Jorabagan
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| Jorabagan | |
| — Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) — | |
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| Coordinates: | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| City | Kolkata |
| Ward | # 19,20,21,24,25 |
| Metro Station | Girish Park |
| Government | |
| - MLA | Parimal Biswas |
| Elevation | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Population (2001) | |
| - Total | 129,701 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 700 006 |
| Area code(s) | +91 33 |
Jorabagan (Bengali: জোড়াবাগান) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal. As a neighbourhood, it covers a small area but its importance is primarily because of the police station[1]and the assembly constituency.
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[edit] Etymology
Jorabagan, meaning ‘a pair of gardens’ in Bengali, was so named because the road through it led to the garden houses of Gobindram Mitter and Umichand.[2]
[edit] History
Jorabagan is part of old Sutanuti. It is in this neighbourhood that Job Charnock made his famous landing at Sutanuti ghat in 1690. Mohunton’s ghat between Beniatola and Sobhabazar ghats lurks the forgotten traditional landing place. There was a large tree under which Job Charnock is believed to have rested.[3]
The Sabarna Roy Choudhury Paribar Parishad, and nine other intellectuals of the city filed a public interest litigation before the Kolkata High Court in 2001 demanding a probe into the matter whether Job Charnock can be regarded as the founder of Kolkata. The Court, upon an Expert Committee finding, declared that Job Charnock cannot be regarded as the founder of the city.[4][5]
[edit] Geography
Nimtala ghat in the neighbourhood is the burning ghat where Hindus cremate their dead. [3]Amongst the more renowned people cremated there was Rabindranath Tagore and the place is marked with a memorial structure. Nimtala ghat now has an electric crematorium.
[edit] Demographics
Jorabagan police station area spread over ward nos. 19 (Ahiritola-Beniatola), 20 (Jorabagan, Nimtalaghat), 21 (Jorabagan – partly under North Port PS), 24 (Pathuriaghata, Malapara), and 25 (part of Jorasanko) had a total population of 129,701 in the 2001 census, of which 77,367 were males and 52,334 were females. The entire area recorded negative decadal growth. [6]The neighbourhood is dominated by Marwaris and is largely Hindi-speaking.
[edit] Politics
In the 2006 state assembly elections the Jorabagan seat was won by Parimal Biswas of CPI(M) defeating his nearest rival Sanjoy Bakshi of AITC. In the 2004 by-elections, Parimal Biswas of CPI(M) defeated Rajesh Kumar Sinha of INC. The bye-election was necessitated by the election of sitting MLA, Sudhansu Seal to parliament from Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency). Sudhansu Seal of CPI(M) defeated Sanjoy Bakshi of AITC in 2001. Sanjoy Bakshi representing INC defeated Sarala Maheswari of CPI(M) in 1996. Subrata Mukherjee of INC defeated Shantilal Jain of BJP in 1991, and Sarla Maheswari of CPI(M) in 1987 and 1982. Haripada Bharati of JNP defeated Hara Prasad Chatterjee of CPI(M) in 1977. [7][8]
Jorabagan is part of Calcutta North West (Lok Sabha constituency) [9]
[edit] References
- ^ Jorabagan Police Station. Kolkata Police. Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
- ^ Cotton, H.E.A., Calcutta Old and New, 1909/1980, p 104, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
- ^ a b Cotton, H.E.A., p. 282
- ^ Bangiya Sabarna Katha Kalishetra Kalikatah by Bhabani Roy Choudhury, (Bengali), Manna Publication. ISBN-81-87648-36-8
- ^ Sabarna Prithivi - website of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family
- ^ Provisional Population Totals, Table 4. Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ 142 - Jorabagan Assembly Constituency. Partywise comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ Bengal LF Wins By Big Margins. People’s Democracy, 24 October 2004. Retrieved on 2007-10-10.
- ^ General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
