Kashipur (also spelt Cossipur, Kashipur) is a neighbourhood of
North Kolkata, in
Kolkata district in the
Indian
state of
West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station.
History
The
East India Company obtained from the
Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the
Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of
Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent
Nawab of Bengal
The Nawab of Bengal ( bn, বাংলার নবাব) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal was the ''de facto'' independent ruler of the three regions of Bengal, Bihar, ...
, it purchased these villages in 1758 from
Mir Jafar
Sayyid Mīr Jaʿfar ʿAlī Khān Bahādur ( – 5 February 1765) was a military general who became the first dependent Nawab of Bengal of the British East India Company. His reign has been considered by many historians as the start of the expan ...
and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as ''
Dihi Panchannagram'' and Cossipore was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the
Maratha Ditch.
H. E. A. Cotton writes, "The Cossipore Reach was one of the finest on the river, and is lined by a number of villa residences." From those days Cossipore had a number of industrial units. – the Government Gun Foundry, the Snider and Rifle Shell factories (originally constructed by Colonel Hutchinson), sugar mills and jute screw houses.
Entally
Entally (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was considered close to the area which was home to the poor and the depressed castes.Nair, P. Thankappan in ''The Growt ...
,
Manicktala
Maniktala is a residential area of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India.
Etymology
The tomb of Manik Pir is located in lane near Maniktala crossing. Some people say, the neighbourhood is named after Manik Pir.
Others say, M ...
,
Beliaghata,
Ultadanga,
Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of
Beniapukur
Beniapukur is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is adjacent to Park Circus.
Etymology
The name of the neighbourhood is derived from two words, ''benia'' and ''pukur''. Influential '' ...
,
Ballygunge,
Watgunge and Ekbalpur and parts of
Garden Reach and
Tollygunj were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888. Garden Reach was later taken out.
Geography
KMC ward
Ward No. 1 and
Ward No. 6
"Ward No. 6" (russian: Палата № 6, translit=Palata nomer shest) is an 1892 novella by Anton Chekhov.
Publication
The story was first published in the No.11, November 1892 issue of '' Russkaya Mysl''. Divided into chapters and with minor ...
of
Kolkata Municipal Corporation cover Cossipore. It has six prominent ghats on the Hooghly – from south - Cossipore Ghat, Sadhur Ghat, Ranir Ghat, Pramanick Ghat, Ramakrishna Mahasashan and Ratan Babu Ghat.
Police district
Cossipore police station is part of the
North and North Suburban division of
Kolkata Police. Located at 58/A, Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata-700002, it has jurisdiction over Cossipore neighbourhood/
Ward No. 1 of
Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the North and North Suburban division i.e. Amherst Street, Jorabagan, Shyampukur, Cossipore, Chitpur, Sinthi, Burtolla and Tala.
Transport
Cossipore Road (Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa Dev Sarani) is the artery of the area. The road is connected to
B.T. Road (at Chiria More) with Khagendra Chatterjee Road.
[Google maps]
Bus
Private Bus
* 34B
Dunlop -
Esplanade
* 43
Dakshineswar
Dakshineswar is a locality in the North 24 Parganas under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and is very close to Kolkata. This place is historically famous for Dakshineswar Kali Temple, locally known as Maa Bhabata ...
-
Esplanade
* 242 Cossipore 4B -
Esplanade
CSTC Bus
* S17A Ariadaha -
Kudghat
Train
Kolkata Station (one of the major railway hub stations of the city) and
Dum Dum Junction are the nearest railway stations.
Tala railway station
Tala railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Shyambazar, Kolkata. It serves the local areas of Shyambazar and Belgachia in the Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Only a few local trains halt here. The station has two platforms, and is ...
and
Bagbazar railway station on
Kolkata Circular Railway line are also located nearby.
Cossipore Electric Generating Station
New Cossipore Generating station started producing electric for CESC from the year 1949 and has current capacity of 100 MW. This is older and uses non Pulverized Fuel to generate electricity. This unit plays a major part creating an economic eco system in its own. There are a lot of people live in Cossipore who are part of that ecosystem. But in 2015 it was closed.
Gallery
File:Sarbamangala Chitteswari Temple 2.jpg, Sarbamangala Chitteshwari Temple Inside View
File:Sarvamangala Temple Interior.jpg, Sarbamangala Chitteshwari Temple Interior View
File:Durga at Adi Chitteswari Temple 03.jpg, Durga Idol at Sarbamangala Chitteswari Temple
External links
References
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Kolkata