It is said Sri Harsha, the favourite court poet to Gahadaval dynasty's king Vijaya Chandra (1155 – 1170 AD), was persecuted by the jealous queen and came to Bengal. Like his ancestor, Ramprasad Sen too was a scholar and a very talented poet and song-writer. Ramprasad earned laurels in Sanskrit and Urdu besides Bengali. He was a self-confessed worshipper of Goddess of power, Kali, whom he prayed to as Jagat-Janani Jagat-Ishwari (World's Mother World's Lord). Ramprasad Sen was married to Sharbani Devi, daughter of Loknath Das Gupta of Bhajanghat village (Nadia district). He lived in Halisahar in the land given to him by the famous Sabarna Roy Choudhury family and Maharaja Krishna Chandra of Nadia at here at Halisahar where now the Ramprasad Vita came up with a Kali temple. Ramprasad Sen was a natural poet and song-writer and very deeply spiritual. Folklores have it that he conversed many times with the Goddess Kali who showed up to him as his daughter. Ramprasad had his patrons in many famous and rich of Bengal, Maharaja Krishna Chandra of Nadia, Maharaja Nanda Kumar, Raja Naba Krishna Dev of Sova Bazar and Babu Churamani Dutta of Kolkata among them. Ramprasad wrote a few masterpieces as examples of his Bhakti for Shakta principles. He wrote Sri Sri Kali Kirtan probably on request of a rich man Raj Kishore. He wrote Vidya Sundar Kavya granth under the patronage of Maharaja Krishna Chandra which earned him the title of Kabiranjan. He also wrote Kalika Mangal (in the line of many Mangal Kavyas of various Bengali poets of the period), Krishna Kirtan, Sita Bilaap and Agamoni & Bijoya. But the Ramprasad Padavali, a collection of around 255 Ramprasadi songs with their unique philosophy based lyrics and rhythm became most famous. Ramprasad sacrificed his life in the year 1781 in the holy water of Ganga carrying the idol of Kali he worshipped all his life on his head and singing self-written songs with his wife. He had two sons and two daughters – Ramdulal, Parameshwari, Jagadishwari and Rammohan.

He was probably mentally unbalanced but nevertheless very talented and possessed a very deep sense of humour. He wrote poetic answers to many Ramprasad Sen written songs in Bengal's own panchali rhythm and those creations are rich with inimitable wits. Aju Gosain, it is said, was almost a neighbour to Ramprasad Sen living in the area by the river Ganga which is now known as Shibergoli. But his abode was never tried to be protected and it lost with time. There is nothing more apart from his beautiful humorist verses exists now. He had no family and even his background is unknown.

She was born to the poor peasant couple Harekrishna Das and Rampriya Devi. She was youngest to two brothers Ramchandra and Govinda. She was nicknamed Rani. She was however fortunate to get married to the rich Kolkata businessman Babu Raj Chandra Das of Jan Bazar in 1804.Stories have it that Raj Chandra was impressed by watching the beautiful Rani while she was bathing by the ghat of Ganga and proposed to her family. The ghat is now famous by the name of Rani Rashmoni ghat at Halisahar. Rani Rashmoni was very religious and after her husband's death she quite efficiently handled the zamindari and the business and earned the respect of the then British government. History says that she actually wanted to build her temple of Mother Goddess Kali first in Halisahar – her birthplace, but later was compelled to shift that to Dakshineshwar where Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa became the chief priest. She died in 1861 in her residence at Kalighat. She was survived by four daughters – Padmamoni, Kumari, Karuna and Jagadamba.

The original inhabitant of Kanauj, this Sabarna Brahmin gotra (i.e. the clan of Maharshi Saborno) was initiated by Vedagarva Upadhyay who settled in Gango Bhumi in Bengal. He was one of the five great Sanskrit scholars of the 10th century AD Kannyakubja who came to Bengal on invitation from the then king of Bengal – Maharaja Adisura. Being from Gango Bhumi, Vedagarva's descendants called themselves Gangopadhyay. The eleventh descendent of the family, Kulapati probably settled in Amatia village near Katwa in Burdwan district. The nineteenth descendant of Vedagarva's family, Panchanan Gangopadhyay, a resident of Amatia, proved his military mettles in the Mughal army to earn zamindari in Gopalpur in Hooghly district (Hooghly Goghata) and a title of Shakti Khan thus calling himself Panchu Shakti Khan. He also got part of his zamindari in today's Halisahar. The 21st descendant of the family, Shiva alias Jiya Gangopadhyay became an ascetic and went by the name Kamdev Brahmachari. Jiya Gangopadhyay and his beautiful wife Padmavati had their son Lakshmi Kanta Gangopadhyay grew up to be a great warrior and a scholar. Majumdar Lakshmi Kanta (Majumdar being a laurel of a landlord) earned the double titles of Roy (in recognition of Prosperity) and Choudhury (in recognition of Land Ownership). The family got huge jagirdari in and around Halisahar given by Maharaja Man Singh when he was impressed with the Roy Choudhurys for their help in his war against Maharaja Pratapaditya of Jessore (in present Bangladesh). Lakshmi Kanta's zamindari invited a lot of Hindu scholars (Brahmins) and doctors (Vaidyas) from Bikrampore (in modern Bangladesh) to live here as well as many diplomatic and educated Kayasthas from Konnagar and other places of Hooghly. The Jagirdari (or Zamindari) of the Roy Choudhury family spread far and wide on both sides of the Ganga in Bengal from Halisahar to Uttarpara, Nimta and Birati, Paharpur and Kheput to Barisha. Lakshmi Kanta being a Sabarno Brahmin first became famous as Sabarno Roy Choudhury. He built a road from Halisahar to Barisha in south of present Kolkata. Although the Roy Choudhury family was orthodox worshippers of Shakti and believers of Shakta and Shaiva doctrines, they later shredded this image to become open to other doctrines like Vaishnavism. In Halisahar Lakshmikanta Roy Choudhury's great grandson Babu Vidyadhar Roy Choudhury established three temples – Buro Shiv temple at the Shibergoli, Shyam Rai temple at the Choudhury para locality and Siddheswari Kalika idol at the Bazarpara Kalikatala Kali temple which later shifted to Siddheswari temple at Balidaghata. The family even started the famous Dol Utsav in Halisahar during Holi and organize a fair on Dolyatra.

He became a good friend to the Christian Missionary Alexander Duff. K.P. Gupta obtained a first class in his MA on Literature and became a first class MD, physician. He passed LRCP when he went abroad and in the post-Sepoy Mutiny (1857) period became the first medical officer of Indian origin in the Indian Military Service. Before him only two persons earned that status but that was before the Sepoy Mutiny. He was the first Indian to earn FRCS. He was the first Indian to be the Sanitary Commissioner of Bengal and retired from there in 1899. He even served as the Chief Medical Officer to the Nepal government. Col. Gupta was also the first Indian to be the Chairman of the Halisahar Municipality in the year 1905. He taught in Bangabasi College for free for many years when his friend Girish Chandra Basu established the college in Kolkata. He had his hands behind many good works in Halisahar. He was an integral part of developments of the city and even graced the chair of the Halisahar Goodwill Fraternity's president. He died in 1911. There is a pond by the name of Saheb pukur dugged on his initiatives. He patronised the all important charitable dispensary of Halisahar. Halisahar Municipality paid homage to his works by naming the nearly four kilometres long road from Halisahar railway station to Balidaghata – Ghoshpara Road crossing by the Ganga on his name and the Halisahar Charitable Dispensary by his name.

He later joined civil service and worked all around India. While being in his job he continued practicing literature and writing poems. He established and patronised innumerable Literary Work Development Societies and/or Sahitya Sabha at places like Etawa, Moghulsarai, Parvatipur, Pune, Dharwar etc. wherever he got job transfers. He wrote a book of poems Bibidha Darshan in his early professional life in Allahabad. He wrote another poetry book Ekata Brata while in Pune. His various literary works got published in Nabya Bharat, Naba Jiban, Bharati, the Hindu Herald etc. He wrote another poem book Bichitra Darshan and a long story book Gynan Prabha. His other publications include the Life story of Saint Tukaram, Life of Sri Chaitannya etc. Babu Dinanath was an eminent social worker of Halisahar and his valuable speeches on Saint Poet Ramprasad Sen and worshipping of Goddess Kali, Sripad Iswar Puri and Vaishnav principles etc. influenced the youths of Halisahar manifold. He was involved both with the Purnima Brata Samiti and Halisahar Hitoishini Sabha. Babu Dinanath's exceptional quality as an educator was quite impressing and it earned him a permanent post at the Halisahar High School development committees and Halisahar Goodwill Fraternity's administrative committees. He was of the few eminent personalities who patronised English education of the youths of Halisahar. He was a Secretary to Halisahar High School between 1900 and 1902. He died at Venaras in 1910.

He stood second in FA and stood first in both his BA and MA examinations. He was a professor first at the Sanskrit College in Kolkata, then at the Rajsahi College at Rajsahi (modern Bangladesh) and Cuttack Ravenshaw College; then between 1884 and 1901 he taught at the very prestigious Presidency College of Kolkata. He obtained the title of Roy Bahadur in 1911. Like his father Babu Govinda Chandra, Babu Bipin Bihari too took interest in spreading English education in Halisahar.

He was a prodigal student and talented mathematician. He stood third in his Entrance Exam, stood 7th in his FA and 5th in BA examinations. Kishori Mohan Sen Gupta stood second in Mathematics to pass his MA. He served as a professor at St. John College at Agra, Hooghly College, Presidency College and Dhaka Training College.He was an integral part of the Halisahar Goodwill Fraternity (then called Hitoishini Sabha) and had actively participated in various development works for the area starting from establishing the municipal government in the area, building a charitable dispensary to constructing roads and digging ponds around Halisahar throughout his life till his premature death in 1906. Babu Nalini Ranjan was an able son to the able father Babu Kishori Mohan. Dr. Nalini Ranjan was a famous doctor of the then Bengal, a MD physician of calibre, he was the youngest son to the very talented Prof. Kishori Mohan. His elder brother Babu Abani Ranjan (BA, BT, BES) was also a great social worker and educator. Nalini Ranjan was a member to the Halisahar Goodwill Fraternity since early part of the 20th century and served the city during the infamous malaria epidemic and Burdwan Fever. He was a vice-president to Goodwill Fraternity in 1946 and later became president here as well as became president to the Halisahar High School's Centennial Celebration Committee. Nalini Ranjan, a student himself of the institution, was a patron to Halisahar High School since 1930. Between 1943-'45 he permanently settled in Halisahar to serve his birthplace lifelong.

He was born in 1887. He learned the lessons of revolution from the great Rishi Sri Aurobindo. He was an aide from outside to the famous Chattagram Uprising and Chattagram Astragaar Lunthan performed by Masterda Surya Sen. In 1919 Bipin Bihari joined the Indian National Congress to be a part of the Free India Movement. He was also a part of the Salt Satyagraha under Mahatma Gandhi. He was an elected member to the Bengal Law Society (Bangiya Ain Sabha) from the Barrackpore subdivision and the Bizpore centre. He was also a member to the All India National Trade Union Congress and Vice-President of its West Bengal branch committee. In between 1930 and 1940 he was a member to the Calcutta Corporation as elected by the Indian National Congress. He died in the year 1954 still serving as the president of the 24 Parganas Zilla Congress Committee and president of the Kanchrapara Congress Committee.