58-569: Charanpur is a village in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the industrial town of Asansol . The village is notable for being featured in the Indian film Swades . Charanpur is classified as an Out Growth (OG) Urban Unit. It has an area of 2.63 square kilometres (1.02 sq mi). In 2001 the population was 3,301, of which 1,688 were male and 1,613 female. For postal delivery, Charanpur
116-527: A Jain monk from the "Rara" country erected a Jain image. A Khajuraho inscription mentions that the Chandela ruler imprisoned the wives of the rulers of various kingdoms, which included Rāḍha. The 12th century Naihati copper-plate inscription of the Sena ruler Vallalasena mentions Rāḍha as the ancestral place of his dynasty. Various ancient and medieval region offer clues about the location and historical extent of
174-539: A distinct unit in several inscriptions, including the 10th century Gaonri inscription of Vakpati Munja , the 10th century Nyayakandali of Sridhara-acharya, the 11th century Prabodha-Chandrodaya by Krishna Mishra, the 13th century Amareshvara temple inscription of Mandhata , and the 16th century Chandimangal by Mukundarama. The 11th century CE Tirumalai inscription of Rajendra Chola I also mentions "Ladam" (Uttara Rāḍha) and "Takkana-Ladam" (Dakṣina Rāḍha) as two distinct units. Rupendra K Chattopadhyaya theorizes that
232-425: A large goods yard, apart from those at Sitrampur and Barakar. Asansol Division of Eastern Railway handles around 1,300 wagons of coal every day. IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited at Burnpur has a crude steel production capacity of 2.5 million tonnes per year. The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO Steel Plant was implemented with an investment of over Rs 16,000 crore As of 2015,
290-680: A new district called Jungle Mahals . Shergarh and Senpahari was restored to Bardhaman, when Bankura was made into a separate district. Hooghly was separated in 1820, Bankura and Birbhum in 1837. At the time of the Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis in 1793, the chaklas were reduced in size, in order to make them more manageable, and districts were created. Six subdivisions were created in Bardhaman district – Bud Bud in 1846, Katwa, Raniganj, Jahanabad (later named Arambagh), Bardhaman Sadar in 1847 and Kalna in 1850. In 1906, Raniganj subdivision
348-533: A population of 1,243,414. In addition to the erstwhile municipalities of Kulti , Jamuria , and Raniganj subsequently incorporated into the Asansol Municipal Corporation , the agglomeration included the census towns of Amkula , Baktarnagar , Ballavpur , Bhanowara , Domohani , Egara , Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township) , Majiara , Murgathaul , Raghunathchak , Sahebganj and Topsi , and also Charanpur, an outgrowth of Jamuria. Formerly Charanpur
406-445: A productive unit any more), Alstom Power Boilers Ltd. (earlier known as ACC-Vickers Babcock and later as ACC-Babcock), Philips Carbon Black Limited, Sankey Wheels (a unit of GKW), Birla Cement (earlier Durgapur Cement Ltd.), Graphite India Limited, Durgapur Chemicals, Bharat Ophathalmic Glass Limited (not a productive unit any more) and Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation (not a productive unit any more). Between 2001 and 2007 Durgapur saw
464-845: Is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various sources throughout history, it is mainly coextensive with the state of West Bengal , also comprising parts of the state of Jharkhand in India. The Rarh region historically has been known by many different names and has hosted numerous settlements throughout history. One theory identifies it with
522-465: Is a fertile, low-lying alluvial tract. Rice, jute, legumes, oilseeds, wheat, barley, and mangoes are the chief crops in the east; extensive mulberry cultivation is carried out in the west. Rarh has several moist deciduous forests of Shorea robusta (sal), Magnolia champaca (champak) and Acacia . According to Rupendra Kr Chattopadhyay, the historical Rarh region cover parts of the following districts, divided into northern and southern Rarh by
580-468: Is a sort of extension of the Chota Nagpur plateau . For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation. Most of the forests in the coal-bearing areas have been cleared but some areas in the eastern part of the district remained thickly forested till more recent times and some are still there. The eastern part of
638-506: Is a sub-office of the Jamuria Taluk. For other administrative purposes, it is within the Barabani community development block . Pangachhiya , Majiara , Bhanowara , Domohani , Charanpur (OG), Ratibati and Chelad form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern sides of Asansol . As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision
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#1732881416086696-548: Is at Asansol . The municipalities are at: Raniganj , Jamuria and Kulti . The census towns are: Chittaranjan , Hindustan Cables Town , Domohani , Bhanowara , Majiara , Pangachhiya , Charanpur , Kunustara , Topsi , Nimsa , Chinchuria , Kenda , Parasia , Ratibati , Chapui , Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township) , Banshra , Belebathan , Chelad , Murgathaul , Amkula , Baktarnagar , Egara , Sahebganj , Raghunathchak , Ballavpur and Kendra Khottamdi (partly). The subdivision has its headquarters at Asansol. According to
754-670: Is at Durgapur . The census towns are: Siduli , Khandra , Chak Bankola , Ukhra , Mahira , Dakshin Khanda , Parashkol , Kajora , Harishpur , Palashban , Dignala , Andal (gram), Ondal , Baska , Bilpahari , Ramnagar , Dalurband , Baidyanathpur , Mahal , Konardihi , Nabgram , Sankarpur , Haripur , Chhora , Bahula , Mandarbani , Banagram , Sirsha , Nabaghanapur , Sarpi , Ichhapur , Arra , Gopalpur , Bamunara , Amlajora , Kanksa , Debipur , Prayagpur and Kendra Khottamdi (part). The subdivision has its headquarters at Durgapur. Urban-rural divide The urban-rural divide of
812-657: Is mentioned as a mahal or pargana of Sarcar Sharifabad . The area between the Damodar and the Ajay river was referred to Gopbhum, where the Yadav kings ruled. There are remains of the period at Shymarupar Garh and Ichhai Ghosher deul in Kanksa CD Block. In 1689, Raja Krishnaram Roy, of the Bardhaman Raj family , obtained a farman (royal decree) from Aurangzeb by which he was made
870-722: Is sometimes used for "snake" or "twig". Das further points out that the word "lāṛ" may itself be an Indo-Aryan loanword in Santali. " Gangaridai ", the name of an ancient Bengali people in Greek literature, is sometimes believed to be a Greek corruption of " Ganga -Rāḍha". However, according to D. C. Sircar , the word is simply the plural form of "Gangarid" (which is derived from the base "Ganga"), and means "Ganga (Ganges) people". Many aspect of Rarh are found in these books entitle as ' Subarnarekha hoite Mayurakshi and Rarher Mantrayan authored by Maniklal Sinha . Rarher Mantrayan contains
928-896: Is the district headquarters. There are 16 police stations, 8 development blocks, 2 municipal corporations, 62 gram panchayats in this district. Other than municipality areas, each subdivision contains community development blocks which, in turn, are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 66 urban units: 2 municipal corporations, 3 municipalities (which have subsequently been absorbed in Asansol Municipal Corporation) and 65 census towns . There are two urban agglomerations (UA). Asansol Sadar subdivision Asansol Sadar subdivision has 10 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 35 gram panchayats, 181 mouzas , 165 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation, 3 municipalities and 26 census towns +1 (partly). The single municipal corporation
986-656: The zamindar (landlord) of Bardhaman, and since then the Raj family's history became identical with that of the district. There are references to the Raja of Panchkot being zamindar of certain sections (mostly the western part) of what later became Asansol subdivision. There also are references to the Raja of Searsole being zamindar of the Raniganj area. After the death of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire became weak and Murshid Quli Khan became
1044-780: The Ajay valley in the Paleolithic / Mesolithic age, around 5,000 BC. In early historical times Bardhamanbhukti , a part of the Rarh region , was ruled successively by the Magadhas , Mauryas , Kushanas and Guptas . In the 7th century AD, when Shashanka was king, the area was part of the Gauda Kingdom . It was ruled by the Palas and Senas , till Bakhtiyar Khilji captured it in 1199 AD. The early Muslim rulers ruled over major parts of Bengal from Gauda or Lakhnauti. In Ain-i-Akbari , Bardhaman
1102-542: The Damodar , was used by Carr Tagore & Company for transporting coal to Kolkata by boat in the middle of the nineteenth century. Varying levels of water in the Damodar posed problems for transportation. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, East Indian Railway laid lines up to Raniganj in 1855. It captured the entire coal transport business. The line was extended to Asansol in 1863. The Howrah-Delhi main line via Asansol and Patna of East Indian Railway
1160-649: The Nawab of Bengal , owning only nominal allegiance to the Mughal emperor. At that time Bardhaman was referred to as chakla , a change from the earlier pargana . Subsequently, during the reign of Alivardi Khan , the Bargis attacked and plundered Bardhaman. After the victory of the British in the Battle of Plassey in 1757, the fertile district of Bardhaman, along with Medinipur and Chittagong,
1218-847: The Raniganj Coalfield . In 1774, John Sumner and Suetonius Grant Heatly of the British East India Company found coal near Ethora , presently in Salanpur CD Block. In 1973, the Government of India took over the management of all non-coking coal mines in the country and in 1975 Coal India was formed to manage the coking and non-coking coal mines. Eastern Coalfields has been producing around 30 million tonnes per annum from its open cast mines, it has been modernising its underground mines to produce around 10 million tonnes per annum from its underground mines. Narayankuri ghat, on
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#17328814160861276-691: The River Hooghly . The river Subarnarekha flows through some parts of the region in the Midnapur district . In the past, the floods of Damodar, called the "Sorrow of Bengal", often resulted in heavy losses to life and property. After the formation of the Damodar Valley Corporation in 1948, the flood hazard in the Rarh plain has been reduced through the construction of heavy embankments and other sophisticated engineering structures. West Rarh's Bagri river
1334-587: The Subbhabhumi and Vajjabhumi mentioned in the ancient Jain literature. The 17th century scholar Nilakanatha mentions Suhma as a synonym of Rāḍha. However, as Subbhabhumi is a corruption of Suhma, it appears that Suhma referred to only a part of the ancient Rāḍha region. A 6th century CE inscription of the Chola king Devendravarman is the earliest inscription to mention Uttara Rāḍha. The 12th century Belava copper inscription of Bhojavarman states that Bhatta Bhavadeva
1392-534: The Bhāgirathi-Hooghly River in the west to the Padma River in the east. The legendary Sri Lankan chronicles Mahavamsa and Dipavamsa mention that Prince Vijaya , the founder of their nation, came from Simhapura city in the "Lala" country. This Lala is identified with Rāḍha. The earliest epigraphic evidence to Rāḍha probably appears in an inscription from Mathura . This inscription states that
1450-712: The Dakṣiṇa Rāḍha covered a large of part of West Bengal lying between the Ajay and Damodar rivers. This includes large parts of the later Bardhaman , Howrah , and Hughli , and Burdwan districts. The southern boundary of Dakṣiṇa Rāḍha may have extended to the Rupnarayan River , and its western boundary extended beyond the Damodar river into the present-day Arambag subdivision . The archaeological sites that formed part of Dakṣina Rāḍha include: Mahanad , Betur, Saptagram , Garh Mandaran, Bharatpur, Mangalkot , and possibly Dihar and Puskarana. Rarh presented human society
1508-556: The Damodar river: P. R. Sarkar defines the Rarh region as follows: The earliest reference to Rāḍha janapada (as "Ladha") is found in the Jain text Acharangasutra . The text states that the 6th century BCE spiritual leader Mahavira traveled in Vajjabhumi and Subbhabhumi , which were located in the Ladha country. It mentions that the region was "pathless and lawless" during this time, and
1566-806: The Kankagram bhukti . Based on these records, Rupendra K Chattopadhyaya believes that the Uttara Rāḍha included the western parts of the modern Murshidabad district , the entire Birbhum district , some parts of the Santal Parganas district , and the northern part of the Katwa subdivision of the Bardhaman district . The archaeological sites located in the historical Uttara Rāḍha region include Rajbadidanga, Gitagram, Paikor, Batikar, Bahiri , Kagas, Kotasur, and Vallala-rajar-dhibi (Ballal Dhipi). Dakṣina Rāḍha appears as
1624-513: The Kolkata Gazette notification of 3 June 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti , Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation . Durgapur subdivision Durgapur subdivision has 6 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 27 gram panchayats, 171 mouzas , 151 inhabited villages, 1 municipal corporation and 39 census towns +1 (partly). The single municipal corporation
1682-501: The Rarh region. However, other writers such as Plutarch , Curtius and Solinus , suggest that Gangaridai was located on the eastern banks of the Gangaridai river. Moreover, Pliny states that the Gangaridai occupied the entire region about the mouths of the Ganges. This suggests that the Gangaridai territory included the larger coastal region of present-day West Bangal and Bangladesh, from
1740-540: The Rarh region. The Bhuvaneshvara inscription of Bhatta Bhavadeva, a 12th-century minister, describes Rāḍha as "a waterless, dry and woody region". This description suits the western part of Bengal. The 16th century Digvijayaprakasha suggests that Rāḍha was located to the north of the Damodar River , and to the south of the Gauda region . The 13th century chronicle Tabaqat-i Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj defines Rāḍh (Rāḍha) as
1798-425: The ancient manuscripts of tantra and mantra, raveling various villages, and mixing with 'Mantrayanis' in Rarh. Whereas, Subarnarekha hoite Mayurakshi is based on the tribal lifestyle, introducing various tribes, their festivals, clothing's, culture of Hazaribag, Singbhum, Manbhum, Dhalbhum Shikarbhum, Santal Pargana and Bankura that are situated in the basin of the river Subarnarekha. The author also discussed about
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1856-411: The area is slowly picking up with the small IT hubs scattered around Durgapur and Asansol. Along with this the area is running a parallel economy in illegal mining of coal and sand. Various groups of scrupulous individuals are digging mine shafts and extracting coals illegally which are sold to the small scale industries at less than government rates. The illegal sand mining at Damodar river has damaged
1914-506: The district gradually slopes down to the rice plains of the agriculturally rich Purba Bardhaman district . The district comprises two subdivisions: Asansol Sadar subdivision and Durgapur subdivision . In Paschim Bardhaman district, there are 8 CD block under two subdivision. In Asansol Sadar subdivision, there are 4 CD block - Salanpur , Barabani , Jamuria and Raniganj . In Durgapur subdivision, there are 4 CD block - Andal , Pandabeswar , Faridpur-Durgapur and Kanksa . Asansol
1972-478: The district to be lit by electric light. The Civil Engineering College at Sibpur began providing regular course of instruction in mining at the colliery in 1906. Citations Sources Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal . The headquarter of the district is Asansol . It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of
2030-548: The erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district of West Bengal. Some historians link the name of the district to the 24th and last Jain tirthankara , Mahavira Vardhamana , who came to preach in the area. Alternatively, Bardhamana means a prosperous and growing area. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of Aryanisation by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley. Paschim means west. Microliths found at Birbhanpur, near Durgapur, indicate settlements in
2088-488: The fifties, has a rated capacity of 2.2 million tonnes of crude steel, after expansion and modernisation. The plant is consistently performing at beyond its rated capacity. Durgapur Barrage was built by Damodar Valley Corporation in 1955 and handed over, along with the canal network, to the Government of West Bengal in 1964. Amongst the other industrial units at Durgpur are: Alloy Steels Plant of SAIL, Durgapur Projects Limited, Mining and Allied Machinery Corporation (not
2146-688: The first philosopher Maharishi Kapila who was born near Jahlda. Maharishi Patanjali who systematised yoga was born in Patun village in Burdwan. Kashiram Das from Siddhi village in Burdwan made the Mahabharata in lucid language accessible to the people and Krittibas Ojha did the same with the Ramayana . 15th century Indian saint and social reformer Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , who is the chief proponent of vedantic philosophy of Achintya Bheda Abheda and Gaudiya Vaishnavism ,
2204-620: The investment for modernisation was the single largest investment in West Bengal till then. Established in 1918, the Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) was amalgamated with SAIL in 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant. Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is one of the largest electric locomotive manufacturers in the world. Established in 1950, it produced steam locomotives up to 1972. Ballavpur Paper Mnfg. Ltd. (earlier Bengal Paper Mill) at Ballavpur started production in 2009 after revamp. Amongst
2262-621: The landscape of those laces and the influence of Buddhism on the tribal religion. The Rarh region lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the west and the chief flow of the Ganges river (which has been continuously changing) in the east. The Rarh plains comprise the lower Gangetic plains to the south of the Ganges, and to the west of its Bhagirathi-Hooghly distributary. These plains are formed of old alluvial deposits . The elevation ranges between 75 and 150 m. Low-level Pleistocene -era lateritic badlands (locally called khoai ) are common in
2320-496: The legendary Prince Vijaya came from a region called Lāla, which is identified with Rāḍha by several scholars. In a 1972 thesis, the researcher Amalendu Mitra traced the origin of the word Rarh to "lāṛ", the Santali word for snake . This theory was also endorsed by his mentor Panchanan Mandal. However, German Indologist Rahul Peter Das notes that this is highly unlikely: the Santali word "lāṛ" actually means string or fibre , and
2378-422: The local people treated Mahavira harshly. One theory identifies Rarh with the powerful Gangaridai people described in the ancient Greek literature. The Greek writer Diodorus Siculus mentions that the Ganges river formed the eastern boundary of the Gangaridai. Based on his statement and the identification of Ganges with Bhāgirathi-Hooghly (a western distributary of Ganges), Gangaridai can be identified with
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2436-622: The natural flow of the river, caused due to rise in demand for construction of houses and factories recently The district has a number of colleges imparting education in engineering, management, medicines, law, science and other technological and general courses. There is only one university in the district namely Kazi Nazrul University . Some of the well known institutes are: Official website Rarh region WB-30,WB-31,WB-32,WB-33,WB-34,WB-36,WB-37, WB-38,WB-39,WB-40,WB-41,WB-42,WB-44,WB-53, WB-54,WB-55,WB-56,WB-57,WB-WB-58,WB-67, Rarh region ( Bengali pronunciation: [raːɽʱ] )
2494-450: The other industries at Asansol are: Burn Standard (earlier Indian Standard Wagon), Sen Raleigh cycle factory (not a productive unit any more), Hindustan Pilkington glass factory (not a productive unit any more), Dhakeswari Cotton Mills (not a productive unit any more), Kulti Works of SAIL Growth Division and Hindustan Cables at Rupnarayanpur (not a productive unit any more). Durgapur Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India , set up in
2552-403: The population. Other religions (including indigenous religions such as Sarna) numbered 42,954 (1.49%) of the population. Languages of Paschim Bardhaman district (2011) According to the 2011 census, 58.18% of the population in what is now Paschim Bardhaman district spoke Bengali , 26.78% Hindi , 7.64% Urdu and 4.47% Santali as their first language. Coal mining in India first started in
2610-535: The powerful Gangaridai nation mentioned in the ancient Greco-Roman accounts. The Naihati copper plate inscription of King Ballal Sen names it as the ancestral settlement of the Sena dynasty . Rāḍha ( Sanskrit ) and Lāḍ[h]a ( Prakrit ) are the ancient names of the Rarh region. Other variations of the name that appear in the ancient Jain literature include Rarha, Lara, and Rara. The Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles such as Dipavamsa and Mahavamsa state that
2668-536: The rajas often failed to pay the rent demands, some parts of the estate were auctioned off. However, there were bright spots even in the later period of the rule of Bardhaman zamindary till the abolition of zamindary system in 1954, after independence of the country. Bardhaman district was bifurcated into two districts, Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman, on 7 April 2017. The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in Paschim Bardhaman district
2726-605: The region. Several of these small hillocks were formed as a result of subaerial erosions and other tectonic movements. The highest of these are Biharinath (440 m) and Susunia (440 m). Biharinath contains sedimentary rocks of Gondwana system. Susunia contains gneissic and schistose rocks of Archean age, and also felspathic quartzite at its top. The major rivers in the region include Damodar , Ajay , Mayurakshi , Dwarakeswar , Shilabati (Shilai), and Kangsabati River (Kasai). All these rivers originate from Chota Nagpur Plateau and flows towards east or south-east finally to meet
2784-783: The section lying to the west of the Hoogly-Bhagirathi River . According to Rupendra K Chattopadhyaya of Banglapedia , Rāḍha "probably included a large part of the modern Indian state of West Bengal". According to historian André Wink, the Rāḍha division of the Pala-Sena era corresponds roughly to the modern Bardhaman district . The 9th–10th century literature and inscriptions and literature mention two divisions of Rāḍha: northern (Uttara) and southern (Dakṣiṇa). Rupendra K Chattopadhyaya (in Banglapedia ) believes that these roughly correspond to
2842-593: The setting up of around a dozen middle to large scale industrial investment in iron and steel manufacturing sector. The prominent investors are MB Group, Jai Balaji group , SPS group, Adhunik Group of Industries, Neo Metallic, Stolberg India, Super Smelters Ltd, Shyam Steel and UltraTech Cement . Amongst the industrial areas in the district are: Durgapur Industrial Area, Industrial Complex at Rajbandh, Industrial Estate at Kalyanpur, Asansol, Raniganj Industrial Estate, Panagarh Industrial Park, Aluminium and Non-Ferrous Metal Park and Salanpur Industrial Park. IT industry in
2900-492: The two administrative subdivisions are as follows: As per the 2011 Census of India data, Paschim Bardhaman district (after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2016), had a total population of 2,882,031. There were 1,497,479 (52%) males and 1,384,452 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 322,268. 2,351,954 (81.61%) lived in urban areas. As per the 2011 census data the total number of literates in Paschim Bardhaman district, after bifurcation of Bardhaman district in 2017,
2958-591: Was 2,015,056 (78.75% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 1,136,990 (85.44% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 806,010 (65.55% of the female population over 6 years). Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 628,568 (21.81%) and 161,946 (5.62%) of the population respectively. In the 2011 census Hindus were the majority with 2,442,414 (84.75%) in Paschim Bardhaman district. Muslims numbered 384,027 (13.32%), Sikhs were 14,754 (0.51%), almost entirely in urban areas such as Asansol and Durgapur. Christians numbered 12,636 (0.44%) of
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#17328814160863016-547: Was a coal mining location. It lay in the Raniganj coal field. There were two seams. The Koithee coal seam was 45 metres (148 ft) above the Poniati seam. An oblique fault cut across the two seams. In 1865 Apcar and Company was working a seam of coal 13 feet (4.0 m) deep near Charanpur. It held 12 feet (3.7 m) of fair coal. In 1891 the Apcar's Charanpur colliery was the first on
3074-451: Was born in Nabadwip village of Nadia district . Others were born in Rarh or were by lineage from Rarh such as: Lochandas Thakur, Vrindavandas Thakur, Govindadas Thakur, Dvaja Chandidas, Dina Chandidas, Boru Chandidas , Ghanaram Chakravorty, Kavikankan Mukundaram Chakravorty, Bharatchandra Ray , Premendra Mitra , Sangeetacharya Kshetramohan Goswami, Sharatchandra , Tarashankar Bandopadhyay ,
3132-566: Was born in the Siddhala village (modern Siddhalagram) of Uttara Rāḍha. The 12th century Naihati inscription of Vallalasena also mentions a village named Vallahittaha in the Uttara-Rāḍha mandala (administrative unit). It suggests that Uttara Rāḍha was a part of the Vardhaman bhukti (province). However, the inscription of Vallalasena's successor Lakshmanasena states that this region was a part of
3190-595: Was ceded to the East India Company . In 1857, the British Crown took over the administration of the country from the East India Company. In 1765, when East India Company acquired the diwani of Bardhaman, it was composed of Bardhaman, Bankura, Hooghly and a third of Birbhum. In 1805, the western parganas of Shergarh and Senpahari (which later formed Asansol subdivision) and parts of Bankura were formed into
3248-411: Was converted to Asansol subdivision. The parganas were converted to thanas (police stations). At that time there were 22 thanas in Bardhaman district. Later, Jahanabad was transferred out of Bardhaman. Some minor changes went on taking place. Durgapur subdivision was carved out of Asansol subdivision in 1968. The Permanent Settlement ultimately led to the dismemberment of the Bardhaman estate. As
3306-539: Was made operable in 1871 and the Grand Chord from Sitarampur to Mughalsarai was completed in 1901, shortening the travel distance between Howrah and Delhi. Bengal Nagpur Railway linked its operations in the Nagpur-Chandil sector to Asansol in 1887. With all these links Asansol emerged as a major railway junction. Asansol has an electric loco shed and an EMU shed. There is a diesel loco shed at Andal and Andal also has
3364-418: Was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of Kulti , Raniganj and Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of Asansol Municipal Corporation . Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly) Census Towns .(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map). As per the 2011 census, the urban agglomeration (UA) centred upon Asansol had
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