History of a Piano !
It was the first Congress President Umesh Ch. Banerjee who gifted the Piano to his daughter Janaki Devi .The maker was the famous 'John Broadwood & Sons' of London.It reached her in-laws house at Islampur and stayed there. The owners (Mazumdar) sold the ancestral house and moved to Kalyani. The piano,however, was left behind.At present it is owned by one Narayan Das. Prabir Krishna Mazumdar (grandson of Janaki Devi ) believes that The National Congress Party should take initiative to preserve it ! ( Source-ABP report dt.30/12/12)