2 Years After GI Tag, Bengal Celebrates ″Rosogolla Dibas″

''Rosogolla Dibas'' (Rasgulla Day) was celebrated in West Bengal on Thursday to mark the granting of Geographical Indication (GI) tag of ''Banglar Rosogolla'' to the state on this day two years ago.

The statue of Nobin Chandra Das, inventor of the Bengal variant of the sweetmeat, at Baghbazar area of north Kolkata was garlanded in the presence of state minister Sashi Panja, said Dhiman Das, a descendant of Nobin Chandra Das and owner of KC Das.

Street children and inmates of shelter homes near the residence of KC Das (Krishna Chandra Das), son of Nobin Chandra Das, at Gourimata Udyan Park in the northern part of the city were treated to Rosogollas on the occasion, Dhiman Das said.