Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha, is a district in West Bengal, India. It lies 347 km north of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this district. The special variety of mango, Fazli, produced in this region is popularly known by the name of the district and is exported across the world and is internationally acclaimed. The folk culture of gombhira is a feature of the district, being a unique way of representation of joy and sorrow in daily life of the common people, as well as the unique medium of presentation on national and international matters. According to the National Investigation Agency Malda is believed to be a hub of a fake currency racket. It is reported that 90 per cent of the fake currency that enters India originates in Malda.
North Bengal or Uttar Banga is a term used for the north-western part of Bangladesh and northern part of West Bengal. The Bangladesh part denotes the Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. Generally, it is the area lying west of Jamuna River and north of Padma River and includes the Barind Tract. The West Bengal part denotes Jalpaiguri Division and the Malda division together. The Bihar parts include the Kishanganj district. It also includes parts of Darjeeling Hills. Traditionally, the Ganga River divides Bengal into South Bengal and North Bengal, divided again into Terai and Dooars regions. Jalpesh and jatileswar are some of the most popular sacred places.
Malda, also known as English Bazar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the sixth largest city in West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Malda district as well as of the Malda division of West Bengal. It consists of two municipalities, viz. English Bazar Municipality and Old Malda Municipality, under Malda Metropolitan Area. The city is located on the banks of the Mahananda River. Malda was an undeveloped city which was enlarging from 1925 to 1930. The city is growing rapidly nowadays with its population inching towards half a million.
Abu Barkat Ataur Ghani Khan Choudhury, known as Barkatda to his supporters, was an Indian politician from West Bengal, India. Choudhury was a senior leader of Indian National Congress party.
Shibganj is an upazila of Nawabganj District in the Division of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Malda College is a college in English Bazar in the Malda district of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to the University of Gour Banga, which offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in several subjects. Established on July 23, 1944, it is the oldest state-governed college in Malda district.
Malda Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mausam Benazir Noor is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal and Vice Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Women. She has served as President of Malda district TMC. She has also served as a Member of Lok Sabha for Maldaha Uttar from 2009 until 2019.
Bamangola is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
English Bazar is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gour Express is an express train of the Indian Railways connecting Kolkata with the district of Malda. The train covers a distance of 349.6 km (217 mi) up to Malda with the numbers 13153/54. Previously there was an additional link service of 109 km (68 mi) which used to run with the 55421/22 Malda Town–Balurghat passenger.
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician and former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He has represented the Maldaha Dakshin since 2009. He was first elected M.P from his brother A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury's seat Malda as a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is an Indian advocate and politician who is currently serving as the Chairman of English Bazar Municipality. He has served as the Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Minister of Food processing and Horticulture from West Bengal. He was former MLA from English Bazar and State General Secretary of All India Trinamool Congress.
Dinesh Chandra Joarder was an Indian politician who was a member of Communist Party of India. He was a member of both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha.
Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology is a central government funded engineering college, one of the 35 GFTIs under Ministry of the Education located in the Malda district of West Bengal, India. This institute was established in 2010, in the memory of A.B.A Ghani Khan Chowdhury.
Isha Khan Choudhury is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal. He represented the Sujapur constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly as a candidate of the Indian National Congress party. He comes from a political family with his father and uncle being former cabinet ministers in the central government.
Sattari is a village in Malda district of the state of West Bengal, India. Sattari is known for producing mango (aam) supply, lace (gamchha), and carpet work. It is the headquarters of Binodpur Gram Panchayat on which it is represented by 6 of the 13 seats.
The Gram Panchayat of Sattari or Sattari Gram Panchayat also known as Binodpur Gram Panchayat(abbreviated as BGP), is a government office and local self-government body that governs the village of Sattari and 8 nearby villages with 13 G.P constituencies or three Panchayat Samity constituencies in English Bazar Block of District Malda in the state of West Bengal, India. It has control of The English Bazar police station serves this panchayat, with its headquarters at Sattari village.
Mahadipur is a village in English Bazar CD block in Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India and is a border checkpoint, on the Indian side of the Bangladesh-India border, with Sonamosjid in Chapai Nawabganj District on the Bangladesh side.
Milki is a census town in the English Bazar CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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