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Alipore
Alipore (Bengali: আলিপুর) is headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and a neighbourhood in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Alipore, Kolkata, is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata[citation needed], along with the area Ballygunge. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line. The Pin Code of Alipore is Kolkata 700027.
One of the most historical, eventful and elite localities of the city of Kolkata, Alipore is nearly as old as the city itself.
It was in the middle parts of the 18th century that the British began exploring the areas outside their settlements of Fort William and the Dalhousie Square area beyond the Race Course. The Belvedere Estate was one of the oldest establishments in Alipore. The then Governor General Warren Hastings built it for himself and it became the Governor's residence until the Government House came up later. It was about this period of time that Alipore started attracting more and more British settlers who built their huge mansions and bungalows with gardens and Alipore came to be more popular.
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Bagbazar
There is also a bagbazar in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bagbazar (also spelt Baghbazar) (Bengali: বাগ়বাজার) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Shyambazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy. Bagbazar has played an active role in growth and development of Kolkata.
The name, Bagbazar, is derieved from two words put together from old Bengali literature: "bagh" meaning flower garden and " bazaar" meaning market. So it refers to a place where flowers are abundant.
As Kalikata became settled, Sutanuti was gradually abandoned by the English as a place of residence. There remained, near its northernmost corner, Perin’s Garden, a pleasure resort, where once it was the height of gentility for the British East India Company’s covenanted servants to take their ladies for an evening stroll or moonlight fete. However, it was little frequented from around 1746 and by 1752 was sold for Rs. 25,000. Captain Perin was owner of several ships. In 1754, Colonel C.F. Scott began manufacturing gunpowder at the garden.
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Bakkhali
Bakkhali (Bengali: বক্খালি) is seaside resort in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India. It is located on one of the many deltaic islands spread across southern Bengal. Most of the islands are part of the Sunderbans, barring a few at the fringes. Some of these are joined together with bridges over narrow creeks. This small island juts out into the vast expanse of the Bay of Bengal.
It has a 7 km long beach stretching from Bakkhali to Frasergunj, a twin beach, with gently rolling waves. These are twin towns now forming one continuous locality. Casuarina trees line the beach. Except on an occasional holiday the beach is not crowded. Even if one part is crowded on a particular day, there will be plenty of barren pockets. A small stretch near Bakkhali has been lighted up. It is a hard beach suitable for cycling or even driving. One can take long walks.
Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal (1903–1908) in the early twentieth century, is credited with “discovery” of the place. He tried his best to popularise it and in recognition of his efforts a part of the town is named Frasergunj. There is a dilapidated house near the beach, which according to the locals was the one in which Fraser used to stay.
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Ballygunge
Ballygunge (Bengali: বালিগঞ্জ) is an upmarket and elite locality in South Kolkata, India. It is flanked by Park Circus in the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, Dhakuria and the Lakes (now called Rabindra Sarobar) in the south, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Lansdowne in the west. Reference to a hero/heroine staying in Ballygunge in their own houses (not flats/apartments) in Bengali novels implies that he/she belongs to an affluent and "modern" Bengali family. No other place names in Bengal including undivided Bengal evokes such an instantaneous understanding or response.
It is a large area comprising Ballygunge Circular Road, Ritchie Road, Dover Road, Lovelock Place, Gurusaday Dutta Road, Mayfair Road, Ballygunge Park, Queens Park, Sunny Park, Palm Avenue, Ballygunge Place, Merlin Park, Gariahat Road, Garcha Road, Mandeville Gardens, Gol Park, Kankulia Road, Ballygunj Gardens, Hindustan Park, Hindustan Road, Dover Lane and some portions of Rash Behari Avenue, Hazra Road and Bondel Road. Even a part of Southern Avenue and the Lake Area (adjoining Rabindra Sarobar) is often referred to as Ballygunge though technically (by city pin code) it is not so. Though it covers quite a vast expanse of area, the area near Bijon Setu (near the Ballygunge Station) is termed as Ballygunge (as a railway/ bus/ auto/ taxi stop). The pin Code of Ballygunge area is Kolkata 700 019.
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Barasat
Barasat (Bengali: বারাসাত Barasat) is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction. Barasat is also the name of a sub-division centering the city.
As an urban setup in the vicinity of the Kolkata, the town is within the area of Greater Calcutta. Several significant roads like National Highway 34 (Krishnanagar Road leading towards North Bengal), Jessore road (road leading to Jessore in Bangladesh via Bongaon); road leading to Basirhat etc. cross through the town.
During the period of Moghuls, Ram Sundar Mitra had got the Laminar at Barasat town. Sankar Chakrabrorty, a commander of Pratapaditya, The king of Jessore (at present in Bangladesh), came to Barasat in 1600, and established himself in Barasat town. In 1700 AD Hazarat Ekdil Shah, the Muslim saint, started residing at Kazipara, Barasat. He was known as a social reformer. His tomb, located in Kazipara, is a pilgrimage place of Muslim community. Pratapaditya had made his way to Kolkata from Jessore and Sirajudoulla had made his way to Kolkata from Murshidabad via Barasat, which are later on converted into two National Highways.
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Barrackpore
Barrackpore or Barrackpur (Bengali: ব্যারাকপুর) is headquarters of Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town was a military and administrative center under British rule, and was the scene of several acts of rebellion against Britain during the 19th century. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
The name Barrackpore may have originated from the word the English word barracks as the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company. Barrackpore was known as `Chanak` and is mentioned by that name in the `Manasa Vijay` written by Bipradas Pipilai (1495). According to another source which is most acceptable, the name originates from " BARBAKPUR". This is mentioned in "Ain-e-Akbari" written by Abul Fazal (1596–97).
The earliest references to the Barrackpore region are found in the writings of the Greek navigators, geographers, chronicles and historians of the 1st century BC to the 3rd century A.D. These authors generally referred to the country of a people variously called the Gangaridae, Gangaridai, Gandaritai etc.
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Baruipur subdivision
Baruipur subdivision (Bengali: বারুইপুর মহকুমা), is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of three municipalities (Baruipur, Rajpur Sonarpur and Jaynagar Mazilpur) and seven community development blocks: Baruipur, Bhangar–I, Bhangar–II, Jaynagar–I, Jaynagar–II, Kultali and Sonarpur. The seven blocks contain two census towns and 80 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Baruipur.
Apart from the municipalities of Baruipur, Rajpur Sonarpur and Jaynagar Mazilpur, the subdivision contains two census towns and rural areas of 80 gram panchayats under seven community development blocks: Baruipur, Bhangar–I, Bhangar–II, Jaynagar–I, Jaynagar–II, Kultali and Sonarpur. The two census towns are: Bhangar Raghunathpur and Uttar Durgapur.
Rural area under Baruipur block consists of 18 gram panchayats, viz. Begumpur, Dhapdhapi–II, Mallickpur, Shankarpur–II, Belegachhi, Hardhah, Nabagram, Shikharbali–I, Brindakhali, Hariharpur, Ramnagar–I, Shikharbali–II, Champahati, Kalyanpur, Ramnagar–II, Dhapdhapi–I, Madarhat and Shankarpur–I. There is no urban area under this block. Baruipur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Piyali Town.
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Batanagar
Batanagar (Bengali: বাটানগর) is a town in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is one of the places named after the multinational shoe company Bata. There is a plant of the Bata company here. The employees mostly reside in Batanagar.
Batanagar was established to start the first shoe factory in India by Czech industrialist Thomas Bata. The Bata brand was established on August 24, 1894 in Zlín, then in Austria-Hungary (now in Czech Republic). The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in Konnagar, West Bengal with 75 Czech experts. Jan Antonin Bata then built up an industrial manufactuing city called Batanagar in 1934, as well as other factories in Digha near Patna, and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people.Later Batanagar became one of the bigger sub-urban towns near Kolkata.
Batanagar lies near the river Ganges. Nungi or Nangi, the nearest rail station, is 23 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah-Budge Budge section of Eastern Railway.and just 9 km from Taratala.
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Behala
Behala (Bengali: বেহালা, Behālā) is a neighbourhood in South West Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Behala was officially known as South Suburban Municipality until it was merged with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on January, 1984. Now it is broadly spread across Ward Nos.118 and 132 of the KMC and is divided into two Vidhan Sabha constituencies: Behala Paschim and Behala Purba. Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur and Haridebpur police stations of Kolkata Police serve this area.
It is the city’s of the oldest residential part. Behala is one of the oldest residential areas of the city. The Sabarna Roy Choudhurys, one of the oldest zamindar families of western Bengal and the trustee of Kalighat Kali Temple lives here. It is also home to Sourav Ganguly, former Indian national cricket captain and Sovan Chatterjee, the present Mayor of Kolkata.
Behala is also an important industrial area of the city. There are many factories and industries which include the manufacturing units like chemicals, plastic and plastic recycling, spray painting, metal plating and galvanizing. There are many schools, hospitals, banks and other important institutes in the region.
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Belgachia
Belgachia is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Belgachia is a station in Kolkata Metro.
Coordinates: 22°36′N 88°23′E / 22.6°N 88.383°E / 22.6; 88.383
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Bhowanipore
Bhowanipore or Bhabanipur (Bengali: ভবানীপুর) is the oldest locality of South Kolkata. It is located just south of the Lower Circular Road (now A.J.C. Bose Road). It is the second largest locality in South Kolkata after Ballygunge. The locality has its boundary touching the AJC Bose Road, Maidan, Victoria Memorial and consists of well-known and posh localities like Elgin Road, Gokhale Road, Woodburn Park, Bakulbagan Road, Harish Mukherjee Road, Beltala Road, Townshend Road and parts of Chakraberia and Lansdowne. The locality has an illustrious past and abounds with stories of great men and women who lived here, although in the recent years it has lost much of its glory to Ballygunge, which has gone ahead in terms of good roads, posh locales, and modern day developments.
Bhowanipore is perhaps the first 'posh' south Kolkata neighbourhood. In the early 19th century, it was just a small village on the southern outskirts of the city of Calcutta. Soon it developed into a favourable home to many immigrants into the city from the countryside of West and East Bengal. These immigrants were very literate and prosperous and just wanted to settle outside the more famous localities of northern Kolkata.
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Bilandapur
Bilandapur is a census town under Mograhat police station of Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
As of 2001[update] India census, Bilandapur had a population of 5722. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bilandapur has an average literacy rate of 48%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 54% and female literacy of 43%. 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Coordinates: 22°14′26″N 88°23′05″E / 22.24046°N 88.38467°E / 22.24046; 88.38467
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Birlapur
Birlapur (Bengali: বিড়লাপুর) is a census town under Nadakhali police station of Alipore sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.
As of 2001[update] India census, Birlapur had a population of 19,830. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Birlapur has an average literacy rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 68% and female literacy of 52%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Birlapur was founded by Mr. M.P.Birla. He established different factories here. Birlapur is famous for the Birla Jute Mill.There are one Calsium carbite factory, one linonium factory, one jute fibre factory and auto trim factory also. There is a co-educational high school named Birlapur Vidyalaya with both Hindi and Bengali medium. There is a permanent market also. The factory has its power house. Most of the employees stay in company provided quarters.
It is a place for many Birla employees and their children who spent most of their childhood in this serene and peaceful urban village.
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Bowbazar
Bowbazar (also spelt Boubazar) (Bengali: বৌবাজার) is a neighbourhood and police station in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The neighbourhood has been at the forefront of Kolkata’s changing society.
In Wood’s map of 1784, the entire portion of the road from Lal Bazar to what was known for a long time as Circular Road (now Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road) or even a part of that road was shown as Baithakkhana (archaic spelling Boytaconnah). It received its name from an old banyan tree which stood at its eastern extremity and formed a baithakkhana or resting and meeting place for caravans of merchants who traded in Kolkata. Beyond it were the salt lakes and marshes. Job Charnock is said to have chosen the site of Kolkata for a city, in consequence of the pleasure he found in sitting and smoking under the shade of a large tree. Posterity loved to connect his name with the Baithakkhana tree, which is shown in Upjohn’s map of 1794 on land subsequently appropriated by Sealdah station. However, it finds no mention in Wood’s map of 1784.
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Budge Budge
Budge Budge (Bengali: বজ বজ Bôj Bôj) is a town and a municipality in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Swami Vivekananda landed at Budge Budge ferry ghat when he returned from his Chicago visit. The anniversary is still celebrated today with great zeal.
A curious feature of this small and old town is the large number of Sikhs who live here. Budge Budge was the site where the ship Komagata Maru was allowed to land following its return from Vancouver. The ship was chartered by a group of Sikhs to challenge the exclusion laws enacted by Canada to restrict Indian immigration.
Budge Budge municipality is more than a century old establishment.
Historically the oldest people of this place were the 'Haldars' who came here to guard a fort near the bank of the River Ganges. A British writer who had come with Clive around 1740-50 chronicled this event. Maniklal was the main person at the fort and his soldiers lost to Clive's troops. This may have been the start of the series of Indian defeats to the expanding British colonial forces in the 18th century.
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Burrabazar
Burrabazar (also spelt Bara Bazar) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an assembly constituency. Burrabazar expanded from a yarn and textile market into the commercial nucleus of Kolkata and one of the largest wholesale markets in India.
Burrabazar (Hindi: बडा बजार) is a Hindi word meaning big market. In Bengali, it is called Barobazar, (Bengali: বড় বাজার), the meaning remaining same. However, there is another theory. The neighbourhood was earlier named after ‘Buro’, the popular name of Shiva. The Hindi-speaking merchants who ousted the earlier local merchants, made it ‘Bara’.
Before the British came the most powerful families in the region were Sett and Bysacks, the merchants of yarn and cloth market at Sutanuti. With the arrival of the British these families flourished with renewed vigour. Janardan Sett was a trading agent of the British. Shobharam Bysack (1690-1773) became a millionaire by supplying textiles to British East India Company.One of the earliest names floating around is that of Mukundaram Sett, who lived in the earlier part of sixteenth century and moved from Satgaon to Gobindapur.Sutanuti haat has been traced back to 1738 by Orme. In the siege of 1756, troops of Siraj ud-Daulah set fire to the market and took possession of Jorabagan and Kumortuli, neighbourhoods further north where the merchants lived.
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Canada
Canada (
/ˈkænədə/) is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean. Spanning over 9,900,000 km2 (3,800,000 sq mi), Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area, and its common border with the United States is the longest land border in the world.
The land that is now Canada has been inhabited for millennia by various Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French colonial expeditions explored, and later settled, along the region's Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy; the Canada Act 1982 severed the vestiges of legal dependence on Britain.
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Canning subdivision
Canning subdivision (Bengali: ক্যানিং মহকুমা), is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of four community development blocks: Basanti, Canning–I, Canning–II and Gosaba. The four blocks contain 46 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Canning.
The subdivision contains rural areas of 46 gram panchayats under four community development blocks: Basanti, Canning–I, Canning–II and Gosaba. There is no urban area under these four blocks.
Rural area under Basanti block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Amjhara, Chunakhali, Kanthalberia, Uttar Mokamberia, Basanti, Foolmalancha, Maszidbati, Bharatgarh, Jharkhali, Nafarganj, Charabidya, Jyotishpur and Ramchandrakhali. Basanti police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Sonakhali.
Rural area under Canning–I block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Bansra, Gopalpur, Matla–I, Taldi, Daria, Hatpukuria, Matla–II, Dighirpar, Itkhola and Nikarighata. Canning police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Canning Town.
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Chak Garia
Chak Garia (Bengali:চক্ গড়িয়া) or Chakgaria is a posh neighbourhood located in the eastern part of Garia, Kolkata, India. It is bounded by Jadavpur to the north, New Garia to the south, Baishnabghata-Patuli Township to the west and Mukundapur to the east. It is primarily famous for the highrises namely, Hiland Park and Bengal Ambuja Upohar.
Chak Garia is served by many bus routes of Garia which enter through the E.M. Bypass. Kavi Subhash station connects this locality to the Kolkata Metro network.
Chak Garia is served by the Baghajatin Railway station on the Sealdah South section.
CTC Bus route - Route no. C-5,etc.
Private Bus routes - Route no. 1B, 206,etc.
Mini Bus routes - Garia-B.B.D. Bag, Garia Station-Howrah,etc.
WBSTC & SBSTC Bus routes - Garia-Bagbazar, Garia Station-Durganagar, Garia Station-New Town,etc.
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Chandannagar
Chandannagar, formerly known as Chandernagore or Chandernagar (French: Chandernagor), (Bengali: চন্দননগর Chôndonnôgor) is a small city and former French colony located 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. It is head quarters of a subdivision in Hooghly District. It is one of the 6 municipal corporations in West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Located on the Hooghly River, the city has been able to maintain a separate identity different from all other cities and abide by her own characteristics. The total area is a meagre 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) having a population of over 150,000. Chandannagar is connected to Kolkata by railway, roadways and river and it takes about an hour to reach there by car.
The name Chandannagore is possibly derived from the shape of the bank of the river Ganges which is bent like a half moon (in Bengali, Chand means moon and Nagar implies city). In some old documents the spelling of Chandannagar was Chandernagore which probably came from Chandra Nagar. To mention, Chandra is the Bengali of Moon. Others believe it might have been taken from the flourishing trade and business of sandal wood (Bengali:Chandan) at that time. One more reason behind the name is, in Chandernagore there is a temple of Goddess 'Chandi'. So somebody believes that it might come from there. But earlier people knew the place by the name Farasdanga as it was a French colony (Bengali: Farasi means French, danga means land).
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Chowringhee
Chowringhee (also spelt Chourangi) (Bengali: চৌরঙ্গী) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jawaharlal Nehru Road (earlier known as Chowringhee Road) runs on its western side. A neighbourhood steeped in history, it is a business district, as well as a shopper’s destination and entertainment-hotel centre.
The name ‘Chowringhee’ has defied etymologists. There is, however, the legend of a yogi, Chourangi Giri, who discovered an image of the goddess Kali’s face and built the first and founded the original Kalighat temple.
In the seventeenth century or prior to it, the area now occupied by the Maidan and Esplanade was a tiger-infested jungle. At the eastern end of it was an old road, which had once been built by the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family from Barisha to Halisahar. Beyond it there were “pools, swamps and rice-fields, dotted here and there with the straggling huts of fishermen, falconers, wood-cutters, weavers and cultivators. In that region were three small hamlets – Chowringhee, Birjee and Colimba.
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Cossipore
Cossipore (Bengali: কাশীপুর) (also spelt Cossipur, Kashipur) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the old neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station and is an assembly constituency.
The British East India Company purchased thirty-eight villages in 1717 and added them to their property at Calcutta. They later reconstituted them as fifty-five villages or mouzas (panchannogram). Cossipore was one of those villages. H. E. A. Cotton writes, “The Cossipore Reach was one of the finest on the river, and is lined by a number of villa residences.” From those days Cossipore had a number of industrial units. – the Government Gun Foundry, the Snider and Rifle Shell factories (originally constructed by Colonel Hutchinson), sugar mills and jute screw houses.
Entally, Manicktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Watganj and Ekbalpur, and parts of Garden Reach and Tollygunj were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888.
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Dakshineswar
Dakshineswar (Bengali: দক্ষিনেশ্বর) is a town under Kamarhati Municipality in Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. Belgharia Police Station of Barrackpore Police is responsible for law & order at Dakshineswar.
In 1847, Rani Rashmoni of Bengal began the construction of the famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Rani, who was a rich and pious widow of colonial Bengal had a divine revelation ordering her to construct a temple dedicated to goddess Kali. She started building the magnificent temple after this revelation. In spite of immense wealth she did not come from a very high caste being a Shudra. The Shudras, being the meanial class were not qualified to offer cooked rice to the deity as an offering. But rani out of her intense devotion didn't want her much loved Kali to go half starved by eating only fruits and uncooked rice. She called upon the Brahmins of greater Bengal to come and adjudicate on this problem. No Brahmin was liberal enough to break the unequal social evils and strictly forbade rani to offer cooked food to the goddess. Rani grew morose. At this time a learned scholar, Ramkumar Chattopadhay, who was the elder brother of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa came forward to Rani's rescue. He advised that if Rani donated the temple to a Brahmin, the Brahmin could then offer cooked rice on behalf of Rani. This would not break the traditional rules and yet help in fulfilling Rani's wish of offering cooked rice. This revolutionary suggestion created a storm in the social circles of Bengal in those days. The rani then proceeded to inaugurate the temple on an auspicious day.
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Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark, pronounced [ˈkɔŋəʁiːəð ˈdanmɑɡ̊] (
listen)) is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The kingdom is a unitary state with some power being devolved from Denmark proper to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; this polity is referred to as the Danish Realm. Denmark proper is the hegemonial area, where judicial, executive, and legislative power resides. The Faroe Islands are defined to be a community of people within the kingdom, and the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination.
Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
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Dhakuria
Dhakuria is a locality in the city of Kolkata. It is located in the southern part of the city and is surrounded by Ballygunge and Kasba in the north, Haltu in the east, Jadavpur/Garia in the south and the Lake Gardens and Jodhpur Park areas in the west.
The locality is sometimes referred to as the middle class and currently growing very well off upper middle class people's locality in South Kolkata. Though it is surrounded by its rich and famous areas, over the it still remains primarily a nice upper middle-class neighbourhood. Apart from its critical location in south Calcutta, it is also a place inhabited by prominent people with strong social and cultural background.
The two most important landmarks that signify this locality are the Dhakuria railway station, its bus terminal and the Gariahat Road (South) which are the lifeline of this locality and its USP.
The development of Dhakuria can be traced back to the late fifties & sixties, when a large influx of Hindu Refugees had started from Bangladesh. At that time the southern city limits were up to Ballygunge Lake areas (now known as Golpark).
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Dharmatala
Dharmatala (archaic spelling Dhurrumtollah) (Bengali: ধর্ম্মতলা) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dharmatala Street has been renamed Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood continues to be referred to as Dharmatala. It is a busy commercial area that had come up with the growth of Calcutta during the British Raj and is thus one of the repositories of history in the city.
Dharmatala means Holy Street. It is commonly held to derive its name from a large mosque which stood at the site of Cook and Company’s livery stables. Some discern the name as a reference to dharma, one of the units of the Buddhist Trinity. There was a Buddhist temple at Janbazar, nearby. Tipu Sultan Mosque at the corner of Chowringhee Road and Dharmatala, was built in 1842, by Prince Gholam Mohammad, a son of Tipu Sultan.Bioy Ghosh feels that the name Dharmatala is because of the preeminence of Dharmathakur in olden days. Haris and Doms, who are worshippers of Dharmathakur, predominated the area even in the memorable past.
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Diamond Harbour
Diamond Harbour (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার) is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. This small town is a popular weekend tourist spot located in South 24 Parganas district.
Earlier known as Hajipur, this charming place was named Diamond Harbour by the British. The place was considered a safe resting spot for ocean going ships and offered a spectacular view of the river. After the Rupnarayan River joins the Hughli, the river bends south and widens out to a form a huge expanse of water. A little further down, the Haldi river joins it.
In earlier days Diamond Harbour used to be a stronghold of Portuguese pirates. The ruins of the fort of Chingrikhali can still be seen. It is believed to be linked with the Portuguese but some opine that the East India Company built it before they could establish themselves in Kolkata. There is an old lighthouse nearby. Diamond Harbour is well connected with Kolkata by road and rail. The tourist lodge, Sagarika, located on the riverbank, has been popular for many years. It also has a number of private hotels. As Diamond Harbour is within easy reach of Kolkata, just around 50 km, it is generally a day out picnic spot for city dwellers.
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Dum Dum
Dum Dum (Bengali দমদম Dômdôm) is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a neighbourhood in North-west Kolkata and the location of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, formerly Dum Dum Airport. Dum Dum is a well known place in greater Kolkata. Dum Dum provides a number of transport facilities in the city. It has developed into a modern commercial centre in the outskirts of Kolkata. Dum Dum region is important as it constitutes main entry points of the city. With its domestic and international airport, it is the landing base for visitors to the city. The township falls in the northern region of Kolkata city. Dum Dum region is about 10 km from the city centre which is taken to be Esplanade, Kolkata. The nearby localities include Nager Bazar, Motijheel, Ghughu Danga, Jawpur, Rajbari and Lal Bagan.
Dum Dum is located at 22°37′N 88°25′E / 22.62°N 88.42°E / 22.62; 88.42. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).
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Entally
Entally (Bengali: এন্টালী) (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It has a police stationand is an assembly constituency. Once a part of the Salt Lakes, the area was home to the poor and the depressed castes.Mother Teresa started her activities in Entally.
Entally is a distortion of the original name of the area - Hintalee.The hintal is a type of date palm that grows only on tidal land.
Entally was one of the thirty-eight villages bought by the British East India Company in 1717 and reconstituted as Pancahannagram {fifty-five villages or mouzas). Entally, Pagladanga, Nimakposta, Kamardanga, Gobra and Tangra constituted Dihi Entally. Entally, which was once part of the Salt Lakes, beyond the Maratha Ditch, was a marshy and pestilential stretch. Oriya palanquin-bearers, poor Christians , Muslims , Chinese and other depressed communities such as Dalits, lived in the area. Upper caste Hindus avoided living in the area because of the municipal slaughter house, and Chinese-owned tanneries and piggeries.
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France
France (English
i/ˈfræns/ FRANSS or /ˈfrɑːns/ FRAHNSS; French: [fʁɑ̃s] ( listen)), officially the French Republic (French: République française [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone ("The Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is the largest western European country and it possesses the second-largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 11,035,000 km2 (4,260,000 sq mi), just behind that of the United States (11,351,000 km2 / 4,383,000 sq mi).
Over the past 500 years, France has been a major power with strong cultural, economic, military and political influence in Europe and around the world. During the 17th and 18th centuries, France colonised great parts of North America and Southeast Asia; during the 19th and early 20th centuries, France built the second largest colonial empire of the time, including large portions of North, West and Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and many Caribbean and Pacific Islands.
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Garia
Garia (Bengali:গড়িয়া) is a posh neighbourhood in south Kolkata, India. It includes the localities of New Garia, Chak Garia, Garia Park, Baghajatin, Baishnabghata-Patuli, Techno City, Model Town, Ganguly Bagan, Tentulberia, East Tentulberia, Ramgarh, Briji, Kamalgazi, Mahamayatala, Boral, Sreenagar, Nayabad, Panchasayar, Balia and certain parts of New Ajaynagar. It is bounded by Jadavpur/Dhakuria/Golpark/Gariahat to the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge to the north-west, Santoshpur to the north-east, Narendrapur/Sonarpur to the south and Mukundapur to the east. The southern part of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass runs through the heart of the region. It is also represented by an important, ever-busy, and ever-crowded traffic junction from where a variety of public transports ply in different directions, making it a principal spot of south Kolkata.
Garia is one of the oldest settlements around the region, and is located on the Tolly's Nullah(canal) connecting Kolkata to the Vidhyadhari River to the east. It was primarily a peaceful residential neighbourhood before. The partition of India changed the very fabric of the area.
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Germany
Germany (i/ˈdʒɜrməni/), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, pronounced [ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ( listen)), is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state and the largest economy in the European Union. It is one of the major political powers of the European continent and a technological leader in many fields.
A region named Germania, inhabited by several Germanic peoples, was documented before AD 100. During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward, and established successor kingdoms throughout much of Europe. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation while southern and western parts remained dominated by Roman Catholic denominations, with the two factions clashing in the Thirty Years' War, marking the beginning of the Catholic–Protestant divide that has characterized German society ever since. Occupied during the Napoleonic Wars, the rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states into the German Empire in 1871 which was Prussian dominated. After the German Revolution of 1918–1919 and the subsequent military surrender in World War I, the Empire was replaced by the Weimar Republic in 1918, and partitioned in the Treaty of Versailles. Amidst the Great Depression, the Third Reich was proclaimed in 1933. The latter period was marked by Fascism and World War II. After 1945, Germany was divided by allied occupation, and evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990 Germany was reunified.
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Golf Green
Golf Green is a neighbourhood located in the Southern part of Kolkata, West Bengal. The neighbourhood got its name from the Royal Calcutta Golf Club, which is located in the vincity.
Coordinates: 22°29′34″N 88°21′41″E / 22.49278°N 88.36139°E / 22.49278; 88.36139
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Greece
Greecei/ˈɡriːs/ (Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada, IPA: [eˈlaða] ( listen) historically in Katharevousa and Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas, IPA: [eˈlas] and [helːás] respectively), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia, IPA: [eliniˈci ðimokraˈtia]), is a country in Southern Europe, politically considered part of Western Europe.Athens is the capital and the largest city in the country (its urban area also including Piraeus). The population of the country is around 11 million.
Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the 11th longest coastline in the world at 13,676 km (8,498 mi) in length, featuring a vast number of islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete, the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, and the Ionian Islands among others. Eighty percent of Greece consists of mountains, of which Mount Olympus is the highest at 2,917 m (9,570 ft).
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Halisahar
Halisahar (In Bengali: হালিশহর) is a city and a municipality under Bijpur/ Naihati police stations of Barrackpore subdivision. in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
It was formerly known Kumarhata. It has an ideal blend of green with township. Wet land is still present here.
Halisahar is famous for Sadhak Ramprasad Sen, the saint,the great ' devotee, of Hindu Goddess "Kali". One can find many ashrams here, the famous Nigamananda Asram is at Halisahar. Sri Chaitannya Mahaprabhu's Guru Griha is situated near 'Chaitannya Doba'. Both Rani Rashmoni and Sadhak Ramprasad Sen were born here. There is a tourist spot - the "Ramprasad Vita" which was the cottage of Sadhak Ramprasad, where he was born. Halisahar is also known as a birthland of freedom fighter Bipin Bihari Ganguly.Malancha railway level crossing. And here is famous park by his name, Bipin Bihari Ganguly park, formerly known as Craig Park (By the name of Sir, Craig in the time of British Period.)
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Howrah
Howrah or Haora (Bengali: হাওড়া) is an industrial city, a municipal corporation in the Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the district, and also the headquarters of Howrah Sadar subdivision of the district. Located on the west bank of the Hoogli River, it is a twin city of Kolkata. Howrah is the second small district after Kolkata. The two cities are connected by the four bridges on river Ganges, named Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu), the Vidyasagar Setu (also known as the second Hooghly Bridge), the Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge), the Nivedita Setu (also known as Second Vivekananda Setu and ferry services between various jetties in the two cities.
Howrah Station serves as a terminal for two railway zones of India: the Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway. There are six other railway stations with the city, including the railway junction at Santragachhi and the terminal at Shalimar Station—all the six are part of the South Eastern Railway network. Two national highways—NH 2 and NH 6—are connected to Vidyasagar Setu via Kona Expressway. One endpoint of the Grand Trunk Road is at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden here, where the Great Banyan tree stands. Bengal Engineering & Science University, over 150 years old, is the prestigious engineering university located in the city.
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India
India (i/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Jadavpur
Jadavpur (Bengali:যাদবপুর) is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. It is bounded by Dhakuria to the north, Tollygunge to the west, Santoshpur to the east and Garia to the south. Several of India's major learning institutes are located in Jadavpur, around the Raja SC Mullick Road, including the Jadavpur University, the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, KPC Medical College and Hospital,West Bengal's first private-public partnership medical college, the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology among others.
The Jadavpur market area is often casually referred to as the "8B" area, due to the sprawling 8B bus terminus that dominates the major crossing of the area. It is the centre of Jadavpur downtown, right across from Jadavpur University and a few hundred yards from KPC Medical College and Hospital and K.S. Roy T.B. Hospital.
Right after the independence, West Bengal recorded an enormous influx of people from East Bengal, now Bangladesh, a migration so large that the "displaced persons" made up nearly 18 per cent of Kolkata's population. To accommodate the sudden increase in population, a large number of colonies emerged within the Calcutta Corporation area itself. One of the areas of concentration of the refugee colonies was the southeast portion of the CMD in the Jadavpur, Tollygunj, Kasba, Santoshpur areas. The refugees were interested in building their huts of "darma and bamboo" in the low-lying and marshy areas near Calcutta and many of them, belonging to middle classes, wanted to be near the metropolis for occupational interests. This is how Jadavpur started. This gave rise to the para culture (aka neighborhood) there are a number of known paras and people not familiar with the area may need to know which specific para they are looking for.
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Janbazar
Janbazar (Bengali: জানবাজার) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The two century-old house of Rani Rashmoni, the central attraction in Janbazar, is still used by descendants in the family.
Janbazar was one of the thirty-one police stations in the earliest list of police stations in Kolkata, prepared in 1785. However, it vanished after a reorganisation.
After their victory in the Battle of Plassey, the English decided to build new Fort William, in 1758. The native population shifted from Gobindapur mostly to Sutanuti. The European inhabitants of Kalikata gradually forsook the narrow limits of the old palisades and moved to around the Maidan. Civilians were not allowed to live within the new fort. Gradually the areas to the south of the Great Tank and to the east along Chowringhee Road were emerging as preferred haunts for the Englishmen. Thus, while Sutanuti emerged as the Black Town, the Esplanade and Chowringhee emerged as the White Town.
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Jorabagan
Jorabagan (Bengali: জোড়াবাগান) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a neighbourhood, it covers a small area but its importance is primarily because of the police stationand the assembly constituency.
Jorabagan, meaning ‘a pair of gardens’ in Bengali, was so named because the road through it led to the garden houses of Gobindram Mitter and Umichand.
Jorabagan is part of old Sutanuti. It is in this neighbourhood that Job Charnock made his famous landing at Sutanuti ghat in 1690. Mohunton’s ghat between Beniatola and Sobhabazar ghats lurks the forgotten traditional landing place. There was a large tree under which Job Charnock is believed to have rested.
The Sabarna Roy Choudhury Paribar Parishad, and nine other intellectuals of the city filed a public interest litigation before the Kolkata High Court in 2001 demanding a probe into the matter whether Job Charnock can be regarded as the founder of Kolkata. The Court, upon an Expert Committee finding, declared that Job Charnock cannot be regarded as the founder of the city.
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Jorasanko
Jorasanko (Bengali: জোড়াসাঁকো Joṛashãko) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata. It is so called because of the two (jora) wooden or bamboo bridges (sanko) that spanned a small stream at this point.
Apart from the distinguished seat of the Tagore family, traditionally known as the Jorasanko Thakur Bari, it was also home of the Singhas (including Kaliprasanna Singha), the Pals (including Krishnadas Pal), and the families of Dewan Banarasi Ghosh and Chandramohan Chatterji. “The area thus became the cradle of Bengal Renaissance.” It was earlier known as Mechuabazar.
The earliest list of thanas (police stations) in Kolkata was prepared in 1785 for both police and municipal administration. Jorasanko was one of the 31 thanas then recorded.
Amongst the institutions in Jorasanko are – Adi Brahmo Samaj, the Jorasanko Bharati Natya Samaj, the Kalikata Haribhakti Pradayani Sabha, the Minerva Library and Oriental Seminary. The Oriental Seminary started in 1829 by the educator Gour Mohan Addy, was one of the earliest privately run, first-rate, Hindu supported modern school in Kolkata, open to middle and lower middle-class Hindu boys only.
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Kakdwip subdivision
Kakdwip subdivision (Bengali: কাকদ্বীপ মহকুমা), is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of four community development blocks: Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Sagar. The four blocks contain 42 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kakdwip.
The subdivision contains rural areas of 42 gram panchayats under four community development blocks: Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Sagar. There is no urban area under these four blocks.
Rural area under Kakdwip block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bapuji, Rabindra, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Swami Bibekananda, Madhusudanpur, Ramgopalpur, Srinagar, Netaji, Rishi Bankimchandra, Suryanagar and Pratapadityanagar. Kakdwip police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pakurberia.
Rural area under Namkhana block consists of seven gram panchayats, viz. Budhakhali, Haripur, Namkhana, Shibrampur, Frezarganj, Mausini and Narayanpur. Namkhana and Kakdwip police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Namkhana.
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Kalighat
Kalighat (Bengali: কালীঘাট) is a locality of Kolkata, India. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, Kalighat is also densely populated and vibrant—with a rich history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time.
A famous temple Kalighat Kali Temple dedicated to the goddess Kali is situated in Kalighat. This is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. The right toe of Dakshayani is said to have fallen here. The Shakti here is known as Kalika, while the Bhairava is Nakulesh. It is a very famous place and a pilgrimage for Shakta (Shiva and Durga/Kali/Shakti worshippers) followers within the Hindu religion.
One Raja Basanta Roy, uncle of Pratapaditya and the King of Jessore, Bangladesh perhaps built what is now known as Old Temple. This temple was situated on the banks of river Adi Ganga. The natmandir, a hall attached to the sanctum sanctorum is in the southern side while Shiva's temple is situated in the north-east. There is also a temple dedicated to Radha Krishna built in 1843 by a zamindar of Baowali. The speciality of Kali of this temple is the long protruded tongue made of gold. This is a different appearance from the other visualisations of Kali.
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Kamarhati
Kamarhati (Bengali: কামারহাটী) (Urdu: کمرہٹی) is a city and a municipality under Belghoria police station of Barrackpore subdivision. in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
During the British Raj it was a place for bungalows and gardens where the rich 'Babu' people of Kolkata used to come.
Kamarhati is located at 22°40′N 88°22′E / 22.67°N 88.37°E / 22.67; 88.37, a part of the urban agglomeration of the metro of Kolkata. It is an assembly constituency of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. The sacred temple of Dakshineshwar is situated in Kamarhati Municipal area. Towns like Belghoria and Ariadaha are part of Kamarhati.
As of 2001[update] India census, Kamarhati had a population of 314,334. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kamarhati has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 72%. In Kamarhati, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Khardaha
Khardaha (Bengali: খড়দহ) is a city, a municipality and police station of Barrackpore subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Local stories date it back to the time of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. It is said that he once arrive to this place in a boat of hay ('Khar' in Bengali) and hence the name Khardaha. "Daha" means water bodies. It was full of water bodies at that time as it was for the entire southern part of Bengal.
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Kolkata
Kolkata /kɒlˈkætə/, or Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011, the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. As of 2008, its economic output as measured by gross domestic product ranked third among South Asian cities, behind Mumbai and Delhi. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Kolkata confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation, and other logistic and socioeconomic problems.
In the late 17th century, the three villages that predated Kolkata were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by the Company into an increasingly fortified mercantile base. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Kolkata in 1756, and the East India Company retook it in the following year and by 1772 assumed full sovereignty. Under East India Company and later under the British Raj, Kolkata served as the capital of India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. The city was a centre of the Indian independence movement; it remains a hotbed of contemporary state politics. Following Indian independence in 1947, Kolkata—which was once the centre of modern Indian education, science, culture, and politics—witnessed several decades of relative economic stagnation. Since the early 2000s, an economic rejuvenation has led to accelerated growth.
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Kumortuli
Kumortuli (also spelt Kumartuli, or the archaic spelling Coomartolly) (Bengali: কুমোরটুলি) is a traditionally potters’ quarter in northern Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta), the capital of the east Indian state of West Bengal. By virtue of their artistic productions these potters have moved from obscurity to prominence. This Kolkata neighbourhood, not only supplies clay idols of Hindu gods and goddesses to barowari pujas in Kolkata and its neighbourhoods, but a number of idols are exported.It is one of the seven wonders in Kolkata.
The British colonisation of Bengal and India started following the victory of the British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The Company decided to build new settlement Fort William at the site of the Gobindapur village. Most of the existing population shifted to Sutanuti. While such neighbourhoods as Jorasanko and Pathuriaghata became the centres of the local rich, there were other areas that were developed simultaneously. The villages of Gobindapur, Sutanuti and Kalikata developed to give rise to the later day metropolis of Calcutta.
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Madhyamgram
Madhyamgram (Bengali: মধ্যমগ্রাম) is a small town in the district of North 24 Parganas within the Indian state of West Bengal and suburban of Metropolitan City Kolkata, having Calcutta (Kolkata) postal code and telephone zone (33). It is under the jurisdiction of Barasat sadar subdivision within the limit of Barasat and Airport police stations and under the local jurisdiction of Madhyamgram Municipality. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
History of Madhyamgram is the history of flourishment and downfall. Madhyamgram was in the Kingdom of Raja Protapaditya Roy, one of the twelve feudal provinces of Bengal and Ruler of Jessore during the Mughal regime.
On 20 December 1757 Mirzafar, the Nawab of Bengal presented twenty four parganas to East India Company as dowry which also included Madhyamgram, under Anwarpur Pargana adjacent to Barasat.
The first Railway line from Madhyamgram to Duttapurkur was commissioned in 1882 when the station was called Chandipur and Madhyamgram was then named as Majher Gaon, probably because the area was situated between Badu (Chakradharpur Mouza) and Sajirhat (Guchuria Mouza).
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Maniktala
Maniktala is a residential area of northern Kolkata.
The Maniktala crossing is the intersection of Vivekananda Road (Maniktala Main Road) and Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road — two main thoroughfares in north Kolkata. The adjacent area is known as Maniktala.
Maniktala gets its name from "manik pir" a mosque located in the vicinity.
The Central Blood Bank of West Bengal Government is located at the Maniktala crossing. So is one of oldest markets of Kolkata, the Maniktala Bazar, easily identified by the clock tower. Maniktala Bazar is famous for its fresh fish and produce. Maniktala is the Heart of North Kolkata from here you can explore North Kolkata. All facilities are available here. From Maniktala you can avail all types transportations to travel any part of the City. Nearest Metro Railway Station is Girish Park.
Coordinates: 22°35′06″N 88°22′30″E / 22.585°N 88.375°E / 22.585; 88.375
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Metiabruz
Metiabruz is a neighbourhood on the southern fringe of Kolkata , the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.
Matiaburj has a rich history. The Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah, took refuge here when he was ousted by the British from his throne, and attempted to build a replica of his palace in Matiaburj. The Imambara he created stands at the centre of Matiaburj, and it is sometimes called the 'Second Lucknow'.The first race course in india also situated in akra area in matiaburj data verified by (Mashkoor Ahmad).
The area is connected with central Kolkata by road, through the Circular Garden Reach Rd, a 40 min drive. This road ends at the Metaiburj Municipal Corporation Borough Committee 15 office. And from here its name changes to Wajid Ali Shah road which goes to the Metiaburj Police Station and from here it divides into the S. A. FAROOQUI Road and the WAJID ALI SHAH Road, the main arterial roads of the place. The well-known Botanical Gardens of Shibpur are located just across the Hooghly river. Another local district, Howrah, is well connected with Matiaburj through a frequent ferry and boat service.
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Naktala
Naktala (Bengali:নাকতলা) is a neighbourhood in South Kolkata, under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in West Bengal, India. It is bounded by Ganguly Bagan to the north, Bansdroni to the west, Garia Crossing to the south and Baishnabghata to the east.
Previously forest, swampland and a peaceful rural area, dotted with ponds and the occasional dak bungalow (the erstwhile Dalgis bungalow) in between, Naktala is located by the Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga canal) connecting Kolkata to the Vidhyadhari River to the east. It has evolved with time from a sleepy to a bustling neighbourhood, burgeoned and prospered with the arrival of people from all over, mainly East Bengal after independence.
Naktala is an upmarket suburban area of Kolkata in the southern part of the city, in the vicinity of Tollygunge and Garia. The Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Road connecting these two places, divides Naktala into two. Presently, houses of 1, 2, 3 storeys are giving way to thoughtfully planned and aesthetically created multistoried apartments. Naktala is further bound to grow in tune with the development in Kolkata and the economic climate.
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Narendrapur
Narendrapur (Bengali: নরেন্দ্রপুর) is a town under Sonar pur police station of Baruipur subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Now it is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is the home of a famous school and college founded by Ramakrishna Mission. Narendrapur is situated right beside Aadi Ganga (Old Ganges).
Narendrapur is located at 21°56′N 88°26′E / 21.94°N 88.44°E / 21.94; 88.44.
Narendrapur in 15 km from Sealdah on the Sealdah – Sonarpur section and is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. It is connected by road to Garia and the EM Bypass. Narendrapur has a mediocre connectivity via roads.Mostly run are autorickshaws from garia to baruipur.There is also the bus services of Barasat-Baruipur and 218.The nearest railway station is Sonarpur junction
It is 20 km from howrah railway station.
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission. The institute has its services open to all irrespective of caste, creed and nationality. Its special field is education. Started in Pathuriaghata, a North Calcutta neighbourhood immediately after the Bengal Famine of 1943, it first served as a home for the poor and orphaned boys. Since its relocation in 1957 to its present site in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, near Garia, it has grown into a huge complex with varied activities. It has more than 2,000 resident students and occupies about 150 acres (0.61 km2) of land dotted with flower gardens, green fields, mango groves and lakes.
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New Alipore
New Alipore is situated just south of Alipore bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Kolkata Suburban Railway between Majherhat and Tollygunge stations - it is bounded by the above railway line to the North, the B.L.Saha Road (Chetla) to the East, Diamond Harbour Road to the West and by Behala to the South.
New Alipore was created as a planned residential suburb of the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) by the Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (now KMDA) in the fifties to house the burgeoning population of the city, looking for more land.
The area to the east of the Diamond Harbour Road was divided into 16 blocks - each block consisting of about 40 plots numbered xx/N or xx/S - N & S standing for North and South facing. It has recently been declared the Model Ward (Ward-81, Borough-X) by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
In the 1930s, the India Government Mint was founded here which produces coins for domestic use as well as other countries. Next to the Mint lies the Centenary Port Trust Hospital, built in 1971.
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New Garia
New Garia (Bengali:নিউ গড়িয়া) is a neighbourhood located in Garia, Kolkata, India. It is bounded by Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the north, Patuli to the west, Garia Railway Station to the south and Chakgaria to the east.
New Garia is home to two major bus termini (popularly named as C-5 and 206 after the routes they originally used to serve) and is connected by all varieties of bus services to all parts of the city.
Kavi Subhash station connects this locality to the Kolkata Metro network.
New Garia is served by the Garia Railway station on the Sealdah South section.
CTC Bus route - Route no. C-5.
Private Bus routes - Route no. 1B, 206.
Mini Bus routes - Garia-B.B.D. Bag, Garia Station-Howrah Station, Naktala-Howrah.
WBSTC & SBSTC Bus routes - Garia-Bagbazar, Garia Station-Durganagar, Garia Station-New Town (AS-3)
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Nungi
Nungi (Bengali: নুঙ্গি) is a rail station, 23 km from Sealdah, on the Sealdah – Budgebudge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway. It serves as the railway station for the industrial town of Batanagar. It is under Budge Budge police station of Alipore sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Also the real name of Fernando Carrillo
Nungi has an "once-upon-a-time" thriving fireworks industry. The chocolate bomb from Nungi market is well known during the Diwali festival. The "Budi-Ma" brand of bombs are good. However, with the ban on "exploding" fireworks in Kolkata during the year 2000 to reduce noise pollution, Nungi's fireworks market had a severe setback.
Bata India shoe factory at adjacent Batanagar, makes shoe-making a pre-dominant cottage industry in the area. Countless houses and families are dedicated to manufacturing shoes of various makes, e.g. leather, PVC, jute, etc. for some of the leading shoe brands in India, for example — Khadim's, SreeLeathers, Liberty — have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in the region.
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Panihati
Panihati (Bengali: পানিহাটি) is a city and a municipality under Khardaha/ Ghola police stations of Barrackpore subdivision. in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Panihati is located at 22°41′N 88°22′E / 22.69°N 88.37°E / 22.69; 88.37. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).
Panihati covers two important Railway stations from Sealdah north main section line - 1)Sodepur -a densely populated urban city connected to Kolkata by Barrackpore Trunk Road and with Barasat via Sodepur Road through Madhyamgram. 2) Agarpara. Panihati Municipality is located On BT Road at the western side of Sodepur Rail station.
As of 2001[update] India census, Panihati had a population of 348,379. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panihati has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Panihati, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Parnasree Pally
Parnasree Pally is a locality of Behala in southern Kolkata, India. It was included in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation only in 1985. Translated to English the name means "beauty of the leaves". While it has lost most of its greenery owing to rapid real estate development, the name endures. Parnasree Pally is situated very close to the Behala Airport, which is to be converted to an airport to serve as an air traffic hub for Bengal and for other regional traffic.
Parnasree Pally can be accessed from Taratala Crossing by taking the Budge Budge Road and also from the road opposite Behala Police Station.
Adjacent to the bus deport a fleet of green autos connects Parnasree and Behala.
Taxis are also available from the bus stand throughout the day.
Parnasree is very near to the Brace Bridge Railway Station in the Sealdah South section.
The Parnasree Police Station is located just beside the Bus Stand and opposite to Parnasree Market. It started on 1st September, 2011.
This locality has its own post office (Kolkata -700060).
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Pathuriaghata
Pathuriaghata (Bengali: পাথুরিয়াঘাটা) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the oldest residential areas in what was Sutanuti. Once the abode of the Bengali rich, the neighbourhood and its surrounding areas are now dominated by Marwaris. Even in the 21st century the area is replete with colonnaded mansions.
Amongst the oldest and most renowned residents of the neighbourhood were the Tagores. Joyram Tagore, who amassed a large fortune as a merchant and as Dewan to the French government at Chandannagar, shifted from Gobindapur to Pathuriaghata, when the British constructed new Fort William in mid eighteenth century. There is a road named after his son, Darpanarayan Tagore (1731-1793), considered by many as the founder of the Tagore family. It is between Maharshi Debendra Road and Jadulal Mullick Road in Ward 21 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. That is just off Pathuriaghata, but under Jorabagan police station. The Tagore family established themselves at Pathuriaghata, Jorasanko, Kailahata and Chorbagan, all neighbourhoods in north Kolkata.
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Peru
Perui/pəˈruː/ (Spanish: Perú; Quechua: Perú;Aymara: Piruw), officially the Republic of Peru (Spanish: República del Perú, pronounced: [reˈpuβlika ðel peˈɾu] ( listen)), is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.
Peruvian territory was home to ancient cultures, spanning from the Norte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a Viceroyalty, which included most of its South American colonies. After achieving independence in 1821, Peru has undergone periods of political unrest and fiscal crisis as well as periods of stability and economic upswing.
Peru is a representative democratic republic divided into 25 regions. Its geography varies from the arid plains of the Pacific coast to the peaks of the Andes Mountains and the tropical forests of the Amazon Basin. It is a developing country with a high Human Development Index score and a poverty level around 31%. Its main economic activities include agriculture, fishing, mining, and manufacturing of products such as textiles.
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Rajarhat
Rajarhat Gopalpur (Bengali: রাজারহাট) (renamed from New Town on 7 October 2010), a neighbourhood of Calcutta, located in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, is a fast-growing planned new city. It is situated near the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport. Many high-profile industrialists of national and international standing are investing in the township. The place is an impressive information technology and computer engineering hub.
This new industrial and residential hub is being developed on the north-eastern fringes on Calcutta, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It consists of the two erstwhile villages Rajarhat and Gopalpur, which is now a city and municipality named 'Rajarhat Gopalpur'. The area mainly consisted of huge acres of cultivable lands and water bodies. The process of investing for residential and industrial facilities and infrastructural development of the area has mainly started under the leadership of the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya in the late 1990s. The governmental master plan envisions a township here at least three times bigger than the neighbouring planned Salt Lake city of Bidhannagar.[citation needed] According to governmental proposals, the township will be extended up to the extreme south of the state, i.e., up to the Sunderbans near the Bay of Bengal.[citation needed]
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Rishra
Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Rishra is a town surrounded by River Hooghly in the East, Delhi Highway in the West, Shrirampur(Serampore), Sub-Division town in Hooghly District in the North and Konnagar, also in the district Hooghly in the South. Rishra can be divided into two parts mainly which are RishraEast (Eastern side of the Rishra Station bound by River Hooghly) and Rishra west(Western side of the Rishra Station extended up to Delhi High way). Rishra Station is located in the middle of the town.
As of 2010[update] India census, Rishra had a population of 513,432. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Rishra has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 69%. In Rishra, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.The population is a mix of native Bengalees,Gujratis,Biharies, Oriyas and Marwaries. It can boast of being multicultural, multiethnic in its composition and have learned to cohabit peacefully being an old industrialist township with one of the oldest largest Jute Mills in India. It has a number of temples, mosques, Churches and even Gurdwaras. People of Rishra are sports loving people and nurture young ones to excel in sports. Football is one of the most loved sports in Rishra . It has a special place in the hearts and minds of Rishrians.
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Russia
Russiai/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( listen)), also officially known as the Russian Federation (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya; IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə] ( listen)), is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk, and the US state of Alaska by the Bering Strait. At 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. Russia is also the eighth most populous nation with 143 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning nine time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer of oil and natural gas globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Sealdah
Sealdah (In Bengali: শিয়ালদহ) is one of the major train stations serving Kolkata (Calcutta) in India, the others being Howrah Station, Shalimar Station and Kolkata Railway Station. Sealdah is one of the busiest rail stations in India[citation needed] and an important suburban rail terminal. After completion, Kolkata metro line 2 will pass through Sealdah.
There are three station terminals at Sealdah: Sealdah North, Sealdah Main and Sealdah South. The North section consists of Sealdah North and Sealdah Main buildings. It has 12 platforms numbering 1 to 4/4A (Sealdah North), and 5 to 9, 9A & 9B (Sealdah Main). The South section consists of Sealdah South terminal, with 5 platforms (10-14). The north and south sections have separate set of emerging tracks. The north and south section is connected by two links, one is Dumdum-Majherhat link (popularly circular rail), and other is Bidhannagar-Parkcircus link (extension of circular rail). These two links were constructed to quickly travel between the two sections avoiding Sealdah.
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Serampore
Serampore (Bengali: শ্রীরামপুর) (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur, Shrirampore) is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River. It was part of Danish India under the name Frederiksnagore from 1755 to 1845. Its current Municipality Chairman is Amiya Mukherjee.
Serampore has an average elevation of 17 m (56 ft).
The town is several centuries old and has witnessed both the growth and decline of the feudal system, the coming of the Danes and their settlement and then a cultural renaissance (known as the Bengal Renaissance) initiated by the British following the construction of the east Indian railway, along with subsequent industrial development.
There were three main phases in the process of urbanisation of Serampore:
Before the Mughal era, the region between the Saraswati and Hoogli rivers was a thriving local community. Various ruins of Hindu temples are still found in Serampore, such as:
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Shobhabazar
Shobhabazar (also spelt Sovabazar) (Bengali: শোভাবাজার) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sheths and Basaks, well-to-do traders at Saptagram, were among the first to settle in Sutanuti and are said to have cleared much of the jungles in the area. Neighbouring Shyambazar was named after the family deity of the Basaks, Shyam Roy (or Gobinda), the attendant of goddess Kali by Shobharam Basak, one of the richest native inhabitants of 18th century Kolkata.
Interestingly, no historian touches upon the origin of the name of the neighbourhood but all link its fame and growth to the Deb family, who settled there.
When Ramcharan Deb was murdered by Maratha marauders in the jungles of Midnapore, his widow came back to their house at Gobindapur with her three sons and five daughters. The house was washed away by the Hooghly River and they moved to Arpooly, and from there to Shobhabazar. Ramcharan’s youngest son Maharaja Nabakrishna Deb rose to fame and power.
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Shyambazar
Shyambazar (Bengali: শ্যামবাজার) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristocracy, in a part of what was earlier known as Sutanuti.
Shyambazar-Hatibagan broadly covers Ward Nos. 11 and 12 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
The Japanese had dropped a bomb near Hatibagan market during World War II but it did not explode.
There was a big market in the area, which Holwell called Charles Bazar. The present designation was conferred upon it by Sobharam Basak, in honour of Shyam Rai (or Gobinda), the attendant of the goddess Kali. The Basaks and the Setts were amongst the first to have settled in Sutanuti, after having cleared the jungles. Sobharam Basak was one of the wealthiest native inhabitants of 18th century Kolkata.
Growth and development of the neighbourhood and surrounding localities largely followed the construction of roads that opened up the area. Sutanuti had no roads, except the pilgrim path extending across it from Halisahar to Barisha. Chitpur Road (renamed Rabindra Sarani) was developed along this path. It passed through neighbouring Bagbazar and Chitpur. Road construction picked up in the early 19th century. The Lottery Commission (1817) and its successor the Lottery Committee (1836) opened up the native parts of old Kolkata. The main axial thrusts were from south to the north, parallel to the existing Chowringhee – Chitpur alignment.
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Shyampukur
Shyampukur is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a neighbourhood, it covers a small area but its importance is primarily because of the police station and the assembly constituency.
Shyampukur, like its neighbour Shyambazar, is likely to have been named in honour of Shyam Rai (or Gobinda), the attendant of the goddess Kali, the household deity of the Basaks, who with the Setts were amongst the first to have settled in Sutanuti, after having cleared the jungles.
Shyampukur is in the heart of what was Sutanuti. It was one of police stations mentioned in the earliest list of police stations of Kolkata prepared in 1785. After the Battle of Plassey, in 1757, the British settled down to more organised administration in Kolkata. One of the developments was the police station, which also provided civic facilities. The Police Commissioner doubled as Municipal Chairman till 1888. Shyampukur was one of the twenty-five Police Section Houses in 1888. Shyampukur was overtaken in importance by Shyambazar and Baghbazar, the area being the citadel of Bengali aristocracy.
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Sinthee
Sinthee or Sinthi is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata. It is surrounded by Dum Dum in the west and South, Baranagar in the north and east, Cossipore/ Shyambazar in the South. The Barrackpore Trunk Road passes through here.
Coordinates: 22°37′41″N 88°23′04″E / 22.62806°N 88.38444°E / 22.62806; 88.38444
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Sodepur
Sodepur (Bengali: সোদপুর) is a small town yet very fast growing upmarket residencial suburb located about 15 km from Kolkata, which is one of the major Indian cities. Sodepur is a part of the Panihati Municipality under Barrackpore sub-division and North 24 Parganas district of the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
The major landmark of modern Sodepur is the shopping complex named Sriniketan, and the Peerless Nagar HousinComplex, Lokasanskriti Bhawan, Rathindra Cinema hall. Perpendicular to the railway track (Sealdah-Ranaghat line) is the Sodepur Station Road, which is Sodepur's major shopping area. This road is lined with shops in both sides selling various items. The Sodepur suburban railway station lies on the right of this road. The Health-CheckUp System for people of Sodepur consists of private Nursing Homes and private practitioners apart from one State General Hospital.The posh area of Sodepur is H.B.Town,and Amarabati area which are both very much near to the Railway Station, a very natural town though costly . There are many high profile projects to get finalized in Sodepur which includes the posh residential township of Godrej Prakriti which is the largest luxury housing project of north Kolkata and also the proposed It hub of north Kolkata and also various malls coming up at various locations at Sodepur. Again Sodepur is all set to get directly connected by metro rail and also by the proposed Kolkata Monorail.
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Sonagachi
Sonagachi is the largest red-light district in Kolkata, India and one of the largest in Asia. It is an area with several hundred multi-story brothels and estimated 11,000 sex workers. Sonagachi is located in North Kolkata near the intersection of Chittaranjan Avenue Shobha Bazar and Beadon Street, just north of the Marble Palace.
Today, several NGOs and government organizations operate here for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) including AIDS. The book Guilty Without Trial by the founders of the NGO Sanlaap based much of their research into human trafficking in India on this area.
The Sonagachi project is a sex workers' cooperative that operates in the area and empowers sex workers to insist on condom use and to stand up against abuse. It was founded by public health scientist Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by the prostitutes themselves. While some are crediting DMSC with keeping a relatively low rate of HIV infection among prostitutes in Sonagachi -- 5.17% of the 13,000 prostitutes in Sonagachi are estimated to be HIV positive -- this HIV rate is in fact no different than the average HIV rate for female prostitutes in India, which is estimated to be 5.1% (the HIV rate infection among prostitutes as well as among the general population varies widely by region in India).
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South Dumdum
South Dumdum (Bengali: দক্ষিণ দমদম) is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. South Dum Dum consists of localities like, Nagerbazar, Bangur, Dum Dum Park, Lake Town, Paikpara.
South Dumdum is located at 22°37′N 88°24′E / 22.61°N 88.40°E / 22.61; 88.40.
As of 2001[update] India census, South Dumdum had a population of 392,150. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. South Dumdum has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87%, and female literacy is 80%. In South Dumdum, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age. One of the main area of South Dumdum is Nager Bazar More.
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South Kolkata
South Kolkata refers to the southern areas of the city of Kolkata, India. It includes the localities of Bhawanipore, Lansdowne, Park Circus, Ballygunge, Alipore, New Alipore, Tollygunge, Dhakuria, Jodhpur Park, Lake Gardens, Golf Green, Jadavpur, Santoshpur, Garia, Chak Garia, Taratala, Narendrapur, Sonarpur etc.
South Kolkata has many old educational institutions like Ashutosh College, Jadavpur University, IPGMER, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Ramkrishna Mission Residential College Narendrapur, Lady Brabourne College and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Calcutta University has a number of campuses spread all over South Kolkata, notably Ballygunge Science College Campus on Ballygunge Circular Road, Hazra Law College Campus on Hazra Road, Alipore Campus on 1, Reformatory Street, Alipore and others. The Netaji Subhas Open University was established in 1997, offering courses in different disciplines in graduate and post-graduate study.
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Sundarbans
The Sundarbans (Bengali: সুন্দরবন, Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is a UNESCO World Heritage Site covering parts of India and Bangladesh.
The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sundarbans South and Sundarbans West are two protected forests in Bangladesh. This region is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger.
The name Sundarban can be literally translated as "beautiful forest" in the Bengali language (Shundor, "beautiful" and bon, "forest"). The name may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are found in Sundarbans in large numbers. Alternatively, it has been proposed that the name is a corruption of Samudraban (Bengali: সমুদ্রবন Shomudrobôn "Sea Forest") or Chandra-bandhe (name of a primitive tribe). However, the generally accepted view is the one associated with Sundari trees.
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Taltala
Taltala (Bengali: তালতলা) (also spelt Taltola, archaic spelling Taltollah) is a neighbourhood in central Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the old neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police stationand is an assembly constituency.
Taltala was named after its tal ( Palmyra) trees.
According to H. E. A. Cotton Taltala was chiefly peopled by Bihari Muslim khalasis and lascars. Wellesley Street (renamed Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Road) is described as a ‘fine broad thoroughfare’, along the course of which is situated Wellesley Square (renamed Haji Mohd. Mohsin Square). To the north of it is the Madrasa.
In 1758, one year after their decisive win in Battle of Plassey, the British East India Company commenced construction of the new Fort William in the center of the village Gobindapur. The inhabitants of the village were compensated and provided with land in Taltala, Kumortuli and Shovabazar.
Although a predominantly Muslim locality, its early Hindu settlers included Durga Charan Banerjea, father of Surendranath Banerjea.. Muslims have been living in the area since the early 19th century ,and the earliest inhabitants were mainly Bengali Muslims, though Bihari Muslim settlers began arriving in a flood since 1870-1880 and more so since the 1980s.
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Tollygunge
Tollygunge is a locality of South Kolkata. It is flanked by the Eastern Railway south suburban line to the north, Lake Gardens and Golf Green in the east, the Pashchim & Purba Putiaries in the south, and Behala in the west.
Tollygunge is named after Major William Tolly, the Ferdinand de Lesseps of Calcutta, who in 1775-76 started a project to excavate and dredge the Tolly's Nullah (Adi Ganga) (also named for him) as a passage for the people of East Bengal and Assam to Calcutta. He was also granted a license to collect tolls from the passing boats and permitted to open a gunj or market on the eastern bank of the nullah by the British East India Company.
The dream project of Major Tolly became fully alive in 1776 and subsequently it was opened to navigation in 1777. Since then, this 17 mile long canal is known as Tolly's Nullah and the market of Major Tolly as Tollygunge which was somewhere near Tollygunge Road on the eastern bank of this Nullah. Now a large area on both sides of the Nullah bears the name Tollygunge.
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Uttarpara
Uttarpara (Bengali: উত্তরপাড়া), formerly known as Hagu Mora Town is a small town of Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. It is a part of the area covered by Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality.
It is a town of historical importance. Uttarpara is home to some of the biggest industrial setups in the state. It has the United Spirits Distilliery, Shalimar Wire Products, Hindustan Motors which is the only vehicle plant in West Bengal which manufactures the car Ambassador.
Uttarpara Kotrung is the municipality. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality was established in 1853, much before the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (1876).
Uttarpara is located at 22°40′N 88°21′E / 22.67°N 88.35°E / 22.67; 88.35, within 10 km from Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (52 feet). Located at the south-eastern tip of the Hooghly District, on the banks of the river Ganges, it is just across the Dakshineswar Kali Temple. There is a man-made canal name "Balli Khal" that clearly marks the boundary between Uttarpara and the adjoining Howrah District.
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West Bengal
West Bengal /bɛŋˈɡɔːl/ (proposed new English name: Paschim Banga) is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. Covering a total area of 34,267 sq mi (88,750 km2), it is bordered by the countries of Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, and the Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). West Bengal encompasses two broad natural regions: the Gangetic Plain in the south and the sub-Himalayan and Himalayan area in the north.
In the 3rd century BC, the broader region of Bengal was conquered by the emperor Ashoka. In the 4th century AD, it was absorbed into the Gupta Empire. From the 13th century onward, the region was ruled by several sultans, powerful Hindu states and Baro-Bhuyan landlords, until the beginning of British rule in the 18th century. The British East India Company cemented their hold on the region following the Battle of Plassey in 1757, and the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) served for many years as the capital of British India. The early and prolonged exposure to British administration resulted in expansion of Western education, culminating in development in science, institutional education, and social reforms of the region, including what became known as the Bengal Renaissance. A hotbed of the Indian independence movement through the early 20th century, Bengal was divided in 1947 along religious lines into two separate entities: West Bengal – a state of India – and East Bengal, which initially joined the new nation of Pakistan, before becoming part of modern-day Bangladesh in 1971.
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Warren Hastings
Warren Hastings PC (6 December 1732 – 22 August 1818) was the first Governor-General of India, from 1773 to 1785. He was famously accused of corruption in an impeachment in 1787, but was acquitted in 1795. He was made a Privy Councillor in 1814.
Warren Hastings was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire in 1732 to a poor father and a mother who died soon after he was born. He attended Westminster School where he was a contemporary of the future Prime Ministers Lord Shelburne and the Duke of Portland. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk and sailed out to India reaching Calcutta in August 1750. Hastings built up a reputation for hard work and diligence, and spent his free time learning about India and mastering Urdu and Persian. He was rewarded for his work in 1752 when he was promoted and sent to Kasimbazar, an important British trading post in Bengal where he worked for William Watts. While there he received further lessons about the nature of Indian politics.
At the time British traders still operated by the whim of local rulers and Hastings and his colleagues were unsettled by the political turmoil of Bengal with the elderly moderate Nawab Alivardi Khan likely to be succeeded by his grandson Siraj ud-Daulah and several other rival claimants also eyeing the throne. This made the British trading posts throughout Bengal increasingly insecure as Siraj ud-Daulah was known to harbour anti-European views and was likely to launch an attack once he took power. When Alivardi Khan died in April 1756 the British traders and small garrison at Kasimbazar were left vulnerable. On 3 June, after being surrounded by a much larger force, the British were persuaded to surrender to prevent a massacre taking place. Hastings was imprisoned with others in the Bengali capital Murshidabad while the Nawab's forces marched on Calcutta and captured it. The garrison and civilians were then locked up in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
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New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Durga Pujo 2012 Kolkata Puja VIDEO
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New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Durga Pujo 2012 Kolkata Puja VIDEO
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New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Durga Pujo 2012 Kolkata Puja VIDEO
- published: 20 Oct 2012
- views: 2430
- author: wwwebrpin
Durga Puja ~ performance in New Alipore Sarbojanin
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Dhunuchi dance - performed during Durga Puja in Bengal, all hindu bengalees are surely familiar with this.
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Dhunuchi dance - performed during Durga Puja in Bengal, all hindu bengalees are surely familiar with this.
- published: 07 Jun 2008
- views: 7726
- author: Kaushik Biswas
Alipore zoo on 25th december 2008
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- Duration: 9:14
- Updated: 25 Aug 2012
I and my two friend ardhendu and sujit once again visit Alipore Zoo. Zoo is in a poor condition. Most of the cages are blank. There will need more funding to upgrade this zoo which attracts lakhs of visitors during HOLIDAYS.
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I and my two friend ardhendu and sujit once again visit Alipore Zoo. Zoo is in a poor condition. Most of the cages are blank. There will need more funding to upgrade this zoo which attracts lakhs of visitors during HOLIDAYS.
- published: 16 Jul 2009
- views: 5616
- author: kausikhazra
Durga Puja at Suruchi Sangha ( New Alipore ) based on the theme of Assam state | Winner of Star Ananda Blockbuster Puja 2008 | www.suruchisangha.com
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- Duration: 7:52
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Durga Puja at Suruchi Sangha ( New Alipore ) Theme: The magic of Bihu on the shores of the Brahmaputra Winner of Star Ananda Blockbuster Puja 2008 Web:- www.suruchisangha.com This strange land of Assam is going to be the presentation of Suruchi Sangha in this years Puja. The three main streams of the Hindu religion Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava have been synthesized and presented in a unique style through our Puja Mandap. The Mandap would be having three levels. The entry would be through a structure called the Upasana Mandir patterned after the Namghars which are found in the various Vaishnava shrines spread across Assam. The next level of the Mandap is a partial reproduction of the famous Shakti shrine of Kamakhya but inside this shrine would reside Lord Shiva. And finally, the main structure which is a replica of the famous Shiv Dol of Sivasagar. This structure would enshrine Durga, our Mother Goddess. 30 artisans from Assam have been working tirelessly for 3 months to create this mini Assam in the heart of Kolkata. That such complicated patterns can be woven using bamboo and cane, is really amazing! In addition to this there would be a rich tapestry of Assamese cloth and gamocha. Marvels at every step! Outside the Mandap, would be on display the life and culture of various tribes of Assam like Mising, Deuri, Rabha, Mech, Hajong, Dimasa, Reming etc. The Bihu songs and dances like Mising, Asamiya, Jumai and Ras Lila would create such an atmosphere, that you would feel ...
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Durga Puja at Suruchi Sangha ( New Alipore ) Theme: The magic of Bihu on the shores of the Brahmaputra Winner of Star Ananda Blockbuster Puja 2008 Web:- www.suruchisangha.com This strange land of Assam is going to be the presentation of Suruchi Sangha in this years Puja. The three main streams of the Hindu religion Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava have been synthesized and presented in a unique style through our Puja Mandap. The Mandap would be having three levels. The entry would be through a structure called the Upasana Mandir patterned after the Namghars which are found in the various Vaishnava shrines spread across Assam. The next level of the Mandap is a partial reproduction of the famous Shakti shrine of Kamakhya but inside this shrine would reside Lord Shiva. And finally, the main structure which is a replica of the famous Shiv Dol of Sivasagar. This structure would enshrine Durga, our Mother Goddess. 30 artisans from Assam have been working tirelessly for 3 months to create this mini Assam in the heart of Kolkata. That such complicated patterns can be woven using bamboo and cane, is really amazing! In addition to this there would be a rich tapestry of Assamese cloth and gamocha. Marvels at every step! Outside the Mandap, would be on display the life and culture of various tribes of Assam like Mising, Deuri, Rabha, Mech, Hajong, Dimasa, Reming etc. The Bihu songs and dances like Mising, Asamiya, Jumai and Ras Lila would create such an atmosphere, that you would feel ...
- published: 08 Oct 2008
- views: 7499
- author: Kaushik Biswas
Peacock dance at Alipore Zoological Garden
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- Duration: 1:26
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
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chimpanzee in Kolkata Alipore Zoo
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- Duration: 1:22
- Updated: 26 Aug 2012
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Chasing a Ferrari 355 F1 Spider through Alipore
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- Duration: 7:51
- Updated: 12 Sep 2012
WARNING: Keep the volume down if you have got people around, There is some amount of swearing. My friend and me, keeping up with one of Calcutta's most beautiful supercars. Excuse the commentary in places. We were both massively excited about the car and its engine note. Kudos to my friend for keeping up :)
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WARNING: Keep the volume down if you have got people around, There is some amount of swearing. My friend and me, keeping up with one of Calcutta's most beautiful supercars. Excuse the commentary in places. We were both massively excited about the car and its engine note. Kudos to my friend for keeping up :)
- published: 23 Jan 2012
- views: 1127
- author: Shamik Bose
South City Garden - New Alipore, Kolkata
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Visit: www.propertywala.com South City Garden - New Alipore, Kolkata - your dream life at dream price South City Garden-So close to the heart of the city yet so far from the madding crowd. The designers have never lost sight of the topmost priority - environmental harmony.
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Visit: www.propertywala.com South City Garden - New Alipore, Kolkata - your dream life at dream price South City Garden-So close to the heart of the city yet so far from the madding crowd. The designers have never lost sight of the topmost priority - environmental harmony.
- published: 25 Jun 2011
- views: 1875
- author: PropertyWala
Alipore Zoo, Kolkata
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Alipore Zoo, Kolkata 2011
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Tanmay: Zoo-Himi & Rio@Kolkata Alipore
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Vipasyana & Rio First time visit the Zoo@Kolkata Alipore.Camera by Tanmay.
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Vipasyana & Rio First time visit the Zoo@Kolkata Alipore.Camera by Tanmay.
- published: 21 Jul 2008
- views: 630
- author: canvas0069
Elephant in Alipore Zoo,Kolkata
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Elephant in Alipore Zoo,Kolkata
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RBT at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata
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RBT at Alipore Zoo, Kolkata
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New Alipore College (CS Dept.), Kolkata, Departmental Picnic 2010
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- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 23 Oct 2012
New Alipore College || Computer Science Departmental Picnic 2010 at "58 Gate" || Uploaded by... softtwos...
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New Alipore College || Computer Science Departmental Picnic 2010 at "58 Gate" || Uploaded by... softtwos...
- published: 01 Feb 2010
- views: 1858
- author: Sourav Sarkar
Durga Pujo 2012 Kolkata New Alipore Suruchi Sangha Durgapuja Video
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Suruchi Sangha News, Photos, Biography, Videos and Wallpapers. Suruchi Sangha New Alipore
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Suruchi Sangha News, Photos, Biography, Videos and Wallpapers. Suruchi Sangha New Alipore
- published: 20 Oct 2012
- views: 460
- author: wwwebrpin
New Alipore Suruchi Sangha, Durga Puja 2012 | A tour of Suruchi Sangha Sharodiya Durga Pujo 2012
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New Alipore Suruchi Sangha, Durga Puja 2012 | A tour of Suruchi Sangha Sharodiya Durga Pujo 2012 New Alipore Suruchi Sangha. Durga Puja @Kolkata 2012. Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess
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New Alipore Suruchi Sangha, Durga Puja 2012 | A tour of Suruchi Sangha Sharodiya Durga Pujo 2012 New Alipore Suruchi Sangha. Durga Puja @Kolkata 2012. Durga Puja - the ceremonial worship of the mother goddess
- published: 23 Oct 2012
- views: 255
- author: wwwebrpin
Puja Parikrama 2010 - Nabami - Alipore - Suruchi Sangha
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 29 Jun 2011
This Puja attracts major crowds from all over Kolkata. The theme was Karnataki - the pandal depicted the Mysore Chamundi Hills temple. Underlying theme was water conservation.
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This Puja attracts major crowds from all over Kolkata. The theme was Karnataki - the pandal depicted the Mysore Chamundi Hills temple. Underlying theme was water conservation.
- published: 17 Oct 2010
- views: 584
- author: Kaustav Bose
WHite Tiger ......at Alipore Zoo.....
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WHite Tiger ......at Alipore Zoo.....
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ali safdar live pgm 2011 alipore chattta 25moharram noha intiqam
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ali safdar live pgm 2011 alipore chattta 25moharram noha intiqam
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ali safdar live pgm 2011 alipore chattta 25moharram noha intiqam
- published: 05 Jan 2011
- views: 872
- author: aghaandagha
Alipore Zoo in Winter
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- Duration: 0:34
- Updated: 05 Jun 2011
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Durga Puja(2011) - Moner Manush (New Alipore)
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- Duration: 4:02
- Updated: 04 Oct 2011
this is'nt a forest.............this is a well prepared puja mandap in new alipore.
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this is'nt a forest.............this is a well prepared puja mandap in new alipore.
- published: 04 Oct 2011
- views: 156
- author: amit sen
My mother admitted at BP Poddar Hospital, New Alipore, Kolkata; Patient at bed no. 2418
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My mother admitted at BP Poddar Hospital, New Alipore, Kolkata; Patient at bed no. 2418; severe naussea, vertigo, vomiting; BP 220/110; Doctor detects Cervical Spondolysis [ SHOT WITH A NOKIA N95 ]
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My mother admitted at BP Poddar Hospital, New Alipore, Kolkata; Patient at bed no. 2418; severe naussea, vertigo, vomiting; BP 220/110; Doctor detects Cervical Spondolysis [ SHOT WITH A NOKIA N95 ]
- published: 10 Jan 2009
- views: 1959
- author: Kaushik Biswas
royal bengal tiger at alipore zoo
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24 Dec 2012
Steve Jobs was controversial in life, and now his high-tech mega-yacht is associated with a controversy long after his death. The former Apple CEO's ship was impounded in Amsterdam in the middle of a financial battle over a disputed bill. Phillippe Starck, a French product designer and architect, has alleged that Jobs' heirs owe him 3 million euros for his work on Venus, the 256-foot yacht Jobs commissioned before his death ... ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. A deadly silence immediately followed after a bullet penetrated the calf's skull. Against my wishes, Vic had decided against either amputating its leg or contacting a veterinarian-something he reasoned would have been too expensive. The unfortunate calf had slid down into a ravine where its hind leg, which was mangled and torn, became wrapped in barbed wire ... But it was more than a bellow ... 9....(size: 6.3Kb)
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24 Dec 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policewoman shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul on Monday, the latest in a rising tide of insider attacks by Afghans against their foreign allies, senior Afghan officials said. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sgt ... The woman was taken into Afghan custody shortly after the attack ... As many Afghans, the policewoman uses only one name ... Air Force Lt. Col ... Gen ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
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26 Dec 2012
The six Gulf states have sharpened their tone against their neighbour Iran, demanding an immediate halt to its "interference" in their internal affairs while urging action to halt mass killings and violations of international law in Syria ... The council said they "reject and denounce" Iran's "continued interference" in their internal affairs that increase regional tension and threaten security and stability ... 419 Source.. Agencies. Share ... ....(size: 18.7Kb)
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26 Dec 2012
Tweet. New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday felicitated India's blind cricket team for winning the Twenty20 World Cup championship ... Manhatesh, general secretary of Cricket Association for Blind in India (CABI), said ... Read More. Cricket . Housing Board Colony ... Raj. Edu ... Alipore Dist Board ... ) .. ). ... . . . . . .. . . .. ....(size: 2.6Kb)
Indian Express
25 Dec 2012
It took 14 years after schoolgirl Hetal Parekhs rape and murder for the man held responsible, Dhananjoy Chatterjee, to be brought to justice ... Hetal was raped and murdered on March 15, 1990; Dhananjoy was hanged at Alipore Central Jail on August 14, 2004 ... The Alipore sessions court sentenced Dhananjoy to death in 1991 ... All were rejected ......(size: 1.5Kb)
The Times of India
25 Dec 2012
KOLKATA ... A study conducted by Pradip Sikdar of the department of environmental management of the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, highlights the risks threatening the inhabitants living in and around the banks of Tolly's Nullah which approximately stretches from Alipore to Garia and beyond ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
The Siasat Daily
25 Dec 2012
December 24.. An auto-rickshaw driver was arrested at Purbachal under Haridevpur area in the southern part of the city on charges of raping a 26-year-old woman. City police sources said the arrest had been made yesterday on the basis of the woman's complaint to the local police station ... Later Sarkar was produced before a court in Alipore which remanded him to police custody. PTI....(size: 2.3Kb)
The Times of India
25 Dec 2012
KOLKATA. Unshackling itself from the red tape relating to some basic services, the City of Joy was to become a proper district run by a collector, according to a Cabinet decision taken by the Mamata Banerjee government on September 5 ... The new collectorate's jurisdiction will extend across all 141 wards of the KMC and nine police stations of the Alipore sub-division would come under it ... even after he assumed charge on September 20 ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
Newstrack India
23 Dec 2012
Tweet. Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Ending days of speculation, batting great Sachin Tendulkar Sunday announced his retirement from ODI cricket but will continue playing in Test matches. Tendulkar's decision came just hours before the selectors were scheduled to announce the team for the limited overs series against Pakistan starting Dec 25 ... Raj ... ... ... Alipore Dist Board ... ) .. ). ... . . . . . .. . . .. ....(size: 2.8Kb)
The Times of India
22 Dec 2012
NEW DELHI ... This would entitle them to better prison facilities. The resolution seeking "political status" for all those "holding different political views" was adopted at the end of a CRPP 'convention against draconian laws' organized in Hyderabad on December 10 and 11 ... This had later prompted American Center attack convict Aftab Ansari, currently lodged in the Alipore Central jail, to also seek political prisoner status for himself ... ....(size: 3.1Kb)
Newstrack India
22 Dec 2012
Tweet. Melbourne, December 22 (ANI). If you think an employee is irresistibly attractive, it's okay to sack her, seven male US judges have claimed. An all-male Iowa Supreme Court recently ruled that a dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage ... "If they get out of hand, then the women can be legally fired for it," Fiedler said ... (ANI) ... Alipore Civil Court ... ) .. ). ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
Indian Express
21 Dec 2012
Sainbari killings Panel cant probe what Justice Tarapada had inquired ... Rajat Banerjee and Durga Siba Prasad Roy, the two who were earlier named in the chargesheet but were acquitted by Alipore Sessions court, challenged the constitutional validity of the new probe commission, saying there was not enough reason to set up a probe panel, 41 years after the incident ... ......(size: 1.7Kb)
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20 Dec 2012
Tweet. Hyderabad, Dec 20 (IANS) Singapore, due to its proximity, accessibility and the tourist attractions, remains a preferred holiday destination for Indians despite the slowdown in the economy, said a top official of Singapore Tourism Board. The number of Indian travellers to Singapore during the first half of 2012 stood at 4.78 lakh, an increase of six percent compared to the same period last year. G.B ... Read More ... Alipore Dist Board ....(size: 3.9Kb)
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19 Dec 2012
Tweet. Dublin, Dec. 19 (ANI). The Irish Government has pledged to pass a law soon that will allow women to undergo abortions if pregnancy threatens their lives. The announcement comes after decades of inaction on abortion in Ireland, and just weeks after the predominantly Catholic country faced international criticism over the death of an Indian woman with an imminent miscarriage ... (ANI). Read More. Ireland . Health ... Alipore Civil Court ... ) .....(size: 3.2Kb)
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This article is about a neighbourhood in South Kolkata. For the village near Chikhli, Bilimora, Gujarat, see Alipore, Navsari.
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| Coordinates | 22°32′N 88°20′E / 22.53°N 88.33°E / 22.53; 88.33Coordinates: 22°32′N 88°20′E / 22.53°N 88.33°E / 22.53; 88.33 |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District(s) | South 24 Parganas |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
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• 14 metres (46 ft) |
| Website | s24pgs.gov.in |
Alipore (Bengali: আলিপুর) is headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and a neighbourhood in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Alipore, Kolkata, is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata[citation needed], along with the area Ballygunge. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line. The Pin Code of Alipore is Kolkata 700027.
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History and Development[link]
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One of the most historical, eventful and elite localities of the city of Kolkata, Alipore is nearly as old as the city itself.
It was in the middle parts of the 18th century that the British began exploring the areas outside their settlements of Fort William and the Dalhousie Square area beyond the Race Course. The Belvedere Estate was one of the oldest establishments in Alipore. The then Governor General Warren Hastings built it for himself and it became the Governor's residence until the Government House came up later. It was about this period of time that Alipore started attracting more and more British settlers who built their huge mansions and bungalows with gardens and Alipore came to be more popular.
In 1820, William Carey built the Agri Horticultural Gardens behind the Belvedere Estate and added to the charm of the locality. Also, the Alipore Zoological Gardens was thrown open to the public in 1875.
The locality was also witness to the Alipore bomb case and a spectator to the freedom struggle of the Indian revolutionaries, like Aurobindo Ghosh who were imprisoned at Alipore Jail.
Post independence of India, Alipore became popular among the business elite of the city and a large number of them set up home. The Pauls, the Birlas, the Goenkas, the Dalmiyas, the Jalans, the Kotharis - all added weight to the place.
In 1952, the Imperial Library (now renamed the National Library) shifted to its present premises on Belvedere Estate. The Alipore Mint was also inaugurated the same year.
The locality of Alipore is a pristine mix of stately bungalows and villas with sprawling lawns and gardens, mostly belonging to the industrialists and business elites of the city, together with swank apartments and high rise condominiums, aptly complimented with clean tree lined avenues and roads, lush greenery and low pollution count. Several consulates like those of Russia, Germany, France, Italy and residences of Hon. Consul General of Canada, Denmark, Greece, Peru, etc. are located in Alipore. By the late eighties and nineties other places like New Alipore and Ballygunge competed with Alipore as the most elite areas of Kolkata.
Geography[link]
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Alipore is located at 22°32′N 88°20′E / 22.53°N 88.33°E / 22.53; 88.33.[1] It has an average elevation of 14 metres (46 feet). Alipore area is bordered by the following roads - AJC Bose Road to the north, D L Khan Road to the East, Diamond Harbour Road to the West and Alipore Avenue to the South.
Alipore area comprises the following roads & sub localities - Alipore Road, Belvedere Road, Baker Road, Judges Court Road, Burdwan Road, New Road, National Library Avenue, Penn Road, Alipore Park Road, Ashoka Road, Raja Santosh Road and Ronaldshay Road.
Transport[link]
Alipore is connected to all parts of the city by extensive bus services.
Alipore is served by the Majherhat and New Alipore railway stations on the Budge Budge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway.
The Kalighat station of the Kolkata Metro as well as the Jatin Das Park station is close to Alipore.
Medical facilities[link]
Some of the best healthcare options in the city is located in Alipore
- Woodlands Multispeciality Hospital, Alipore Road
- CMRI, Diamond Harbour Road
- B.M. Birla Heart Research Centre, National Library Avenue
- Kothari Medical Centre, 8/3, Alipore Road
- Command Hospital, Alipore Road
Educational institutions[link]
- IMI, Kolkata, Judges Court Road
- Army institute of management, Kolkata
- University of Calcutta, Alipore Campus
- Women's Law College, Judges Court Road
- Viharilal College of Home Science, Judges Court Road
- Hastings house (B.Ed. college)
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Command Hospital
- Alipore Tiny Tots (Children's School)
- Lakshmipat Singhania Academy (High School)
Places of interest[link]
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- National Library of India, Belvedere Road
- Alipore Zoological Gardens, Belvedere Road
- Taj Bengal Hotel, Belvedere Road
- National Test House, Judges Court Road
- Alipore Meteorological Office, Judges Court Road
- Presidency Jail, Alipore
- Bhavani Bhavan, CID Headquarters, Belvedere Road
- Agri Horticultural Gardens, Alipore Road
- Royal Meat, Judges Court Road
- The Enclave, Alipore Road
- Ocio Club, Belvedere Road
- Hollywood Bowl
- The Old Bungalow, 7/6 Burdwan Road
- City Shoppe, Diamond Harbour Road
- Sparkz Bowling alley, Diamond Harbour Road
- Bhawanipore cemetery
Fine Dining, Restaurants & Eateries[link]
Taj Bengal Hotel, Belvedere Road'
- The Hub
- Sonargaon
- Chinoiserie
- The Chambers,
- The Junction,
- The Promenade Lounge,
- Grill by the Pool,
- Souk,
- La Patisserie and Deli
The Enclave, Alipore Road
- Red Kitchen & Lounge
- Kookie Jar & Mangio
- Coffee World
- The Cream & Fudge Factory
- The International Cafe
- Bombay Bites
- Upper Crust
- Blossoms Square
Others
- Chocolarte, Judges Court Road
- Domino's Pizza, Judges Court Road
- Don Giovanni's Pizza, Diamond Harbour Road
- Garden Cafe, Alipore Road
- Drive Inn Snack Bar, Alipore Road
- Flury's Cafe, Alipore Road
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Alipore (Bengali: আলিপুর) is headquarters of South 24 Parganas district and a neighbourhood in South Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Alipore, Kolkata, is one of the poshest and costliest localities in Kolkata[citation needed], along with the area Ballygunge. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and New Alipore to the south, bordered by the Budge Budge section of the Sealdah South section railway line. The Pin Code of Alipore is Kolkata 700027.
One of the most historical, eventful and elite localities of the city of Kolkata, Alipore is nearly as old as the city itself.
It was in the middle parts of the 18th century that the British began exploring the areas outside their settlements of Fort William and the Dalhousie Square area beyond the Race Course. The Belvedere Estate was one of the oldest establishments in Alipore. The then Governor General Warren Hastings built it for himself and it became the Governor's residence until the Government House came up later. It was about this period of time that Alipore started attracting more and more British settlers who built their huge mansions and bungalows with gardens and Alipore came to be more popular.
