Nadia district (Bengali: নদিয়া জেলা) is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of India. It borders with Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Bardhaman district to the west, and Murshidabad district to the north.

Nabadwip was the capital of Bengal under Ballal Sen and later Lakshman Sen, the famous rulers of the Sena Empire, who ruled from 1159 to 1206. In 1202, Nabadwip was captured by Bakhtiyar Khilji. This victory paved the way for Muslim rule in Bengal. Nabadwip and Nadia were great centres of learning and intellectual prowess. For five centuries, it was referred to as “Oxford of Bengal”. Chaitanyadeb (1486–1533) was born in Nabadwip.

It is the only place where the first school of logic (tarkashastra) in India was set up on the Navya Nyaya system, which produced great logicians in 15th century.The Holy Birth Place of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is known as "Gour Gangar Desh" as well as " Oxford of Bengal". We are proud for Srichaitanyadeb, Krishnanda Agambagish, Basudeb Sarbobhouma etc. The religious atmosphere of Nabadwip is a combination of Baishnaba, Shakta, Buddha, Saiba due to the aforesaid leaders, Pal Monarchy, Sen Monarchy etc. The main festival of Nabadwip is "RASH UTSAV". It is also known as "Pat Purnima" or "Rash Kali Puja" or "Shakta Rash". The varieties of Baishnaba, Shakta, Saiba Pratima (Idols) attracts every one. The Rash Utsav is like national festival of the inhabitants of Nabadwip.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (born 2 April 1956) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Berhampore constituency of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party.

Having dropped out of school at age 15, he started as a District leader of Youth Congress in the 1970s when political atmosphere was very tense and violent. He worked as a henchman for senior Congress leaders Abdus Sattar, MLA of Lalgola and Mohammad Idris Ali, MLA of Murshidabad, in 1972-77. He was arrested in a Police case in 1978 and 1982. He was noted for his strong leadership and aggressive spirit ( tit-for-tat killings against the Left Front). During the 1980s he was a booth agent and election agent for various Congress leaders from Murshidabad District. He became a Councillor of Baharampur Municipality in 1990, an MLA in 1996 and MP in 1998. in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections he was the chief election agent of former Chief Minister, Siddharta Shankar Ray, who was contesting the Berhampore seat, though he lsot by a margin of only 16,000 votes. When Chowdhury he contested the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat, nobody expected him to win as Berhampore had not been won by the Congress since 1951 and was an RSP stronghold. However, copying the tactics of the Left Front, he was able to win and carved it out as his own bastion, unleashing a reign of terror against the Left Front by using illegally acquired weapons from Bangladesh and mobilising the rural Muslim farmers and landowners against the CPI(M).