Shibpur

Coordinates: 22°34′N 88°18′E / 22.567°N 88.300°E / 22.567; 88.300
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Shibpur
Neighbourhood in Howrah
Howrah Dakshin

Shibpur or Sibpur

state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
(KMDA).

It is well known for being the location of the

IIEST Shibpur and the Hajar Hath Kali Temple. The famous Bengali linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji was born in Shibpur. During British Raj
, its name was written as Seebpore.

Recently, parts of administrative headquarters of the West Bengal government have been temporarily shifted to Mandirtala (

Howrah City Police
.

Hajar Hath Kali Temple

History

The Sanjher Attchala Estate

The Haldars were the founders & landowners of Shibpur more than 750 years ago. The Halders were in business, establishing their fortunes in Kolkata, namely started & flourishing under the guidance of Nilmoni Halder, Pulin Behari's grandfather. The town of Shibpur was founded during the reign of the Bengal Sultanate.

The area was home to many royal landlords (zamindars) in Bengal. During the era of British rule in India, the landlords sold their possessions to build jute mills. These included the successful jute mills such as the Howrah Jute Mill and the Bengal Jute Mill. The proximity to Kolkata's southern district and the central business district which is just across the river brought many middle-class office goers to seek cheaper lodging in Shibpur. Some of the old zamindar house in Shibpur is like Roy Choudhury's and Mukherjee bari in Chaterjeehat named as Digambar Mukhopadhyay Attalika. The Roy Chowdhury family stayed in Shibpur for near about 500 years at Sanjher Attchala and Mukhopadhyay family is staying in Chaterjeehat for more than 300 years. Botanical Garden was a British determent area. Then after freedom, the Indian government took a long place from the garden and made the college. Pulin Behari Halder was the founder president of all the girls' schools & colleges in Shibpur.

The oldest banyan tree is in the Shibpur B. Garden. Its original root has been destroyed many years ago and the tree sprayed a lot through its branches. This tree was taken from Africa by the British government.

Char Mandir, Kazipara

Batai Chandi Temple (considered an avatar of Goddess Kali) and Char Mandir are other notable places of Shibpur.

Recent developments

Flyovers approaching Vidyasagar Setu at Mandirtala
The HRBC Garment Park (Now Nabanna)

Before the Vidyasagar Setu project, a vast tract of land near used to be a marsh and was only dotted by few villages. This is in the distant past now after building the iconic bridge and the Kona expressway easily connecting the place with heart of Kolkata and the national highway and the industrial sector in Dasnagar.

Notably, the

Kolkata Port was connected to the rest of India easier than the other existing route through Howrah Bridge and Bally bridge which are famous for their congested rush hour traffic. As a result of that, the place has good attention recently all over again. The town saw an immediate rush for land after the proposal for the bridge. Now various important buildings of the district are located in the town, namely the water purifying plant at Padmapukur, the Dumurjala Indoor Stadium and a good number of women's hockey clubs. The first Garment Park of Eastern India, initiated by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) is coming up at the approach to Vidyasagar Setu.[2]

The secretariat of

Writers' Buildings is shortly for cost of Rs. 2,000 million.[4]

NH Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
, Shalimar

tertiary care services including cardiac surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics and Advanced Brachytherapy.[6] The hospital provides an aggregate of 41 services along with a cancer support cell,[7]
which aims to raise funds for cancer patients, physiotherapy, nutrition, preventive health checks, counselling, emergency services and trauma care.

Shibpur is also geared towards luxury living with some big real estate projects like Ideal Grand, Clubtown Riverdale building up luxury apartments with plenty of open spaces and amenities of mini townships in old Tram Depot area and Shibpur market between

River Ganges, as well as by the easy connection to South Kolkata through the Vidyasagar Setu
. Newly constructed roads have made access to the area very easy. Many parts have turned up as a transportation gateway to Kolkata.

Heavyweight transportation businesses are also growing in the Shalimar area.

Culture

The Shibpur Public Library is one of the oldest libraries in Howrah

The eminent novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay lived in Baje Shibpur, alias Bajiye Shibpur, meaning the musicians Shibpur, north of Shibpur. The linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji was born in this place. Kisari Mohan Ganguli, the author of the first complete English translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata (1883–1893), also lived in Shibpur.[8]

Shibpur is notorious for its narrow lanes and high density built uptown space.

Shibpur has a chequered history in the field of culture. The residents of this place are well known for their interest in music, the arts and literature.

Many luminaries of West Bengal in the fields of sports and athletics reside here. The only indoor stadium in Howrah, the Dumurjala Indoor Stadium, is located in the western fringe of Shibpur (Dumurjala) on Dr. Bholanath Chakraborty Sarani (Formerly Drainage Canal Road).

The legacy of the late master sarod player Bahadur Hossain Khan is continued through the "Ustad Ayet Ali Khan Sangeet Niketon" (Ustad Ayet Ali Khan Memorial School of Music) - a music school in memory of his father Ayet Ali Khan - in Shibpur.

Mandirtala Bus Stoppage
Nabanna Bus Terminus
Grand Trunk Road (part of SH 6), Bataitala

Popular areas

Avani Riverside Mall, Kazipara

Being a largely populated city Shibpur has its share of areas and places that play the role of landmarks and "hangout" points, such as Mandirtala, the Shibpur entrance to the

Mandirs of Shiva situated here. Nearby popular places are Sashthitala, Shibpur Bazar, Hajar Hath Kalitala, Mallick Phatak, Dumurjala Indoor Stadium
etc. Shibpur Bazaar is a busy marketplace, where most of Shibpur's shops and stalls are located.

Besides Mandirtala and Nabanna Bus Terminus, Buses ply along

South Eastern Railway and also has a port near it. The Shalimar port is even older than the Kolkata port made by the colonial rulers. Shalimar port was in function during the Mughal Empire, which was connected to the rest of the country with Grand Trunk Road. One manufacturing unit of the second largest Paint Company, Berger Paints is situated here.[9]

The largest mall-cum-multiplex of Howrah, Avani Riverside Mall on the west bank of Hooghly River is located here (on Jagat Banerjee Ghat Road). It was launched in 2012 and has a gross leasable area of 6 lakh square feet.[10][11]

There are many schools and colleges in Shibpur. One of the best institutions in India

Shibpur Srimat Swami Projnanananda Saraswati Vidyalaya, Howrah Vivekananda Institution
, Shibpur Bhabani Balika Vidyalaya, Shree Jain vidhyalaya, Maria's day school, St. John's high school, Heritage Academy high School and B. E. College Model School are some of the well known schools in this area.

References

  1. ^ "Pin Code: 711102, List of Post Offices, Howrah, WEST BENGAL Pincode.net.in." Pin Code: 711102, List of Post Offices, Howrah, WEST BENGAL Pincode.net.in. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Aug. 2013.
  2. ^ "Green Address for Garment Trade - Small-scale Sector Gets Manufacturing, Marketing and Distribution Hub." N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Aug. 2012.
  3. ^ "Engineering Projects India Ltd." Engineering Projects India Ltd. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Aug. 2013.
  4. ^ "Seat of Power Will Shift to Howrah as CM Unveils Rs 200cr Writers’ Restoration." The Times of India. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Aug. 2013.
  5. ^ "Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, IDA roll out campaign on World No Tobacco Day". indiablooms.com.
  6. ^ "Narayana Superspeciality Hospital creates awareness on health hazards of consuming tobacco". sify.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Cancer support cell for treatment of the poor". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  8. ^ Kisari Mohan Ganguli tr. (1883). "Translator's Preface". The Mahabharata Book 1: Adi Parva. p. xii.
  9. ISSN 0971-751X
    . Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Avani Riverside Mall".
  11. ^ "A green mall by the riverside". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 26 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

External links

  • Media related to Shibpur at Wikimedia Commons
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