Dhakuria

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Dhakuria is a neighborhood of

History

The history of Dhakuria stretches back to the early 1800s. Even after large scale modernization in the last few decades, there are several buildings that still exist today that predate 1900.

The rapid population growth of Dhakuria, similar to rest of the City of Kolkata, can be traced back to the late fifties. At the time the southern city limits were up to Ballygunge Lake areas (now known as Golpark). By the early sixties, the neighbouring locality Jodhpur Park had also become an attractive spot for several upscale single-family residential home development projects.

The areas beyond the Eastern railway tracks at Golpark started developing with large numbers of people settling in. The area was very different from the neighbouring Ballygunge. While Ballygunge dotted the homes of the rich, wide tree-lined roads (at Golpark, Southern Avenue), Dhakuria was marked with comparatively narrow lanes and bylanes. The nomenclature of most of the sub localities of this area bears the mark of age-old family dominances viz. Roypara, Bannerjeepara, Daspara, Ghoshpara, Mukherjeepara, Biswaspara, Naskarpara etc. The Pakrashi's were amongst the first few families who came and started residing here (the early 1820s). The Dhakuria Kalibari was also founded by the Pakrashi family.

After the introduction of Dakshinapan, a multi-storied shopping mall and one of the first of its kind in Kolkata, (at the west boundary of Dhakuria in the early 80s), the area started getting an upmarket look.^[4] Since then, Dhakuria's population is swelling with well-educated, middle-class people because of its schools, low crime rate and proximity to other important locations. Although Dhakuria is sorrounded by posh areas like Jodhpur Park, Ballyjunge and Golpark, Dhakuria has remained an area with limited infrastructure, unplanned lanes and bylanes, old and depleted houses. Four Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards are spread all over Dhakuria (Wards 90, 91, 92 and 93). Dhakuria is currently under the Rashbehari Assembly and Kasba Assembly Territory. Both Assembly Territories are under Kolkata Dakshin Parliamentary Constituency.

Famous people from Dhakuria

• Pritish Chakraborty eminent Bollywood Actor, Producer, Director, Singer, Writer
• Suchitra Bhattacharya, eminent writer.
• Sandhya Mukherjee
• Barunansu Kumar Sarkar, Social Entrepreneur.

See also

• Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
• Jadavpur
• Jodhpur Park

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dhakuria.

External links

Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage

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