 It included the display of "swadeshi" wrestling, "swadeshi" art and recital and performances of "swadeshi" poetry and songs.The "mela" met regularly until 1880 after which it lost its importance due to the establishment of other institutions.In 1867, the National Paper published the "Prospectus of a Society for the Promotion of National Feeling among the Educated Natives of Bengal" by Rajnarayan Basu.