The quaint village of Palashi along the Hooghly River in the Lower Ganges witnessed an event on 23rd June 1757 that brought it out of oblivion into the limelight. The event was an encounter of the Nawab Siraj-ud-Daulah’s army with the East India Company’s army, headed by Robert Clive. Although it was an unimpressive military encounter, it was a very momentous one that marked the start of nearly two centuries of British Rule in India. That event is known across the world today as the Battle of Plassey... read more

Explore the Lower Ganges or Hooghly River on the Kalaw Pandaw, visiting the cultural riches of Bengal with its many palaces and temples set amidst an idyllic rural landscape.

Sister to the Kindat and identical in design the Kalaw was launched with her in 2014. Kalaw is named after the PS Kalaw launched in 1917 and sunk in 1942 in the War. Paul Strachan witnessed the salvaging of the Kalaw in 1998 and managed to acquire her name plate and bell, the former of which has been reused on her namesake. Again this ultra light ship combines one of the shallowest drafts on the river with one of the highest passenger space ratios afloat.