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'''Belgachia Villa''',<ref name="bv1" /> also known as '''Paikpara Rajbari''',<ref name="bv2" /> was a large garden house in what is now the Milk Colony area of [[Belgachia]] in [[North Kolkata]]. [[Dwarkanath Tagore|Prince Dwarkanath Tagore]] bought it from an Italian around 1823.<ref name="bv1">{{cite news|title=বেলগাছিয়া ভিলা: প্রথম পর্ব|url=http://blogs.eisamay.indiatimes.com/gautambasumullick/a-walk-down-shyambazar-part-10/|accessdate=21 March 2017|agency=Ei Samay|publisher=Times Group|language=Bengali|date=21 February 2017}}</ref> In 1856, it was bought by the Singhs, [[zamindar]]s of [[Kandi, Murshidabad|Kandi]], for 54 thousand rupees.<ref name="bv2">{{cite news|title=বেলগাছিয়া ভিলা: দ্বিতীয় পর্ব|url=http://blogs.eisamay.indiatimes.com/gautambasumullick/a-walk-down-shyambazar-part-11/|accessdate=21 March 2017|agency=Ei Samay|publisher=Times Group|language=Bengali|date=22 February 2017}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Belgachhia Rajbari.JPG|thumb|right|Belgachia Villa]]<br />
Belgachia Villa initially belonged to Auckland,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chattopadhyay|first1=Soumitra|title=Nirbachita Ekhhon-Vol.1 (Bengali)|date=2016|publisher=Saptarshi Prakashan}}</ref> an Italian. Prince Dwarkanath Tagore bought it from him in 1823.<ref name="bv1" /> Nearly two hundred thousand rupees were spent to renovate it. In 1835, the first floor was added.<ref>{{cite news|title=ঠাকুরবাবুদের হারানো ইতিবৃত্ত|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/calcutta/kolkata-korcha-1.451663#|accessdate=21 March 2017|agency=Ananda Bazar Patrika|date=8 August 2016}}</ref> All the furniture was imported from England and Italy. Dwarkanath was close to the British and threw large parties here. [[Rupchand Pokkhi]] wrote a song in Bengali mocking those events.<br />
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In 1846, when he died in England it was discovered that he was heavily in debt due to his extravagant spending. To pay off his debts, his son [[Debendranath Tagore|Debendranath]] sold Belgachia Villa and other properties. In 1856, the Singhs of Kandi bought the villa in an auction for 54 thousand rupees.<ref name="bv1"/><ref name="bv2"/><br />
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