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North Dinajpur District
Uttar Dinajpur () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur district, it comprises two subdivisions: Raiganj and Islampur. History Undivided Dinajpur district was part of the Pundra kingdom. The whole of Pundra was part of the Mauryan empire, and Jainism was spread in the region in the fourth century BCE. Their capital was at Pundrabardhan (now in Bangladesh), and two other ancient towns were Gourpur and Kotibarsha, now called Bangarh. Later multiple inscriptions show how the Guptas also controlled Pundra. The district was then under Pala rule from 750 CE. The Senas overthrew the Palas in 1143. In 1204, Bakhtiyar Khilji defeated the Senas and had Bangarh as its capital. After his murder, it was controlled by various governors sent by the Delhi Sultan from Gauda. In 1586, Mughal Emperor Akbar conquered Bengal and Dinajpur was controlled by the ''sarkars'' of Tajpur and Panjara. In 1765, it fell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of West Bengal
The Himalayas lies in the north of West Bengal and the Bay of Bengal is at the south. Between them, the river Ganga flows eastwards and its main distributary, the Hooghly River, flows south to reach the Bay of Bengal. The Siliguri Corridor, which connects North-East India with rest of the India, lies in the North Bengal region of the state. Geographically, West Bengal is divided into a variety of regions—Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, Terai and Dooars region, North Bengal plains, Rarh region, Western plateau and high lands, coastal plains, Sundarbans and the Ganga Delta. In 1947, when India gained independence, the state of West Bengal was formed, with 14 districts, as per partition plan of the then Bengal province of British India. The former princely state Koch Bihar joined as a district on 26 January 1950, and the former French enclave Chandannagore joined as part of the Hooghly district in 1954. The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 led to addition of Purulia district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemtabad (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Hemtabad Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 33 Hemtabad Assembly constituency (SC) covers Hemtabad community development block and Bhatol, Bindol, Jagadishpur, Mahipur, Sherpur, Rampur and Sitgram gram panchayats of Raiganj community development block. Hemtabad Assembly constituency is part of No. 5 Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 In the 2021 election, Satyajit Barman of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival, Chandima Roy of BJP. 2016 In the 2016 election, Debendra Nath Roy of CPI(M) defeated Sabita Kshetry of Trinamool Congress. Note- Later in 2019 Debendra Nath Roy joined BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pundravardhana
Pundravardhana or Pundra Kingdom ( sa, Puṇḍravardhana), was an ancient kingdom during the Iron Age period in India with a territory that included parts of present-day Rajshahi and Rangpur Divisions of Bangladesh as well as the West Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. The capital of the kingdom, then known as ''Pundranagara'' (Pundra city), was located at Mahasthangarh in Bogra District in northern Bangladesh.Hossain, Md. Mosharraf, ''Mahasthan: Anecdote to History'', 2006, pp. 69-73, Dibyaprakash, 38/2 ka Bangla Bazar, Dhaka, Geography Mahasthangarh, the ancient capital of Pundravardhana is located 11 km (7 mi) north of Bogra on the Bogra- Rangpur highway, with a feeder road (running along the eastern side of the ramparts of the citadel for 1.5 km) leading to Jahajghata and site museum.Hossain, Md. Mosharraf, pp. 14-15. Mention in ''Mahabharata'' and ''puranic'' literature According to the epic ''Mahabharata'' (I.104.53-54) and puranic literatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islampur Subdivision
Islampur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions Uttar Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Islampur subdivision has 5 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 59 gram panchayats, 757 mouzas, 730 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 2 census towns. The municipalities are at Islampur and Dalkhola. The census towns are: Chopra and Hanskunda. The subdivision has its headquarters at Islampur. Police stations Police stations in Islampur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Blocks Community development blocks in Islampur subdivision are: Gram panchayats The subdivision contains 59 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks: * Chopra block: Rural area consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Chopra, Daspara, Haptiagachh, Majhiali, Chutiakhore, Ghirnigaon, Lakhipur and Sonapur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raiganj Subdivision
Raiganj subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions Uttar Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Raiganj subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 39 gram panchayats, 747 mouzas, 745 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 3 census towns. The municipalities are at Raiganj and Kaliaganj. The census towns are: Nachhratpur Katabari, Kasba and Itahar. The subdivision has its headquarters at Raiganj. Police stations Police stations in Raiganj subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Blocks Community development blocks in Raiganj subdivision are: Gram panchayats The subdivision contains 39 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: * Hemtabad block: Rural area consists of five gram panchayats, viz. Bangalbari, Chainagar, Naoda, Bishnupur and Hemtabad. * Itahar block: Rura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdivisions Of India
The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they are composed of a nested hierarchy of administrative divisions. Indian states and territories frequently use different local titles for the same level of subdivision (e.g., the ''mandals'' of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspond to ''tehsils'' of Uttar Pradesh and other Hindi-speaking states but to ''talukas'' of Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu). The smaller subdivisions (villages and blocks) exist only in rural areas. In urban areas, urban local bodies exist instead of these rural subdivisions. Tiers of India The diagram below outlines the six tiers of government: Zones and regions Zones The states of India have been grouped into six zones having an Advisory Council "to develop the habit of cooperative working" among these States. Zonal Councils were set up vide Part-III of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. The North Eastern S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 12 (India)
National Highway 12 (NH 12), previously NH 34, is a National Highway in India which runs entirely in West Bengal. It runs from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola terminating at Bakkhali. Route NH 12 originates from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district and passes through Karandighi, Maharajahat Raiganj, Gazole, Malda, passes over the Farakka Barrage, Umarpur Murshidabad, Baharampur, Beldanga, Bethuadahari, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Barasat, Belgharia Expressway, Dankuni , Santragachi, Behala, Joka, Amtala, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip . Development In 2020, widening of a stretch of 66 km from Jagulia to Krishnanagar in Nadia began. In 2021 union budget, central government allocated highway projects for four election bound states, of which was allocated for the development of 675 km of this highway. Cities and Towns off NH 12 * Dalkhola * Raiganj * Gazole * Malda * Sujapur * Kaliachak * Farakka * Dhuliyan * Jangip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Highway 27 (India)
National Highway 27 (NH 27), an East - West National highway in India that starts in Porbandar and ends in Silchar, the highway passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam. NH-27 was laid and is maintained by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). It is the second longest National Highway (after NH 44) in India and is a part of NS-EW Corridor of NHAI. Route National highway 27 transits across seven states of India in east - west direction. Gujarat Porbandar, Kutiyana, Upleta, Dhoraji, Jetpur, Gondal, Rajkot, Bamanbore, Morvi, Samakhiali, Radhanpur, Deesa, Palanpur Rajasthan Abu Road, Pindwara, Udaipur, Mangalwar, Chittaurgarh, Kota, Baran 7 DISTRICT - SIROHI, UDAIPUR, CHITTAURRGARH, BHILWARA, BUNDI, KOTA BARAN. Madhya Pradesh Shivpuri, Karera Uttar Pradesh Jhansi, Orai Kanpur, Unnao, Lucknow, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Basti, Uttar Pradesh, Basti, Khalilabad, India, Khalilabad, Gorakhpur, Ku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads In India
Roads are an important mode of transport in India. India has a network of over of roads This is the second-largest road network in the world, after the United States with .Annual Report 2021-22 (23.70 Mb ) At () of roads per square kilometre of land, the quantitative density of India's road network is equal to that of Hong Kong, and substantially higher than the United States (), China (), Brazil () and Russia (). Adjusted for its large population, India has approximately of roads per 1,000 people, which is much lower than United States but higher than that of China . India's road network carries over 71 percent of its freight and about 85 percent of passenger traffic. Since the 1990s, major efforts have been underway to modernize the country's road infrastructure. As of 31 March 2020, 70.00% of Indian roads were paved. As of March 2020, India had completed and placed into use over of four or more lane highways connecting many of its major manufacturing, commercial and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments. In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* ("Echo-Star"). It is indicated as Asia/Kolkata in the IANA time zone database. History After Independence in 1947, the Union government established IST as the official time for the whole country, although Kolkata and Mumbai retained their own local time (known as Calcutta Time and Bombay Time) until 1948 and 1955, respectively. The Central observatory was moved from Chennai to a location at Shankargarh Fort in Allahabad district, so that it would be as close to UTC+05:30 as possible. Daylight Saving Time (DST) was used briefly during the China–India War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971. Calculation Indian Standard Time is calculated from the clock tower in Mirzapur nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
