Nagerbazar

Nagerbazar 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).^[1][2]

Nagerbazar
Neighbourhood
Dum Dum Road and Jessore Road Junction, Nagerbazar Crossing
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Coordinates: 22.6218°N 88.4180°E / 22.6218; 88.4180
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Presidency
District	North 24 Parganas
Metro Station	Dum Dum Dum Dum Cantonment (under construction)
Railway Station	Dum Dum Junction and Dum Dum Cantonment
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	South Dumdum Municipality
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	700028, 700074
Telephone code	+91 33
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Dum Dum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dum Dum, Rajarhat Gopalpur

History

Clive House, Nagerbazar

Clive House is located on Rastraguru Avenue at Ramgarh, Nagerbazar. It is mired in controversy. It is thought of as the first pucca brick and cement building in the Northern fringes of Kolkata, possibly built by the Portuguese. Now, some people are saying that it was the hunting lodge of an Indian prince or noble man (and so where was the jungle?) What is definitely known is that it was used by British soldiers when they first started coming into the country and then Robert Clive took it over, renovated it, added a floor to the single-storeyed building and made it his country house (Some people refer to it as his residence, which appears doubtful) around 1757-60. The house is located on a raised ground. In the otherwise flat surroundings it is even thought of as a mound or a hill. The more interesting part of the story is that "on excavation of Clive House, coins, terracotta figures, sculpture, potteries etc. and information of a Portuguese Fort were found." The articles found could be of the Sen period but some people think that it could have links with the 2,000 years/ more older civilisation unearthed earlier at Chandraketugarh. Clive House is under the Archaeological Survey of India since 2004, but squatters inside and outside Clive House have hindered restoration work.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Geography

It is flanked by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in the north, Dum Dum railway station which is a juncture of both Kolkata Circular Railway as well as the Kolkata suburban railway and Dum Dum metro station in the west, area of Baguiati and adjoining areas of VIP Road in the east and the posh locality of Dum Dum Park, Bangur Avenue and Lake Town in the south.

Police station

Newly established Nagerbazar police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate also has jurisdiction over South Dum Dum Municipal areas.^[10]

Nagerbazar police station

Connectivity

Nagerbazar Flyover

In 2012, a flyover called Ramkrishna Paramhamsa Deb Setu, was opened from Bhagabati Park to Nagerbazar Sarojini Naidu Women College to decongest the heavy traffic on Jessore Road towards Dumdum/Kolkata Airport.^[11]

Gallery

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  Nagerbazar Crossing and Flyover
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  Dum Dum Road in Nagerbazar
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  Jessore Road in Nagerbazar
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  A Private Bus in Nagerbazar
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  Diamond Plaza Mall, Satgachi (Near Nagerbazar)
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  Saltee Plaza (Commercial Complex), Nagerbazar

See also

• Kolkata
• South Dum Dum
• Dum Dum

References

1. "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
2. "Nagerbazar police station". barrackporecitypolice.in. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
3. "Ordnance Factory Dum Dum". Dum Dum Story. Indian Ordnance Factories. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
4. "Heritage of Kolkata – Clive House – under dilapidation". Asim Kumar 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
5. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Places of religious importance, Page 123. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
6. "Old house on the hill". The Telegraph, 23 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 July 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
7. "The two faces of Clive House in Dum Dum – Squatters inside or outside building still impeding Archaeulogical Survey's restoration project". The Telegraph, 24 January 2006. Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
8. "Dum Dum mound may rewrite Kolkata history". The Times of India, 23 November 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
9. "Clive of India's House at Dum Dum, Calcutta". Vivat Heritage, 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
10. "Barrackpore Police Commissionerate". barrackporecitypolice.in. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
11. "CM inaugurates Nagerbazar flyover". Indian Express. 25 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.