Ballygunge

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Ballygunge
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Ballygunge
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°31′44″N88°21′43″E / 22.529°N 88.362°E / 22.529; 88.362
CountryIndia
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Kolkata Suburban Railway Ballygunge Junction
Metro Station
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC wards 65, 68, 69, 85, 86, 90
Population
  TotalFor population see linked KMC ward pages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency Ballygunge, Rashbehari

Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods.

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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, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar, and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as Dihi Panchannagram and Ballygunge was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch. Beltala was a village in Dihi Mohanpur (later Monoharpukur). [1] [2] [3]

Ballygunge grew up around a market for sand (bali in Bengali) and had garden-houses of 18th century Europeans. Amongst the prominent residents were George Mandeville, the zamindar/ collector, and Colonel Gilbert Ironside, a friend of Warren Hastings. In 1840, Emily Eden called Ballygunge 'our Eltham or Lewisham'. It also emerged as a citadel of the educated Bengali middle class after the suburban railway opened up the area. [4]

In 1888, Ballygunge and Tollygunge had a combined thana (police station). [4]

Entally, Manicktala, Beliaghata, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Cossipore, parts of Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Watgunge and Ekbalpur, and parts of Garden Reach and Tollygunge were added to Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1888. Garden Reach was later taken out. [5]

When the Bengal Renaissance started taking roots in 19th century Calcutta, it was initially limited to the predominantly Hindu 'Indian town' stretching north and north-east from the fringes of Burrabazar, with a somewhat later extension south and south-east of the 'European town' to Bhowanipore, and some decades later to Ballygunge, which was then developing as a suburb. [6] [7]

In the first half of the 20th century, "in the milieu of relative urban prosperity... Calcutta's rich citizens – those connected with jute, coal, tea, other industries, trade, money-lending and rentier income from urban property – did fabulously well for themselves." Large chunks of Ballygunge, Sunny Park, Rainey Park and Southern Avenue were developed during the 1930s and 1940s. Many of the mansions in Ballygunge, Bhowanipore and Alipore were built by the city's Bengali and new Marwari elite who wanted to move from the "dirtier sections of north Calcutta to the more fashionable areas in the south". [8]

Geography

Location

Ballygunge is flanked by Park Circus in the north, Kasba and the Eastern Railway south suburban line in the east, Dhakuria and the Lakes (now called Rabindra Sarobar) in the south, and the localities of Bhowanipore and Lansdowne in the west. It is served by Ballygunge Junction railway station.

Police districts

The following police stations in the Ballygunge area, which are part of the South-east division of Kolkata Police, cover four police districts in the area: [9]

Rabindra Sarobar police station is a new police station being set up in the Rabindra Sarobar area. [10] [11]

Karaya Women police station, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South-east division, i.e. Topsia, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Gariahat, Lake, Karaya, Rabindra Sarobar and Tiljala. [9]

Economy

Gariahat Market

Gariahat market, spread along Rashbehari Avenue, Gariahat Road and the lanes in the area, is one of the largest and busiest markets in Kolkata. The shops sell variety of saris, clothes, jewellery, electronic goods, furniture and what not. The makeshift shops along the footpaths, popular as hawkers, sell everything – crockery, cutlery, decorative items and utilities. It has numerous eateries and street food joints. Modern malls have also come up. [12] Gariahat market is also well known for selling fish which is a staple for the Bengali community living in Calcutta. [13]

Education

Ballygunge is home to some of the following educational institutions in Kolkata:

People from Ballygunge

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References

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  9. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". South-east Division. KP. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  10. "Police station for Sarobar". The Telegraph, 18 February 2016. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  11. "Kolkata likely to get nine new police stations soon". The Times of India, 20 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  12. "Gariahat Market of Kolkata – A Shopaholics Dream Come True". Kolkata oh! Calcutta. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. "Conduct a new tour". Gariahat Fish Market. The Telegraph, 16 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. "Sheila Jasanoff : Sheila's World" . Retrieved 8 December 2020.

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