Bud Bud
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| ?Bud Bud West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Bardhaman |
| Codes • Telephone |
• +91 343 |
| Website: bardhaman.gov.in/ | |
Coordinates: Bud Bud (Bengali: বুদবুদ) is a town and police station in Durgapur subdivision [1] of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on Grand Trunk Road, and is near Mankar railway station on the Bardhaman-Durgapur stretch of the Howrah-Delhi track. The office of the Block Development Officer of Galsi I block covering areas of Galsi and Bud Bud police stations is located at Bud Bud. [2]
Shridhara Temple, temple of goddess Durga is well-known in the area.[3]
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[edit] History
After the stabilisation of the Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis, the earlier administrative divisions of ‘chaklas’ were replaced by districts, which were divided into sub divisions. In 1846, Bud Bud subdivision was created. In the subsequent year, Katwa, Raniganj, Jahanabad (later Arambag), and Bardhaman Sadar subdivisions were formed. In 1860, Kalna subdivision was formed. The six subdivisions were part of Bardhaman district.
Along with the formations of districts and subdivisions, the earlier administrative division of ‘parganas’ were converted to ‘thanas’ or police stations. The police stations under Bud Bud subdivision were Bud Bud, Ausgram and Sonamukhi. Later, Sonamukhi was cut off from Bud Bud and added to Bankura district. [4]
[edit] Geography
Bud Bud is located in the laterite plains between Damodar River and Ajay River. [5] Khari or Khargeswari River flows through the area. It is believed that the river was earlier linked with Damodar. [6]
[edit] Health
Oriental Bank of Commerce has opened a 150-bed hospital at Bud Bud.[7]
[edit] Term of Racist Abuse
In Britain, the term 'Bud Bud' is used as a racist taunt against Indians and Pakistanis and is occasionally linked incorrectly to the town bearing this name. Like many first-generation immigrants to Britain, Many Indians sought employment in Bus Driving and Conducting. The traditional English bus conductor call of "All Aboard, All Aboard" was mimicked by Indian immigrant conductors with little grasp of the English language and sounded like "bud bud" to the naitives. Later additions to this phrase included "bud bud ding ding two ninety nine" reflecting the ding of the bus bell and the collection of fares. Over the years, with the integration of Indians, the education of British people to national sensitivities, the inability of some to distinguish between Indians and Pakistanis, the removal of the traditional bus conductor and the greater integration of second and third etc generations of immigrants, the underlying meaning of the taunt was lost and the term lost it's original popularity.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ District-wise list of stautory towns
- ^ Bardhaman District official website
- ^ India9.com
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (Bengali) , Vol I, p 369, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p14
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p31, p39
- ^ The Hindu Business Line, 12 December 2007
