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Dhakuria Lake
Dhakuria is a locality in the city of Kolkata, (previously Calcutta), in West Bengal, India. It is located in the southern part of the city and is surrounded by Ballygunge and Kasba in the north, Haltu in the east, Jadavpur/ Garia in the south and Lake Gardens/ Jodhpur Park in the west. It has a Postal Index Number (PIN) code of 700 031. Some localities adjacent to Golpark and Jodhpur Park also have Postal Index Number (PIN) code of 700 029 and 700 068 respectively. Prominent landmarks include Dhakuria railway station, bus terminal # 37, Dhakuria AMRI Hospital and Dakshinapan Shopping Complex. History The history of Dhakuria stretches back to the early 1800s. Even after large scale modernization in the last few decades, there are several buildings that still exist today that predate 1900. The rapid population growth of Dhakuria, similar to rest of the City of Kolkata, can be traced back to the late fifties. At the time the southern city limits were up to Ballygunge Lake a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-independence The Indian subcontinent has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each instituting their own policies of administrative division in the region. The British Raj mostly retained the administrative structure of the preceding Mughal Empire. India was divided into provinces (also called Presidencies), directly governed by the British, and princely states, which were nominally controlled by a local prince or raja loyal to the British Empire, which held ''de facto'' sovereignty ( suzerainty) over the princely states. 1947–1950 Between 1947 and 1950 the territories of the princely states were politically integrated into the Indian union. Most were merged into existing provinces; others were organised into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidhan Sabha
The State Legislative Assembly, or Vidhan Sabha, or also Saasana Sabha, is a legislative body in the states and union territories of India. In the 28 states and 3 union territories with a unicameral state legislature, it is the sole legislative body and in 6 states it is the lower house of their bicameral state legislatures with the upper house being State Legislative Council. 5 union territories are governed directly by the Union Government of India and have no legislative body. Each Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is directly elected to serve 5-year terms by single-member constituencies. The Constitution of India states that a State Legislative Assembly must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members however an exception may be granted via an Act of Parliament as is the case in the states of Goa, Sikkim, Mizoram and the union territory of Puducherry which have fewer than 60 members. A State Legislative Assembly may be dissolved in a state of emergency, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Suchitra Bhattacharya (10 January 1950 – 2015) was an Indian novelist, known for works including ''Hemanter Pakhi'', ''Kachher Manush'', ''Aleek Shukh'', ''Icche'' and ''Kacher Dewal''. During her career as a writer, she composed over 20 novels and many short stories. Her novel ''Dahan'' was adapted into the 1997 film '' Dahan'', and her novels ''Iccher Gach'', ''Alik Sukh'' and ''Ramdhanu Rang'' were adapted into films by Shiboprosad Mukherjee, and her novel ''Onnyo Bwasanto'' was adapted into a television film by Aditi Roy. Early life and education Suchitra Bhattacharya was born in 1950 in Bhagalpur, Bihar. She was interested in writing from her childhood. Bhattacharya graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the historic University of Calcutta, in Kolkata. Career Having taken many odd jobs in her early youth, she finally joined the public service, leaving in 2004 to become a full-time writer. She started writing in the late- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pritish Chakraborty
Pritish Chakraborty, also known as Acharya Chakraborty Pritish or ACP, is an Indian actor, director, producer, writer, singer, composer and songwriter. His Bollywood debut was as director–writer-lyricist with the Hindi film, ''Chal Pichchur Banate Hain'' (2012); his second, and first as actor-producer, is ''Mangal Ho'', India's first Sci-Fun film set on Mars. Film and television career In 2011, Pritish started shooting for his debut Hindi feature film ''Chal Pichchur Banate Hain'' as director-writer. He founded his film production company in 2013 and started working on his next film script ''Mangal Ho''. in which veteran comedians Annu Kapoor and Sanjay Mishra were amongst the first actors to be signed. The first look Digital Motion Poster of "Mangal Ho" was released on the Indian Republic day, 26 January 2017 while the first look Teaser was released on 15 August 2017 on the Independence Day. Filmography References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chakraborty, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AMRI Hospital
AMRI Hospitals is a private Hospital network, hospital chain which is headquartered in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The company, company's head office is in Kolkata, West Bengal, with 3 units in Kolkata (Dhakuria, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, Salt Lake and Mukundapur, Kolkata, Mukundapur), 1 clinic in Kolkata (Southern Avenue, Kolkata, Southern Avenue) and 1 unit Bhubaneshwar in the Indian State of Odisha. The hospital had also opened a health center in Dhaka for its Bangladeshi patients. Specialties The specialties at AMRI Hospitals include Aesthetic, Reconstructive & Plastic surgery, Plastic Surgery, Blood Bank & Transfusion medicine, Transfusion Medicine, Cardiac Sciences, Dentistry & Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Maxillo Facial Surgery, Dermatology, Dietetics and Nutrition, Emergency Critical Care & Trauma center, Trauma Management, Endocrinology & Diabetology, Ear, Nose and Throat, ENT & Head Neck Surgery, Gastro Sciences, General and Minimally invasive procedure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Index Number
A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post. On 15 August 2022, the PIN system celebrated its 50th anniversary. History The PIN system was introduced on 15 August 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji Velankar, an additional secretary in the Government of India's Ministry of Communications. The system was introduced to simplify the manual sorting and delivery of mail by eliminating confusion over incorrect addresses, similar place names, and different languages used by the public. PIN structure The first digit of a PIN indicates the zone, the second indicates the sub-zone, and the third, combined with the first two, indicates the sorting district within that zone. The final three digits are assigned to individual post offices within the sorting district. Postal zones There are nine postal zones in India, including eight regional zones and one functional zone (for the Indian Army). The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jodhpur Park
Jodhpur Park is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Geography It has Dhakuria to the north and the east, the Gariahat Road to the east, Jadavpur to the south and Lake Gardens to the west. In a recent survey by Telegraph its rated the 3rd best area to reside in Kolkata after Ballygunge Place and New Alipore. It also has a lake. The oldest golf club in India, the Royal Calcutta Golf Club is a couple of kilometres away and south-west of Jodhpur Park. Some important institutes in and around Jodhpur Park region include Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Regional Institute of Printing Technology, Regional Polytechnic, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology etc. Aban Mahal and Rabindra Sarobar are some of the tourist attractions in the vicinity of Jodhpur Park. It is well known for its proximity to South City Mall, Gariahat, Tollygunge tram depot, Dhakuria rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garia
Garia (Bengali:গড়িয়া) is a neighborhood in southern Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Jadavpur in the north, Bansdroni/Tollygunge in the north-west, Santoshpur/ Mukundapur in the north-east and Narendrapur/Rajpur Sonarpur in the south. It is on the banks of Adi Ganga. The southern part of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass runs through the heart of the neighborhood. The area contains a prominent traffic junction from which a variety of public transport is available, making it a prime travel connection spot in South Kolkata. Etymology Garia may have received its name from ''kandelia candel'', a native mangrove tree species, which was called ''Guriya'' (Bengali: গুড়িয়া) in the Sundarbani dialect of Bengali. It is said that in ancient times the Sundarbans forest covered the area of present-day Garia and extended north all the way to Sealdah and that locals subsequently gave this area the name of Garia. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadavpur
Jadavpur is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata in the district of Kolkata of West Bengal, India. Jadavpur is one of the important junctions in South Kolkata. Jadavpur University and a number of research institutes of national and international repute are located in Jadavpur. Etymology Jadavpur was named after Late Jadav Narayan Sarkar, zamindar of Sonarpur. History In 1862, "the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway opened a line south-ward from what was then called Beliaghata Station to Port Canning." The line (now part of Sealdah South lines) passes through Jadavpur. In 1876, Dr. Mahendra Lal Sarkar, established the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, an institution for fundamental research in basic sciences, at Jadavpur, as an entirely private effort. Sir C. V. Raman carried out ground-breaking work in the field of light scattering in this institute and it was first published by the institute in the Indian Journal of Physics. It earned him the 1930 Nobel Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haltu
Haltu is a southern neighbourhood of Kolkata, in West Bengal, India. This is mainly a residential area surrounded with Kasba, Jadavpur, Nandi Bagan, Kalikapur, Dhakuria and Selimpur. Transport Garfa Main Road and Kalikapur Road intersect here. The area is well connected with Kolkata's Bus network. Bus Private Bus * 1 Ramnagar - Mukundapur * 47B Lake Town (Jaya) - Kasba (Dhanmath) * 212 Howrah Station - Palbazar (Jadavpur railway station) * SD8 Bibirhat - Nandi Bagan Mini Bus * S105 B.B.D. Bagh - Gangulypukur * S108/1 Howrah Station - Haltu P. Majumdar Road * S108/2 Howrah Station - Safui Para * S116 Howrah Station - Garia railway station WBTC Bus * S4D Parnasree Pally - New Town Bus Stand * ST6 Tollygunge Karunamoyee - Salt Lake Sector-5 * AC4A Parnasree Pally - New Town Shapoorji Housing Estate * V9 Tollygunge - New Town Bus Stand Auto-rickshaws and Taxies are available also. Train Ballygunge Junction railway station, Dhakuria railway station and Jadavpur railway station a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasba (Kolkata)
Kasba is a upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata, in Kolkata District, West Bengal, India. It is situated in the southern part of the city encircled by the Sealdah South section of the Eastern Railways to the west, Dhakuria and Haltu to the south, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east and the locality of Tiljala to the north. History 'Kasba' means hamlet in Bengali and that was what it was - a hamlet for the people working in the nearby leather and allied factories of Tiljala and Tangra and also for the people working in various capacities for the residents of their highly prosperous neighbouring locality of Ballygunge just across the railway track to the west. (Incidentally, the word 'kasba', which means the same in Hindi and Bengali, also means the same as the Arabic 'casbah'.) The locality is served by the Ballygunge Junction railway station on Sealdah South lines, giving a boost to its accessibility. The first breakthrough for the locality came with the const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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