Serampore is a city in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) and Greater Kolkata. It is a pre-colonial city on the west bank of the Hooghly River. It was part of Danish India under the name Frederiknagore from 1755 to 1845.
Uttarpara or Uttarpara Kotrung is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Uttarpara is located at 22.67°N 88.35°E, within 10 km from Kolkata, the capital of the state of West Bengal. It is located along the Hooghly river, across from the Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Uttarpara is home to the Uttarpara Jayakrishna Public Library, Asia's oldest free public library.
Garalgachha is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Konnagar is a town and a municipality of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal in India. Konnagar has a railway station that connect with Howrah. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
Bishnupur is a census town within the jurisdiction of the Bishnupur police station in the Bishnupur I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Saktigarh Vidyapith (H.S), Saktigarh is one of the first schools of Saktigarh, in the sub-Himalayan part of West Bengal, India. The school was established in 1953. Its original and most popular name was Saktigarh School.
Jangipara is a village in Jangipara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sreerampur Uttarpara is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nabagram Vidyapith is a boys high school located in Konnagar, Hooghly District, in the state of West Bengal, India. It has produced many notable alumni across various field.
Charghat Milan Mandir Vidyapith is a higher secondary school in the village of Charghat, North 24 parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal. The school was established in 1948.
Jhuruli Adarsha Vidyapith (H.S) is a Higher Secondary school in Jhuruli, in the state of West Bengal, India near the town Basirhat. It is a co-educational school established in 1974 and is run by the Department of School Education. It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. There have been 39 graduating classes only included with VIII and X grade school so far. It prioritizes the admission of students from the villages closest to the school.
Little Flowers' School is a co-educational higher secondary school situated in Uttarpara, Hooghly by the river Ganges, near Uttarpara Govt. High School and Peary Mohan College on Amarendra Nath Sarani. It was established in 1981 and runs in two language mediums.
Suvasish Mukhopadhyay is an Indian author and civil engineer, who is currently Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Pune. Suvasish Mukhopadhyay has authored a technical book on fluid mechanics and 32 other non-fiction as well as fictional novels. The primary goal of his life is to inspire and enlighten the larger masses on achieving peace and happiness in life.
Rahara is a locality in Khardaha 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).
Bongabari is a village in the Purulia II CD block in the Purulia Sadar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Palashipara Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Vidyapith popularly known as Palashipara M.G.S. Vidyapith is one of the old educational institutes of Nadia district, West Bengal. It is situated in Tehatta II block, at Palashipara.
Vidyasagar Vidyapith Boys' School, popularly known as Bangla School, is one of the oldest school located in Midnapore town and it is also one of the best school in midnapore West Bengal, India. This school was established with the blessings of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the illustrious educationist and social reformer of Bengal, on 22 August 1845. In 2011 this institution was declared a " Heritage School" by the heritage commission, government of West Bengal.
Majilpur Atul Krishna Vinodini Bhattacharya Vidyapith is a government-sponsored high school in the Jaynagar Majilpur of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This is a boys' only school for the secondary and higher secondary level students. Its medium of instruction is Bengali.
Jaynagar Institution is a government-sponsored high school in the Jaynagar Majilpur of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. This is a boys' only school for the secondary and higher secondary level students. Its medium of instruction is Bengali. The institution played a key role during Bengal Renaissance period. It was once considered one of the best Bengali medium schools in the Greater Kolkata and continues to be a good one. The campus includes a fairly large play-ground and the school offers variety of extracurricular activities for its students. The school has produced many well known academics, film and theater personalities, journalist and musicians.
Dipankar Ghosh was an Indian mountaineer from West Bengal. He is the first Bengali to climb Mount Everest and had successfully climbed five other eight-thousand-meter peaks besides Mount Everest. In 2019, the Government of India posthumously honored him with the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for the year 2018, the highest adventure sports honor in India. He died in 2019.
