Bangladesh Nouka Baich (Boat Race) held on Sandhaya River

Nouka Baich held on Sandhaya River

Water Transport Gallery in the Museum of Kharagpur-IIT. 2nd museum on water transport after CRI, Kankurgachhi.

Earlier Reference: Etchings of François Balthazar Solvyns

François Balthazar Solvyns has made etchings on Indian society. it was published under the title "A Collection of Two Hundred and Fifty Coloured Etchings: Descriptive of the Manners, Customs and Dresses of the Hindoos".  Calcutta, 1796, 1799. About 36 boats we can traced there under "Boats of Bengal". All those paintings are available in web. go through: http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/solvynsonline/pages/Solvyns-Etchings.htm

A COMMENTARIES on Boats in Chuyachandan

Published in the Journal of Bengali Studies
Volume 3
Number 1
May 2014
Page No. 185

Go through:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/223387769/Journal-of-Bengali-Studies-Vol-3-No-1

BOAT MUSEUM in Kolkata [Cultural Research Institute, Ambedkar Bhawan, P 1/4 CIT Scheme VII(M), VIP Road, (Near 3-A Bus terminus), Kolkata 700054] REMAIN OPEN on ALL Working Days (Monday to Friday except Government Holidays) 11 AM to 5 PM. Boat Museum is in the Ground Floor (Rear Side) of Ambedkar Bhawan

Location map of BOAT MUSEUM

• http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Countrys-first-boat-museum-inaugurated-in-Kolkata/articleshow/28562264.cms