Baranagar

Baranagar

India
also spelled  Barahanagar 

      city, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just east of the Hugli (Hooghly) River (Hugli River). It is part of the Kolkata (Calcutta) (Calcutta) urban agglomeration. Originally a Portuguese settlement, it became the seat of a Dutch trading station and an important river anchorage for Dutch shipping; in 1795 it was ceded to the British. Constituted as the municipality of North Suburban in 1869, the city was renamed Baranagar in 1889. In 1899 it was divided, the northern half becoming Kamarhati municipality. Connected by road and rail with Kolkata, Baranagar is a major industrial centre engaged in jute and cotton milling, cotton ginning and baling, and the manufacture of chemicals, castor oil, matches, and agricultural and industrial machinery. Pop. (2001) 250,768.

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