Jessore Road - Dum Dum - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9428

Jessore Road is a road connecting

Shyambazar Shyambazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali ari ...

through

Dum Dum Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th ...

, both neighbourhoods in

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 ...

, India, to

Jessore Jessore ( bn, যশোর, jôshor, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District situated in Khulna Division. It is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district ...

in Bangladesh. While the Dum Dum-Barasat sector is now part of NH 12, the Barasat-Petrapole sector is now part of NH 112. It continues in Bangladesh as N706 from

Benapole Benapole ( bn, বেনাপোল) is a township in Sharsha Upazila in the Jessore District of Bangladesh. The Petrapole Customs station of India is situated across the border and since 1971 (some sources say 1947), many people have travell ...

to Jessore. The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is an international airport located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving the Kolkata Metropolitan Area and is the aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located approximatel ...

and Barasat. The road meets commuter (suburban) rail link at

Barasat Junction railway station Barasat Junction railway station is the primary rail hub in the city of Barasat It is one of the major suburban city railway stations in the district of North 24 Parganas. Generally, the people commuting daily use this station for travelling ...

. Metro stations on this road include

and

Belgachia Belgachia is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their ...

. Several locations lie between Patipukur and Barasat on Jessore Road such as

Patipukur Railway Station Patipukur railway station is a small railway station in the town of Patipukur. It serves the local areas of Patipukur in the South Dumdum and Belgachia in the Kolkata, West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) ...

, Lake Town,

Bangur Avenue Bangur Avenue is a locality in South Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Trans ...

Dum Dum Park Dum Dum Park is a locality in South Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and forms part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) area. Dum Dum Park is a p ...

Nagerbazar Nagerbazar is a locality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History Clive House is located on Ra ...

Birati Birati is a locality in North Dumdum Municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History Nimta- ...

Madhyamgram Madhyamgram is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). History Madhyamgram wa ...

, Barasat etc. According to legend, the road was made by Kai Prasad Poddar, a landlord in

. For building the massive road, the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury" .

Poem

Allen Ginsberg Irwin Allen Ginsberg (; June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Gener ...

wrote a poem "

September on Jessore Road "September on Jessore Road" is a poem by American poet and activist Allen Ginsberg, inspired by the plight of the East Bengali refugees from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Ginsberg wrote it after visiting the refugee camps along the Jessore Ro ...

" after visiting refugee camps in 1971: Millions of babies watching the skies Bellies swollen, with big round eyes On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...

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