Gadiara is a village in the

Howrah District Howrah district (, ) is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. Howrah district is one of the highly urbanized area of West Bengal. The urbanised sectors gradually increase the slum populations. Howrah is the third smallest distric ...

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. It is the point of confluence of the Rupnarayan and the Hoogli river.

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Gadiara is near 100 km from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. Gadiara is a popular picnic and daytrip spot for locals and tourists alike. Gadiara has an old fort, Fort Mornington, which was built by

Lord Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British ...

; it was heavily damaged during flooding in 1942. There is a lighthouse in Gadiara. Top 10 picnic spot of Howrah District. Here having a Govt Tourist Lodge named Rupnarayan Tourist Lodge. Its scenic beauty is really to be praised. It is a quiet, peaceful place. It is full of greenerya and there are swings in resorts.

External links

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Birding at Gadiara, Howrah

References

Villages in Howrah district Tourist attractions in Howrah district {{Howrah-geo-stub