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Subhas Nagar
Subhas Nagar is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Geography Subhas Nagar is spread across Ward nos. 5 and 6 of South Dum Dum Municipality. Ward no. 6 covers the South Subhas Nagar area. It is a posh locality located near Dum Dum Cantonment metro station and Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. The locality is named after the prominent freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Police station Dum Dum police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Subhas Nagar areas. Post Office Subhas Nagar has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700065 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Education Prominent schools in Subhas Nagar area are as follows: *Dum Dum Subhas Nagar High School and Dum Dum Subhas Nagar Girls High School, Estd. in 1954 and 1955 respectively, are olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federalism, federal union comprising 28 federated state, states and 8 union territory, union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 List of districts in India, districts and smaller administrative divisions of India, administrative divisions by the respective subnational government. The states of India are self-governing administrative divisions, each having a State governments of India, state government. The governing powers of the states are shared between the state government and the Government of India, union government. On the other hand, the union territories are directly governed by the union government. History 1876–1919 The British Raj was a very complex political entity consisting of various imperial divisions and states and territories of varying autonomy. At the time of its establishment in 1876, it was made up of 584 princely state, constituent states and the prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dum Dum (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport locally known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum. Dum Dum area was divided into three parts governed by three separate municipalities named as South Dum Dum, Dum Dum and North Dum Dum. Etymology During the 19th century the area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a British Royal Artillery facility. It was here that, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dum Dum was "Domdoma". Some resources claim that the Persian word damdama, which means "mound" or "elevated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns In North 24 Parganas District
A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agreed definition of the lower boundary for their size. In a narrower sense, a city can be defined as a permanent and densely populated place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organizations, and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving the efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport () is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan region, Kolkata metropolitan area, the capital metropolis of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the primary aviation hub for East India, eastern and northeastern India. It is located in Dum Dum and in proximity to Jessore Road, approximately from Dalhousie Square and Howrah Junction via the Howrah Bridge. The airport is locally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in 1995 after Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement. The airport's IATA code ''CCU'' is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of the city. Opened in 1924, the airport is one of the oldest airports in India. Spread over an area of , the airport is the largest hub for air traffic in the eastern part of the country and one of the four operational airports in the state, the others being Bagdogra Airport in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yellow Line (Kolkata Metro)
Yellow Line is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro currently under construction in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It will be a with 10 stations. long line from Noapara, West Bengal, Noapara to Barasat in North 24 Parganas. It is being built by Rail Vikas Nigam, RVNL, Senbo & Italian-Thai Development, ITD. It will run mostly on underground tunnels, the track will be elevated until Jessore Road metro station, Jessore Road from Noapara metro station and depot, Noapara and then go underground towards Barasat metro station. It will have an interchange at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata Airport with Orange Line (Kolkata Metro), Orange Line. Stations The stations of this corridor are: Progress of Dum Dum Cantonment metro station An amount of Rs 227 crore contract to build this station along with a mostly at-grade section from the Bagjola Canal to the existing ramp of the Airport Circular Railway track was awarded to Senbo Engineering Limite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barrackpore Police Commissionerate
Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, established on 20 January 2012, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision, and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Ministry of Home Affairs (West Bengal), Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District, and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction. Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate. Structure and jurisdiction The police commissionerate is situated at Barrackpore, and is divided into three zones – North, Central and South. The Commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement over an area of area with 25 police stations under it. The Commissionerate is headed by the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dum Dum
Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport locally known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum. Dum Dum area was divided into three parts governed by three separate municipalities named as South Dum Dum, Dum Dum and North Dum Dum. Etymology During the 19th century the area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a British Royal Artillery facility. It was here that, in the early 1890s, Captain Neville Bertie-Clay developed a bullet with the jacket cut away at the tip to reveal its soft lead core (see hollow-point bullet), known informally as a dum-dum or more correctly as an expanding bullet. The previous name of Dum Dum was "Domdoma". Some resources claim that the Persian word damdama, which means "mound" or "elevated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Fascist Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and military failure. * The honorific 'Netaji' ( Hindustani: "Respected Leader") was first applied to Bose in Germany in early 1942—by the Indian soldiers of the '' Indische Legion'' and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin. It is now used throughout India. Bose was born into wealth and privilege in a large Bengali family in Orissa during the British Raj. The early recipient of an Anglo-centric education, he was sent after college to England to take the Indian Civil Service examination. He succeeded with distinction in the first exam but demurred at taking the routine final exam, citing nationalism to be the higher calling. Returning to India in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Subhas Nagar
Subhas Nagar is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Geography Subhas Nagar is spread across Ward nos. 5 and 6 of South Dum Dum Municipality. Ward no. 6 covers the South Subhas Nagar area. It is a posh locality located near Dum Dum Cantonment metro station and Dum Dum Cantonment railway station. The locality is named after the prominent freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Police station Dum Dum police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Subhas Nagar areas. Post Office Subhas Nagar has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700065 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Education Prominent schools in Subhas Nagar area are as follows: *Dum Dum Subhas Nagar High School and Dum Dum Subhas Nagar Girls High School, Estd. in 1954 and 1955 respectively, are olde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Dum Dum
South Dum Dum is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th century Dum Dum area was home to the Dum Dum Arsenal, a British Royal Artillery facility. History In 1870, Dum Dum was divided into two parts named as South Dum Dum and North Dum Dum. Though South Dum Dum Municipality was established on 3rd July, 1870. Clive House on Rastraguru Avenue in Nagerbazar is mired in controversy. It is thought of as the first ''pucca'' brick and cement building in North Kolkata area and was possibly built by the Portuguese. Some say that it was the hunting lodge of an Indian prince or nobleman. What is known is that it was used by British soldiers when they first entered the country. Later, Robert Clive took the area over, renovated it, added a floor to the sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi .... The organisation was known as Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and retains its previous logo. KMDA is functioning under the administrative control of Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of Government of West Bengal. Functions KMDA's role is multi-disciplinary: it is the agency of city planning, it sculpts new areas and townships, it develops physical infrastructure as well as provide basic services like water, drainage, waste management. KMDA is also the Technical Secretariat to Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Committee (K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
