PROBINI FOUNDATION with ISPaD: PARTITION DOCUMENTATION PROJECT: 2024
PROBINI FOUNDATION with ISPaD: The INDIAN SUBCONTINENT PARTITION DOCUMENTATION PROJECT: 2024
by
Sachi G. Dastidar
The Probini Foundation
80-56 251st Street.
Bellerose
NY 11426; probini@hotmail.com & dastidars@hotmail.com
917-524-0035 and 718-343-0189
(Dhaka Girls’ Orphanage, Old Dhaka)
2020: Trustees: Chair —
Dr. Sachi G Dastidar
Secretary: Mr. Jay Hyman
Treasurer:
Mr. Dilip Chakravorti (Queens, NYC)
Accountant: Mr. Gopal
Patel
Board Members: Dr.
Shefali S. Dastidar, Dr. Kusumita P. Pedersen, Mr. Prabangshu Ghoshal
Executive Secretary: Mr.
Shuvo G. Dastidar
Our Newsletters
The Purposes of the Probini Foundation
· Support
the education of the needy, especially the orphaned in Assam, West Bengal and
Bangladesh in the Indian Subcontinent. This may include self-sufficiency
projects, school or dormitory construction, school tuition, and teacher
salaries.
· In the
New York metropolitan area, to create social, cultural and educational bridges
with new immigrants, new citizens and native-born U.S. citizens.
· In the
New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area, to provide social services needed to
mainstream immigrant and the needy population.
Limitations on grants
· No
grant may be given for individual life-style improvement,
· All
institutional grant applicants must be visited by an Executive Committee or
Board of Trustee members, followed by a report to the Committee, before a grant
can be approved. Exceptions can be made under very unusual circumstances, with
the approval of the Chair of Trustee and the Executive Director.
· Grants
and scholarships may not be directed towards a specific individual, except
under very unusual circumstances, as approved by a unanimous vote of the
Executive Committee.
· Named
scholarships, buildings and dormitories may be established provided that the
minimum amounts of such donations must merit at least $1,000, or the equivalent
of one scholarship, or as determined by the Committee.
PROBINI PROJECTS
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2008/12/educating-poor-and-orphaned-in.html
Also check https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2016/02/bangladesh-river-of-humanity-celebrated.html.
Buddhist Orphanage, Assam, India:
Assam Buddhist Vihar
Orphanage, Dibrugarh, India – Probini is providing teachers’
salary.
Andharmanik School Girls' Hostel, Bagerhat, Bangladesh:
Bagerhat-Khulna, Bangladesh- AndharManik Girls’ High School: Probini-built a girls’ dormitory.
Bankura District School Education, West Bengal, India:
Bankura, India—Probini provides teachers’ salary at Purokonda Ashram and at other schools for the poor and scholarship to students.
Barisal City, Bangladesh:
Kolkata (Calcutta) Girls' Orphanage, India:
Calcutta Sishu Kalyan Parishad [Children’s Welfare] Orphanage, Inc., India – Probini gives scholarships to girls. First Probini supported girl Hashina. Orphanage was started by Aunt Mira Mashi with 4 Littie Girls whose Indigenous Minority Families were killed during Partition.
Ramkrishna Mission Orphanage, Comilla, Bangladesh:
Ramkrishna Mission Boy’s Orphanage,
Comilla, Bangladesh, 1996 – Probini is providing scores of scholarships for
school education. This was Probini's first Project.
Dhaka Girls’ Orphanage, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Established in 1908:
Dhaka Girls Orphanage
Society, 1908, Bangladesh – Probini is providing scores of
scholarships to girls for school education; 2021.
Harijan Palli (Oppressed Area) School, Dinajpur, Bangladesh:
Dinajpur Harijan Palli Sri RamaKrishna School (Free School at the Sweeper’s Colony) Bangladesh– Probini provides salaries for teachers. Free school is run by Ramakrishna Mission of Bangladesh.
Tribal and Non-Tribal Schools, Bardhhaman, West Bengal, India:
Dhowa Danga Santhali
Tribal Village School, Bardhhaman, India—providing teachers at
school.
Martyrs’ Memorial School, Doihari, Pirojpur, Bangladesh:
Probini Building Under Construction After Cyclone Destruction
Probini Donor’s Tablet
Doihari Sahid Smriti (Martyr’s Memorial) Girl’s High School, Swarupkathi, Bangladesh: Probini has rebuilt the cyclone-destroyed school and dorm and created a memorial for 135 Hindus murdered by Pakistan Army and Bengali Islamists in 1971 independence struggle.
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2018/04/martyrs-memorial-girls-high-school.html
Gandhi Ashram School, Noakhali, Bangladesh:
Gandhi Ashram Trust, Noakhali, Bangladesh – Probini is providing scholarships for school children.
Mrs. Patowary with Children Educated by Probini, who Survived after Father’s Death. Little girl graduated from school with Probini funding, then started supporting the family.
Ashram workers with Probini/ ISPaD Donation, 2021
Probini & Partition Center being Honored in 2021
Durgapur Schools, West Bengal, India:
Durgapur 12+ Separate
Schools and Vocational Training Centers for the Poor and the Tribes– Probini is providing
salaries for teachers.
Sarajubala School, Tutamandra, Gopalganaj, Bangladesh:
Gopalganj Tutamandra
Sarajubala Girls’ School, Bangladesh: Probini has built a girls’ dormitory (see below)
Classroom Building (Prior to Probini’s Help)
(New Building)
Probini-built Dorm Room
Probini Donor Tablet for Gopalganj Tutamandra Sarajubala Girls’ School, Bangladesh
Chittagong, Bangladesh:
Jagatpur Ashram Orphanage
(1898), Chittagong, Bangladesh – supporting boys’
& girls’ education. (Picture not Available)
Pranab Ashram Hostel, Madaripur, Bangladesh:
Madaripur Pranab Ashram, Bangladesh – Probini is providing salaries for teachers and has built two boys’ dormitory. The ashram for students was developed in early 1900s but was destroyed during 1971 genocide of the Army of Islamic Republic of Pakistan and its Bengali allies.
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2019/01/maadaripur-ashram-boys-hostel-turning.html
Madaripur Ashram Hostel (Dormitory), Madaripur City, Bangladesh – Probini is providing teachers’ salary and built two hostels. Tablet says, "Om Sri Bhagabat Pranabayo; Foundation was Laid by Probini Foundation (New York) Hostel by Professor Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh Dastidar of the State University of New York, America; Date 28.12.2002)
Madaripur (Bangladesh) Ashram's Second Hostel built by Probini:
Mahilara Nihar Kana School and Home for the Devotees, Bangladesh:
Below is the first
building project done by Probini supporters right before Probini incorporation.
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2019/01/mahilara-gour-nodi-barisal-bangladesh.html
Building Opening Ceremony; August 2001
Handing Over Probini Documents to Mahilara Residents
Probini’s Effort Saved the 400-Year-Old Temple, now included in a UNESCO Heritage Book!
Mahilara Mott's Second Probini/ISPaD School, Mita Banerjee Building, Mahilara, Bangladesh. Ms. Mita Banerjee is of New York.
Memorial for Dr. Sankar Ghosh Dastidar, a Refugee, Served Refugee Colonies in India all His Life!
Nandigram, Medinipur, India:
Providing Tuition Scholarships to Students
Nandigram, Medinipur,
India— Probini is providing teachers at Kasturba Gandhi
Memorial School.
Nayagram, Medinipur, India:
Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur, India— Probini has provided books for the poor tribal school and library. Probini’s building project has been temporarily halted for local politics. One of the poorest places of the state.
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2013/02/probini-supported-karasole-west-bengal.html
Manab Kalyankami (Improvement of Mankind) Orphanage Probini Building, Netrakona, Bangladesh:
Netrakona Manab Kalyan Kami [Improvement of Mankind] Orphanage, Bangladesh, 2000s – Probini is providing student scholarships, and has created agricultural projects for self-sufficiency in food and has built a girls’ dormitory.
Probini Donors Tablet
Little Indigenous Poor Hindu Girls among Others at Netrokona Orphanage abused by Terrorists after 9/11 Extremist Celebration
Kolkata (Calcutta) Street Children, West Bengal, India:
Our Association of Remedy (OAR), Kolkata (Calcutta), India: Probini provided grants for education of children living in illegal slums. (Below)
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2019/01/oar-our-association-for-remedy-kolkata.html
Sri Sri Pronab Mott School, Pirojpur, Bangladesh:
Pirojpur SriRamKathi
Pranav Shishu (children’s) BidyaNiketan School, Bangladesh –Probini is providing salaries for teachers
and has built a school building.
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2019/01/sreeramkathi-pirojpur-bangladesh.html
Probini Building
Uzirpur School, Hostel and Classroom, Bangladesh:
Edifices of Probini’s Sachi G. Dastidar Built by Local Villagers (not Funded by Probini) in Honor of Probini. Helpers Marble Plaque Built by Residents in S G Dastidar’s Honor in Uzirpur Village
Probini’s Dr. Shefali S. Dastidar’s Photo hanging next to Luminaries and Deities at Uzirpur Village
Dr. Shefali Sengupta
Dastidar Matri Chhaya Neer [Home for the (Needy) Mothers], Malikanda, Uzirpur, Bangladesh
Mahatma (Great Soul) Dr. Sabyasachi Ghosh Dastidar Sanskrit College Building, Malikanda, Uzirpur, Bangladesh. College was named after Probini founder without telling him. Jan 8, 2008.
Chakma School Probini Building, Tuichawng, Mizoram, India:
Swarupkathi School Probini Building Donor Tablet, Bangladesh:
Andharmanik Girls' Probini Hostel Donor Tablet, Bangladesh:
Sundarbans School Opening in West Bengal, India by Probini and ISPaD Partition Center of New York; 2022:
Probini Foundation
Meetings:
Probini Foundation meets in New York, U.S.A.; Kolkata, India and in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is open to all. Here are a few of those reports: https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2017/02/probini-foundation-13th-subcontinent.html
https://empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com/2016/02/bangladesh-river-of-humanity-celebrated.html
Meeting of Probini School Representatives in Kolkata
Meeting of Probini School Representatives in Dhaka
Meeting at Bagerhat, Bangladesh of Probini Girls' Hostel Opening
Restoration of a pre-Islamic Shiv Mandir Temple at Peshawar, Khaybar-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan by S.G. Dastidar at the Request of Local Muslim Citizens
Dastidars were requested for help during their academic visit to the noted Peshawar University. Funding was done by locals and few Americans.
For more information on restoration, please check: Empire's Last Casualty: Peshawar, Pakistan pre-Islamic Hindu Temple Restoration (empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com)
and
Please check for Probini Empire's Last Casualty: Educating the Poor and the Orphaned in Bangladesh and India: Probini Foundation (empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com)
Andharmanik School: Empire's Last Casualty: Probini Foundation Girls’ Hostel (Dormitory) at Andharmanik Girls’ High School, Kochua, Bagerhat, Bangladesh (empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com)
Mahilara: Empire's Last Casualty: Mahilara, Bangladesh: Celebration of Life (empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com)
Partition Project: Empire's Last Casualty: ISPaD: Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project Inc. (empireslastcasualty.blogspot.com)
ISPaD, The Indian Subcontinent Partition Documentation Project's First Annual Seminar in October 2013:
First Seminar at the State Univ of NY, Old Westbury in 2013
There are dozens of posts on Partition Center, ISPaD: Partition Center
Journal, Call for Papers and lots more. Please check empireslastcasualty@blogspot
and empireslastcasualty2@blogspot blogs.
Some of Probini Accomplishments:
· Built
school and residence for teachers at
Mahilara ashram, Barisal, Bangladesh
· Built
school and dormitory at SriRamKathi, Pirojpur, Bangladesh. In 2023 helped build
a hospital, senior center and clinic.
· Built at
Madaripur ashram two boys’ dormitory, Bangladesh
· Built
a girls’ dorm at Andharmanik Girls’ High School, Bagerhat, Bangladesh
· Built
a student dormitory and a school at Twichang, Mizoram State, India
· Rebuilt
a dorm and school at Martyrs’ Memorial Girls’ High School, Doihari, Bangladesh
· Built
a boy’s dorm and a technical school at Malikanda ashram, Uzirpur, Bangladesh
· Built
a dorm at Tuthamandra Sarajubala Girls’ High School, Gopalganj, Bangladesh
· Built
a girls’ dorm at Netrokona orphanage, Bangladesh
· Paid for a proposed student dormitory in Medinipur, West Bengal, India
· Paying
scores of teachers’ salary at several schools in Bangladesh and India
· Providing teachers for hundreds of students in West Bengal, India
· Provided/providing food-tuition-clothing to over dozens and dozens of orphans and
poor students
· Supplied hundreds of clothing and books to schools and orphanages
· Over 2+ million takas/rupees in fixed deposit in Bangladesh and India for teacher's salary and resident student scholarship
· Built capital assets of over Tk/Rs 20 to 30 million+ takas and rupees via dozens of schools, dorms and orphanages
· S.
Tax-exempt status
Indirect benefits of Probini / Partition Center (ISPaD) Work
· Saving
of 400-yr Old Mahilara Mott in Bangladesh, now included in a UNESCO book;
visited by top foreign diplomats in Bangladesh
· Saving
of Gandhi Ashram of Bangladesh from illegal extremist confiscation; afterwards
made a National Museum by Bangladesh Government
· Saving
of memorials of martyred Gandhian pacifists killed by extremists
· Saving a 500-year-old Sri Bishnu/Vishnu Mandir in Bangladesh
· Hiring
of the first oppressed Bauri graduate in Durgapur, India
· Shelter
for Hindu girls abused by Islamist extremists during 2001 pogrom
· Learning
from extremely poor and oppressed individuals organizing themselves
· Giving
hope to people like widowed Mrs. Patowary by providing free education for her
children who ended up in college.
· U.S. Consul General in Calcutta visited Kolkata orphanage at our invitation.
· Hundreds
of boys and girls who could have perished are now productive members of society.
· Gandhi Ashram in Bangladesh is now a National Museum.
Probini/ISPaD friends rebuilt in 2023 a 1700 shrine of (Black) Mother Kali destroyed during 1950 pogrom.
· Encourage
pluralism, tolerance, and secularism.
Encouraged tourism and creation of jobs through visits.
Thank you for the update, please continue your good work.
B. Sarker, February 5, 2024
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