Family Tree
Ganeshdas bilasiram
It all began with Ganeshdas Bilasiram. Our family lived in Lakshmangarh and there was abject poverty there. Ganeshdas first came to Assam in the 1870s with his maternal uncle to set up a trading business. Assam was very under developed, even for that time. Ganeshdas’s health suffered due to tough geography, weather and availability of food. He returned to Lakshmangarh after 5-6 years. Then, Bilasiram came to Assam and, through his perseverance, setup a trading and manufacturing business that was one of the most successful in Assam. At the peak, Ganeshdas Bilasiram had 5 rice and oil mills (located in Tezpur, Halem, Narayanpur, Laluk and Bijotighat) and 28 trading posts. Goods would be transported on the Brahmaputra river since there were no roads. You can see some of artifacts in the photos section.
children of ganeshdas
Notes:
Ganeshdas expired at an early age.
Ramkumar was actually the son of Bilasiram (twin brother of Gajadhar) but was adopted by Ganeshdas
children of bilasiram
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Bilasiram is credited with building the huge business and was known to be very generous
Bilasiram died within days of Dhapi bai and the ceremonies for both their demise were held together
CHILDREN OF GAJADHAR
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Ganga devi (wife of Shyam) and Bhanwari devi (wife of Goma) were real sisters
CHILDREN OF RAMKUMAR
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Janki devi came from the Pasari family in Ranchi. Her neice, Parmeshwari devi later married Brahmadutt.
children of jagannath
Notes:
Banwarilal was adopted by Kesardev
Gomaprasad produced an Assamese movie in 1955, Piyoli Phukan, where he introduced Bhupen Hazarika as the music director. It was the first Assamese movie to win a national award
CHILDREN OF SITARAM
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Arjunlal died when he was only 5 years old
CHILDREN OF RAMPRATAP
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Rajendra’s wedding was held in the Jhunjhunwala family (knows as Silver Kings) with tremendous pomp. Ustad Bismillah Khan played the shahnai in the wedding
