The most beautiful woman in British India

Hi friends. In 1997, a classic was released and it is considered as one of the greatest movies in the map of world cinema. Yes, I am talking about 'Titanic'. when I watched that movie I was just mesmerized with its enormous beauty. For our generation, who were born in the mid-'90s or late '90s this movie is one of the pieces of the recollections of our childhood. I did a survey among all my friends and they actually said this-" The moment we saw Rose( Kate Winslet) on the screen, we thought that she is the most beautiful woman we have ever seen". But, wait, why I am talking about this. Well, it is just the prologue before my actual story today( I hope you don't get bored). When you hear this term ' British India', what comes to your mind first? Obviously, you can neglect all the bad stuff and think of something good( and believe me there was some good stuff). Maybe Ronald Ross, for discovering the antidote of malaria or maybe David Hare for founding school. But I don't think you know about the most beautiful woman in British India. She was only remembered as the celebrated Ms. Sanderson in the faded pages of history. I am talking about that time when East India Company was ruling and for work, a lot of young people were coming to India. Now, if a lot of young people stay far away from home together, then some undesirable problems arrive for them. For that, some undesirable diseases take place( use the naughtiest part of your brain to understand these two lines). East India Company had a solution for this, which was called ' The Fishing Fleet'. In this arrangement, they gave a lot of money and legal passports to a lot of single young girls from England and sent them to India with only one objective. " You have one full year to spend here in Kolkata, find a HUSBAND". Whoever had the luck found a very young eligible bachelor. But who was not that much lucky had to return to England with shame. But there were some girls who went to England from here to complete their schooling and returned after finishing college. Daughter of Robert Sanderson, Elizabeth Jane was one of them. The moment Elizabeth set foot in Kolkata, news spread like a fragrance of lavender that there is no other girl in Kolkata as beautiful as her. Dozen's of young boys formed a line to see just a glimpse of her. Everybody wanted her to be their life-partner and like every foolish man they thought 'She will be mine and only mine'. The fun fact is, Elizabeth knew about this and sometimes she actually mocked them for this. I will give you a quick story. 16 young eligible bachelor approached Elizabeth to go to a Ball with them. She individually said those 16 young people that " I will go to the ball only with you. You know, if you wear a pig green coat with some pink leather piping on it, it will be a perfect match with my gown". As a result, those 16 young people came to the ball wearing the same clownish green coat. People jeered at them but they took it sportingly. Elizabeth also danced with them individually. At night, those 16 young people accompanied Elizabeth and they marched with flare beside her carriage and sang melodies for her. 

After that what happened it is some kind of irony with these beautiful women. Elizabeth chose Ricard Barwell as a husband, who was a friend of Hasting. It is known that Richard had the habit of both gambling and ladies. 13th September 1776, they got married. After two years on the 9th of November 1778, Elizabeth passed away in the age of 23 only, from the complications arising out of childbirth. You may not remember her name but after her death, she found a place among the great of rage, in South ParkStreet Cemetry. The obelisk of her tomb is one of the tallest there and you can still read on the ensis of the marble- ' Elizabeth Jane Barwell- the celebrated Ms. Sanderson'.