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Hello Dum Dum

Sombar 1La Boishak 1415, Monday 14th Appril 2008

Boundary line of Dum Dum :

Eastern side – Up to Salt Water Lake City [ Salt Lake, part of Bagmari and Beleghata].

Western side – Up to river Bhagirathi (Upper Chitpur, Cossipore, Alambazar, Baranagar Kamarhati, Belghoria, ).

Northern side – Up to Noyai Khal.

Southern side - Village Dakshindanri [from Dakshindanri khal to Bhagirathi Khal]. To point out Dakshindanri khal is within Kolkata.

Mouza : Dum Dum Cantonment :

Consists of 84 villages ; of which ‘Horseford Land’ is the smallest in India having an area of 58 bighas [a measure of land equal to twenty kathas(720 sq.ft.)]- smallest also in India and Digla is the biggest – also in India. Of the total area of Mouza : Dum Dum Cantonment - Digla 80%, Sultanpur 15% and Kaikhali 5%.

Origin of naming Dum Dum :

In Persian language high mounds are called dumdum ; this area once was under the Mughal Emperor and in that regime Persian language was used as court language. Having many high mounds within this area was called Doomdoom ; the degenerated form of the word comes to Dumduma and thereafter to Dum Dum. Of course, there are many other views ( near about Ten ) of the origin of naming Dum Dum.

Places worthy of being seen :

Of Historical interest :- Clive House, Fairy Hall (House of Alibardi khan), Central Jail, Seven Tank, Survey Tower (B.T. Road), Afghan War Monument in memory of Captain Nail and his Fellow warriors (within Ordnance Factory), Monument in memory of Tomas Din Pears (within St. Stephen School) ,Dakshineswar Kali Temple etc.

Cannons : Afghan War Memorial – two, at Rail Gate No.2- one, Rajabagan Estate- three (two at outside the Estate and one within the Estate), at Central Jail More – two, Dum Dum P.W.D. Godown – two (within Mrinalini & at Mal Road), At S. K. Mitra Institution (Jassor Road) – two, Used in the war of Titumir (at Central Jail Gate) – two, at Air Port, at Dhakuria Lake, at Fort William and within Cossipore Club.

Of religious interest :-

Church-St.Stephen Church, St. Patrick Church (Mangal PandeyRoad),
             Wesellau Church (U. K. Dutta Road) ;
Mosque-Mosque of Nager Bazar, Mosque of Mandir Road, Mosque of
             Dhopapukhur, Mosque Gate, Mosque of Nutan Bazar, Mosque of
             Gate No. 1 (from which comes the name Sultanpur), Mosque of Lake
             Town, Mosque of Chasipara, Mosque of Manikpara , Hatiara Mazar
             Sarif ;
Gurudowara- Gurudowara(Dunlop), Gurudowara Satsanga (Gate No.1) ; Buddha Temple-China Temple (Sunil Dasgupta Sarani),Buddha Temple
             (Bandhabnagar), Buddha Temple (Garui) ;
Jain's Temple-Pareshnath Temple (Belgachhia) ;
Brahma Samaj Mandir-Nimta Brahma Samaj Mandir ;

Hindu Temple- Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Addyapith, Temple at

             Panchanantola(Belghoria), Nimta Kali Temple, Gorakhsnath Temple
             (Rajarhat), Temple of God Shiva (Kalindi), Two Temples of God Shiva
            (Mathkal), Temple of Olabibitola (Nimta), Gouripur Kali Temple
            (Birati), Temple of Loknathbaba, Temple at Bat tala (Nutan Bazar),
            Temple of Olai Chadi (Belgachhia), Temple of God Shiva (Cossipore),
            Cossipore Uddyan Bati, Barahanagar Math and Mission, Barahanagar
            Shripath Bari ( visited by Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu), Glass Temple
            of Bharahanagar,Dash Mahavidya Mandir(Barahnagar Chandra
            Kumar Roy Lane).

Other places of interest :- Netaji Subhas Biman Bandar (Dum Dum Airport), Gun & Shell Factory, Ordnance Factory, Jessop Factory, HMV, Indian Statistical Institute, Rabindrabharati University, Bhaba Atomic Research Institute, Saha Nuclear Institute of Physics, Tala Water Tank, Rajarhat (tentultala) New Town, Nabadiganta (Sector- V ), Arts care, Metro Rail Car Shed,Sarboday Aashram (New Barrackpore), Abhoy Aashram,Ramkrishna Maha swashan.
Municipal :- South Dum Dum, North Dum Dum, Dum Dum, Kamarhati, Barahanagar, Bidhannagar, New Barrackpore, Rajarhat, Nabadiganta (Sector - V).
Gram Panchayet :- Rajarhat.
First Municipality in India :- Bagjola.(Now South Dum Dum Municipality)
Police Stations :- Dum Dum, Airport, Barahanagar, Cossipore, Rajarhat, Salt
Lake-G No. ( ), Kamarhati, Belghoria, Nimta, Khardaha & Lake Town.
Police Fanri ;- Kamardanga & Ghughudanga.

Famous Persons :- Kshantamoni, Prahallad Brahmachari, Nityagopal Mukharjee, Justice Ramesh Chandra Dutta, B. B. Dutta, Mahendra NathNath, Vibekananda Mukharjee, Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay(Banaful), Sadhan Bhattacharyay, Shashipada Bandyopadhyay, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Manoj Mitra, Rabin Mazumdar, Partha & Gouri Ghosh, Kalyan Sen Barat, Dr. Sailen Das, Sudhin Sarkar, Bhaskar Ganguly, Chinmoy Chatterjee, Samaresh Mazumdar, Radhakanta Nandi, Manoranjan Bhattacharyay, Bikash Bhattacharyay (Painter),Pubali Debnath,Suvendu Maity,Aloke Mukherjee, Balai Mukherjee,Pandit Dinanath Mishra,Paran Bandopadhyay,Narendra nath Mitra, Benu Sen, Sanjib Chattapadhya, Dijen Mukherjee, Subinay Roy, Anup Kumar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty,

Educational Institutions :- Sarada Mission School & College, Matijhil College, Commerce College, Bhairab Ganguly College, Sarojini Naidu College for Girls, Dirogio College, Lake Town Government Sponsor College, B.K.C., B.K.C. (Commerce), Birati Mrinalini Dutta Mahavidyalaya, Umashankar College, B.T. College (New Barrackpore), Achatya Prafulla Chandra College, Rabindrabharati University, Bhaba Atomic Research Institute, Saha Nuclear Institute of Physics.

Technical Institute :- S. K. Mitra Air Technology Institution.

Hospitals :- Orthopedic Medical College & Hospital, R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital.

courtsey: GOUR KUMAR MOULICK

No2 Railwaygate cannon Hello Dum Dum

No2 Railwaygate cannon

Hello Dum Dum