rs. were paid to Bullock kart rider,One solid best quality wooden cot { Belongs to Shivpyari Devi's father--Nana Jee,taken from Maheshpur Nana Jee's original place,and some house hold things,they moved towards Bakhtiarpur,Two years son Dr.Sushil Kumar Sinha { Born in 1936 }was in her lap,!0 Rs. were given as rent { Kalali wali gali},and 10 Rs. to settle the clinic.Very soon Dr. Bijay Krishna started earning 30 Rs. Per month and then increased up to 40 Rs. Per month.Once he said to go back home Chailitaal,but My mother-in-law Shivpyari Devi stopped him, inspiring you will earn more here.They bought their own house in 1947.Lallu's Bhaiya's Ann Prashan was done in this new house.Lala Prasad workd as Finger Print Expert,at the time of retirement he was D.I. G. ,his department was lateron merged in C.B.I.,Still we are blessed with his presence. When I had been to Kolkata I met him, his age is above 90 now and getting 90 thousand as pension,His wife Mrs.Lalita left the world ahead.He has two sons and one daughter. Eldest Dr. Bijay Krishna Sinha,who shifted to Bakhtiarpur has,five sons and three daughters alive.And the youngest one,Anant kumar singh has one son and one daughter.
Gauri shankar jee { Grandpa } and Rajmati Devi { Grandma} had two daughters,Basanti Buaa,she has one son Umesh and a daughter Padma,and Younger one Sudama Buaa gave birth to a child and died.
Now I will describe about my mother-in-law { Shivpyari Devi's} mother's { I will call Nani }adventurous life,which is very inspiring She belong to Uddharamapur Maheshpur.Nana Jee { Heeralal jee father Tunna Lal Jee }was so rich all the neighbourhood people used to go see village fair { Sonpur or any other }by booking steamer. He then had big loss in business and so he shifted to Giridih.But he died leaving 10 children behind four sons and six daughters.Nani has to bring up ten children,They had a house sufficient for all.
Eldest son was Motilal Jee,lateron he had two sons Krishna Murari { Lallu Bhaiya} and Arjun, Then Lakshmi Narayan Jee, Later on he had five sons Vishnu,Nityanand,Ranjeet,Jai Nrayan,Ram Awatar,Krishna Avatar Sinha and a daughter Kunti ,Radhika Prasad, later on had Budhulal and a daughter Devkali,And Youngest Son was Ramkeshto,Later on he had Ajeet and Raju,and three daughters, Abha,Nirmala,and Dolly. About Daughters Kamalapat,Rampat,Ramrat,Rampyari,Shivpyari,And Youngest one was Kusum Kumari.
Kamlapat had seven daughters --Radharani,Madhuri,Beena,Chinta ,Meera, and Manju,she had a son also died during swimming.His name was Bablu
Rampat had one daughter --Nandrani
Ramrat had one son Vishvanath { Budha Bhaiya}
Rampyari had Surendra,Dheerendra,Pramod and Asha
Shivpyari { My mother-in-law} had Sushil,Sudhir,Sunil,& Youngest son is Shambhu Shankar { My husband : I have written " Shambhu Ka Jharokha" here,nirupamalekhika.blogspot.com,{ In which I have written his childhood memories} And
Shashi Kiran,Sheila,and youngest is Shyama.
Kusum Kumri has only one son Ashok
Nani had a tough work to bring up all children.Nani started as an entrepreneur by grinding wheat flour ,gram flour etc.by grinding wheel.Later on it was done by manual operating machine and then by electric operated machine,she then appointed one helping assistant named Babulal. She could be able to marry her elder daughter to an inspector,but there was a shoe shop in their house,so Nani was kicked out of the caste,this created a big obstacle in other children's marriage.Then most of the marriages she arranged were { Golta or AANTA-SAANTA } means one brother sister from her side and one brother sister from other side.My mother-in-law's marriage was arranged to a Judge's son but he postponed the date,and then he broke up so Nani went to Sarpanch who was living in Uddharamapur Maheshpur,to request to take her back in caste,Sarpanch said you donate your one daughter,means she will be married to the man we select.The servant whispered that A servant will marry your daughter.Nani then said," I don't want to come back." She went back to Giridih.Youngest Mama's in law's house was in Kurpat,Bhagalpur they suggested about Bijay Krishna,and My mother-in-law,Shivpyari Devi got married to him.
Last days Nani became completely blind,she was living with widow Kusum Kumari,She distributed her house into five shares,four to four sons and one share to Kusumkumari.She took care of Nani in her last days.
About her Grandma Rajmati Devi { Father's Mother} and Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal Son of Heera lal jee { Father's father} she told me many interesting things----Grandma { Rajmati Devi } was the only daughter of a rich man.Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal was spending his live with ease in his "father-in-law's house. He didn't need to do any thing for livelihood. My father-in-law { The eldest son Dr. Bijay Krishna } Used to have Rasgullas as breakfast which was kept in { Cheenka -- A hanging container to save from cats }After father-in-law's departure,he had to do work. Grandma's had five children, Eldest was Bijay Krishna Sinha{My father in law} then Lala Chacha {Lala Prasad },Maini Chacha { Anant Kumar Singh },two daughters,Basanti Buaa,and Sudama Buaa.They were living in own house in Chaili taal.Though Grandpa Gauri Shankar Lal started earning,by doing job at Jamalpur for 15 Rs.But the family was big,Five children, Bijay Krishna Sinha,Lala Prasad Sinha, Anant Kumar Sinha ,one daughter-in-law { Marriage in 1935 },and Grandma Grandpa { Gauri Shankar Lal & Rajmati Devi},so 15 Rs were not enough.Grandma { Rajmati Devi} was very fond of delicious food,so every day started asking her daughter-in-law { Shivpyari Devi}{ My mother-in-law} to cook Pakoda in the evening,My father-in-law Bijay Krishna was also earning 25 Paisa per day,but while coming back from work,he used to buy " Rabri"for himself spending those 25 Paisa.One day the Daughter-in-law { My mother-in-law} asked him,Why each day we cook Pakoda when our economic condition is not very good. He replied" It is for you" As announced by Grandma,She then said," I don't want to eat" Grandpa came to know this,and he understood that she can spend sparingly,so he started giving money to his daughter-in-law { My mother-in-law}.Grandma didn't like this she separated her daughter-in-law's kitchen.Now Grandpa{ Gauri Shankar Lal} had to give his salary to his wife Rajmati Devi { Grandma}.On holi she was cooking " Puaa" A favourite Sweet of Bihar State,one neighbourhood lady asked Grandma,about her daughter-in-law,she said ," She is cooking separately."Debt increased so high that the money lender came and broke the wall,he took the bricks, One friend of Bijay Krishna Sinha's name was Naubat Singh,he suggested him ," Why don't you go to Bakhtiarpur. You can earn good there. My mother-in-law { Shivpyari Devi"} insisted my father-in-law to go there. But they had no money even to spend for fare. My mother-in-law saved 30 Rs, which was a collected amount she used to get whenever visited her mother's house { Giridih} She had kept that amount to her Sister-in-law there, so she asked someone to write a letter,and asked to send 30Rs.to her as she needed.Now 10 Rs. were paid to Bullock kart rider,One solid best quality wooden cot { Belongs to Shivpyari Devi's father--Nana Jee,taken from Maheshpur Nana Jee's original place,and some house hold things,they moved towards Bakhtiarpur,Two years son Dr.Sushil Kumar Sinha { Born in 1936 }was in her lap,!0 Rs. were given as rent { Kalali wali gali},and 10 Rs. to settle the clinic.Very soon Dr. Bijay Krishna started earning 30 Rs. Per month and then increased up to 40 Rs. Per month.Once he said to go back home Chailitaal,but My mother-in-law Shivpyari Devi stopped him, inspiring you will earn more here.They bought their own house in 1947.Lallu's Bhaiya's Ann Prashan was done in this new house.Lala Prasad workd as Finger Print Expert,at the time of retirement he was D.I. G. ,his department was lateron merged in C.B.I.,Still we are blessed with his presence. When I had been to Kolkata I met him, his age is above 90 now and getting 90 thousand as pension,His wife Mrs.Lalita left the world ahead.He has two sons and one daughter. Eldest Dr. Bijay Krishna Sinha,who shifted to Bakhtiarpur has,five sons and three daughters alive.And the youngest one,Anant kumar singh has one son and one daughter.
Gauri shankar jee { Grandpa } and Rajmati Devi { Grandma} had two daughters,Basanti Buaa,she has one son Umesh and a daughter Padma,and Younger one Sudama Buaa gave birth to a child and died.
Now I will describe about my mother-in-law { Shivpyari Devi's} mother's { I will call Nani }adventurous life,which is very inspiring She belong to Uddharamapur Maheshpur.Nana Jee { Heeralal jee father Tunna Lal Jee }was so rich all the neighbourhood people used to go see village fair { Sonpur or any other }by booking steamer. He then had big loss in business and so he shifted to Giridih.But he died leaving 10 children behind four sons and six daughters.Nani has to bring up ten children,They had a house sufficient for all.
Eldest son was Motilal Jee,lateron he had two sons Krishna Murari { Lallu Bhaiya} and Arjun, Then Lakshmi Narayan Jee, Later on he had five sons Vishnu,Nityanand,Ranjeet,Jai Nrayan,Ram Awatar,Krishna Avatar Sinha and a daughter Kunti ,Radhika Prasad, later on had Budhulal and a daughter Devkali,And Youngest Son was Ramkeshto,Later on he had Ajeet and Raju,and three daughters, Abha,Nirmala,and Dolly. About Daughters Kamalapat,Rampat,Ramrat,Rampyari,Shivpyari,And Youngest one was Kusum Kumari.
Kamlapat had seven daughters --Radharani,Madhuri,Beena,Chinta ,Meera, and Manju,she had a son also died during swimming.His name was Bablu
Rampat had one daughter --Nandrani
Ramrat had one son Vishvanath { Budha Bhaiya}
Rampyari had Surendra,Dheerendra,Pramod and Asha
Shivpyari { My mother-in-law} had Sushil,Sudhir,Sunil,& Youngest son is Shambhu Shankar { My husband : I have written " Shambhu Ka Jharokha" here,nirupamalekhika.blogspot.com,{ In which I have written his childhood memories} And
Shashi Kiran,Sheila,and youngest is Shyama.
Kusum Kumri has only one son Ashok
Nani had a tough work to bring up all children.Nani started as an entrepreneur by grinding wheat flour ,gram flour etc.by grinding wheel.Later on it was done by manual operating machine and then by electric operated machine,she then appointed one helping assistant named Babulal. She could be able to marry her elder daughter to an inspector,but there was a shoe shop in their house,so Nani was kicked out of the caste,this created a big obstacle in other children's marriage.Then most of the marriages she arranged were { Golta or AANTA-SAANTA } means one brother sister from her side and one brother sister from other side.My mother-in-law's marriage was arranged to a Judge's son but he postponed the date,and then he broke up so Nani went to Sarpanch who was living in Uddharamapur Maheshpur,to request to take her back in caste,Sarpanch said you donate your one daughter,means she will be married to the man we select.The servant whispered that A servant will marry your daughter.Nani then said," I don't want to come back." She went back to Giridih.Youngest Mama's in law's house was in Kurpat,Bhagalpur they suggested about Bijay Krishna,and My mother-in-law,Shivpyari Devi got married to him.
Last days Nani became completely blind,she was living with widow Kusum Kumari,She distributed her house into five shares,four to four sons and one share to Kusumkumari.She took care of Nani in her last days.
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