Nagerbazar

History

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.

Geography

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It is flanked by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in the north, Dum Dum railway station 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 and Lake Town in the south.

Police station

Newly established Nagerbazar police station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Nagerbazar areas.

Post office

Nagerbazar has a non-delivery sub-post office, with PIN 700028 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region. Jugipara Satgachi is another post office with the same PIN.

Transport

Bus

Nagerbazar has a bus terminal named Nagerbazar Bus Terminus. A variety of Buses depart from this terminus. Important Bus routes are:

• 3C/1 (Nagerbazar - Anandapur)
• 221 (Nagerbazar - Southern Avenue)
• 202 (Nagerbazar - Science City)
• 219 (Nagerbazar - Howrah Stn.)
• 219/1 (Nagerbazar - Howrah Stn.)
• Nagerbazar - Howrah Mini (S-168)
• Nagerbazar - Dankuni Housing Bus
• Lake Town - Dankuni Housing Bus
• Nagerbazar - Salap More Bus
• 30D (Dum Dum Cant. - Babughat)
• 30B (Gouripur - Babughat)
• S10 (Airport Gate no 3 - Nabanna)
• AC 38 (Dum Dum 11A - Karunamoyee)
• Rajchandrapur - Karunamoyee Bus
• 223 (B.T College - Golf Green)
• DN-8 (Barasat - Salt Lake Sector V)
• DN-9/1 (Barasat - Dakshineswar)
• 79B (Barasat - Bagbazar)
• 93 (Kharibari - Bagbazar)
• D-28 (Chakla - Esplanade)
• AC 40 (Airport - Howrah Maidan)
• 91 (Bhangar - Shyambazar)
• 91A (Harao Banstala - Shyambazar)
• DN-18 (Baduria - Shyambazar)

Railways

The Dum Dum Junction railway station and the Dum Dum Cantonment railway station are nearest railway stations.

Metro

Dum Dum metro station of Blue Line and Dum Dum Cantonment metro station of Yellow Line are the nearest metro stations.

Auto

Autos are available towards Dum Dum Junction and Dum Dum Cantonment. Nagerbazar Auto stand is located near Nagerbazar Crossing.

Connectivity

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.

Gallery

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References

References

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2. "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
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4. "Ordnance Factory Dum Dum". Indian Ordnance Factories.
5. "Heritage of Kolkata – Clive House – under dilapidation". Asim Kumar 2011.
6. "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
7. "Old house on the hill". The Telegraph, 23 May 2003.
8. "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.
9. "Dum Dum mound may rewrite Kolkata history". The Times of India, 23 November 2014.
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13. "Bus routes of Calcutta". Calcutta Yellow Pages.
14. (11 April 2017). "AC minibuses". The Telegraph.
15. (25 March 2012). "CM inaugurates Nagerbazar flyover". Indian Express.