Rasgulla is a favorite sweet in every corner of India. People call it by different names, such as Rasgulla, Roshogulla or Rasbhari. For a long time, Bengalis and Odia people did not agree with each other on who invented it. But on 14 November 2017, West Bengal got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Rasgulla.
There are many stories prevalent in this regard. Bengalis say that it was made by Navin Chandra Das in 1868, and then the next generations of his family made it popular. Dhiman Das, the great-grandson of Navin Chandra, tells this story as follows.
Nabin Chandra Das first opened a sweet shop in Jorashanko in 1864. But soon his business closed and two years later he opened another shop in Baghbazar. Mr Das decided that he would not sell the usual sweets, he wanted to create a sweet that was completely his own creation. He tried boiling the chhena balls in sugar syrup, but they would fall apart. But he found a solution and solved this problem by using reetha and creating bubbles to make the chhena balls spongy. After continuous effort, he mastered the art of keeping the balls together and thus the rasgulla was born. His customers loved it.
