Kamarhati – History and Information about this place

Kamarhati Municipality

Kamarhati – Location and overview

Kamarhati is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is close to Kolkata and is also a part of the area covered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is situated on the left bank of the Hooghly River, about 18 km north of Kolkata.

Old days 

Earlier Kamarhati was a part of North Suburban Municipality. In 1881-82 its name was changed to Baranagar Municipality and Kamarhati became a part of it. In the year 1899, Kamarhati was separated from Baranagar Municipality and then Kamarhati Municipality came into existence. During the British Raj it was a place for bungalows and gardens where the rich ‘Babu’ of Kolkata frequented.

History

In the year 1947 With the partition of Bengal, “millions of refugees came from former East Pakistan”. Most of the refugees were non-agriculturists in the initial stage. Some of them made their own arrangements, but “it was the illegal occupiers who made East Bengali refugees famous or infamous.” Squatting has ranged from forcible occupation of barracks to mass takeover of private, government and barren land.

By 1949, there were 65 refugee colonies in Dumdum and Panihati zones. In the absence of adequate official arrangements for resettlement, they were in a sense “self-resident”. Within a very short period of time the refugees (often with government/administrative support) not only got a place to live but also developed a society with markets, schools, temples and sometimes colleges, hospitals and recreation centres. Kamarhati Municipality is included in the Kolkata Metropolitan Region for which the KMDA is the statutory planning and development authority. Belgharia Police Station under Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Kamarhati town area.

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