Bhagawangola is a village, with a police station, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Bhagwangola I CD block in the

Lalbag subdivision Lalbag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the Murshidabad district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri o ...

of Murshidabad district in the state of

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History

Bhagwangola was an important river port on the Ganges in the 18th century. It was 18 miles from Murshidabad. As a result of its strategic location it became an important trade and commerce centre. Bhagwangola controlled the trend of market prices in the entire region till Calcutta Port took over towards the end of the 18th century.

Geography

Location

Bhagwangola is located at .

Area overview

While the

is spread across both the natural physiographic regions of the district,

Rarh Rarh region () is a toponym for an area in the Indian subcontinent that lies between the Chota Nagpur Plateau on the West and the Ganges Delta on the East. Although the boundaries of the region have been defined differently according to various ...

and Bagri, the Domkal subdivision occupies the north-eastern corner of Bagri. In the map alongside, the

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

Padma River The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...

flows along the northern portion. The border with Bangladesh can be seen in the north and the east. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The Ganges has a tendency to change course frequently, causing severe erosion, mostly along the southern bank. The historic city of

Murshidabad Murshidabad fa, مرشد آباد (, or ) is a historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi River, a distributary of the Ganges. It forms part of the Murshidabad district. During ...

, a centre of major tourist attraction, is located in this area. In 1717, when

Murshid Quli Khan Murshid Quli Khan ( fa, , bn, মুর্শিদকুলি খান; 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Zamin Ali Quli and born as Surya Narayan Mishra, was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. Born a Hindu in the D ...

became

Subahdar Subahdar, also known as Nazim or in English as a "Subah", was one of the designations of a governor of a Subah (province) during the Khalji dynasty of Bengal, Mamluk dynasty (Delhi), Khalji dynasty, Tughlaq dynasty, Mughal era ( of India who w ...

, he made Murshidabad the capital of Subah Bangla (then Bengal, Bihar and Odisha). The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 90% of the population living in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

Police station

Bhagawangola police station has jurisdiction over

Bhagawangola I Bhagawangola I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Bhagawangola is located at Bhagawangola I CD block is bounded ...

CD block.

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Bhagwangola I CD block are located at Bhagwangola.

Transport

SH 11A, runs from Bhagwangola to Raghunathganj. Bhagwangola railway station is situated on the Ranaghat-Lalgola branch line.

References

{{Murshidabad District Villages in Murshidabad district