Jessore Road is an International road connecting
Shyambazar through
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 Author ...
in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
,
India
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to
Jessore
Jessore (, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District in Khulna Division. It lies in southwestern Bangladesh. It is home to the first flight training school of the Bangladeshi Air Force, established in 1971. Jessore city consists of 9 wa ...
in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
. While the Dum Dum-Barasat sector is now part of
NH 12, the Barasat-Petrapole sector is now part of
NH 112. It continues in Bangladesh as
N706 from
Benapole to Jessore. The whole road is the part of
Asian Highway 1. The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially
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 ...
and
Barasat. The road meets commuter (suburban) rail link at
Barasat Junction railway station. Metro stations on this road include
Shyambazar and
Belgachia.
Several locations lie between Patipukur and
Barasat on Jessore Road such as
Patipukur Railway Station,
Lake Town,
Bangur Avenue,
Dum Dum Park,
Nagerbazar,
Birati,
Madhyamgram,
Barasat etc.
According to legend, the road was made by Kai Prasad Poddar, a landlord in
Jessore
Jessore (, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District in Khulna Division. It lies in southwestern Bangladesh. It is home to the first flight training school of the Bangladeshi Air Force, established in 1971. Jessore city consists of 9 wa ...
.
For building the massive road,
the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury" .
Poem
Allen Ginsberg
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of th ...
wrote a poem "
September on Jessore Road" after visiting refugee camps in 1971:
Millions of babies watching the skies
Bellies swollen, with big round eyes
On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...
References
External links
{{Streets of Kolkata
Roads in Kolkata
Roads in Bangladesh