Ashoknagar Kalyangarh
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Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is a popular city and a municipality
under Ashoknagar police station of Barasat
sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district
in the state of West Bengal
, India
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Ashokenagar has a rich heritage of political consciousness, education & cultural movements. It has been a seat of refugee movement.
Ashokenagar was planned by Dr. B.C Roy.Principal architects of Ashokenagar were late Congress leader Tarun Kanti Ghosh,late congress leader Keshab Bhattacharjee,late CPI leader Sadhan Sen and late CPI(M) leader Nani Kar.
Till now drama and children festivals of national standards are held every year.
The area has two beautiful parks - Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. It has a degree college, two hospitals ,several high schools,good libraries, an Engineering & Management Institution, two community halls and a stadium. The area is well connected to Kolkata through rail and road networks.
Some of the reputed schools of the locality include Ashoknagar Banipith Girls' High School and Ashoknagar Adarsha Valika Vidyalaya for the girls and Ashoknagar Boys' Secondary School & Kalyangarh Vidyamandir for Boys.
Ashoknagar has a spinning mill, named Kalyani Spinning Mill. It previously had a unit of RIC and a Chemicals factory both of which are closed down by the state government.
, Ashoknagar Kalyangarh had a population of 111,475. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh has an average literacy rate of 79%, much much higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 53% of the males and 47% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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The grand promotion for this mega event was organized at Golbazar in presence of Mr Satyasebi Kar , hon’ble MLA Ashokenagar, ASA members , ASO(APLT20 organizing committee) officials and thousands of spectators. The winning trophy, Runner up trophy and fair play trophy were shown as a part of this promotion. This function was concluded with a stunning performance by bangle band DAHAN, who are also official music partner of APLT20. They performed the APL theme song first time in public at this promotional event.Special thanks to DAHAN and specially ARKA GHOSH, the lead singer of the band.
The excitement of APLT20 began on Nov 9 with a charitable match between players from all teams and ex cricketer’s of Ashokenagar. That day books, dresses and food packets will be distributed among poor needy children from different schools.
The group league matches started from Nov 20. Four teams 'Nabin Sangha Rockers' , 'Bush Rangers' , 'Challenger Express' , 'Royal Warriors' entered into the Semis after completion of the group League Matches. Nabin Sangha Rockers and Challenger Express entered into the final beating Royal Warriors and Bush Rangers respectively.This was the first time in Habra-Ashokenagar region that a T20 final was played at night in presence of thousand of spectators.
Nabin Sangha Rockers beat Challenger Express in the final by 3 Wicket to bag the APLT20 champion trophy. This tournament got a huge response and became very much famous among all the people of Ashokenagar and Habra region. Teams spot are already booked for next season with a lumsum registration fees. organizers have promised to bring APLT20 season two in 2011 with more excitement.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
under Ashoknagar police station of Barasat
Barasat
Barasat is a city in the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal India and is the district head quarter of the district North 24 Parganas. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is an important railway and roadway junction...
sadar subdivision in North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas district
North 24 Parganas district is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the [tropical zone] from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east...
in the state of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Ashokenagar has a rich heritage of political consciousness, education & cultural movements. It has been a seat of refugee movement.
Ashokenagar was planned by Dr. B.C Roy.Principal architects of Ashokenagar were late Congress leader Tarun Kanti Ghosh,late congress leader Keshab Bhattacharjee,late CPI leader Sadhan Sen and late CPI(M) leader Nani Kar.
Till now drama and children festivals of national standards are held every year.
The area has two beautiful parks - Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. It has a degree college, two hospitals ,several high schools,good libraries, an Engineering & Management Institution, two community halls and a stadium. The area is well connected to Kolkata through rail and road networks.
Some of the reputed schools of the locality include Ashoknagar Banipith Girls' High School and Ashoknagar Adarsha Valika Vidyalaya for the girls and Ashoknagar Boys' Secondary School & Kalyangarh Vidyamandir for Boys.
Ashoknagar has a spinning mill, named Kalyani Spinning Mill. It previously had a unit of RIC and a Chemicals factory both of which are closed down by the state government.
History
In the British period it was an Airbase of the British Airlines. After Independence Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the CM of West Bengal that time developed that Airbase to a planned city for the refugees from Bangladesh. Formerly this place was known as "Habra Urbun Colony". Later it was named "Ashoknagar".Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Ashoknagar Kalyangarh had a population of 111,475. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Ashoknagar Kalyangarh has an average literacy rate of 79%, much much higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 53% of the males and 47% of females literate. 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Healthcare
North 24 Parganas district has been identified as one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contaminationArsenic contamination of groundwater
Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a natural occurring high concentration of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater, which became a high-profile problem in recent years due to the use of deep tubewells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of...
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Politics
Ashokenagar was a bastion of Left politics till it was rocked by the Singur-Nandigram storm. The area was witness to the famous food movements of 1959 and 1966, refugee, students' and teachers' movements kept the locality politically vibrant till 1977. When the assembly segment was created for the first time in 1967, it was won by Dr. Sadhan Sen of the CPI. He held the seat in 1969 and 1971 also.Satyasebi Kar of CPI(M) won the Ashoknagar assembly seat in 2006 defeating Dhiman Roy of AITC. In 2001, Sharmistha Dutta of CPI(M) defeated Ashok Krishna Dutta of AITC.After sudden death of Nirod Roy choudhury, Mr. Badal Bhattacharjee of BJP defeated CPIM candidate by the big support of Trinomool Congress in 1998. In 1996, Nirod Roy Choudhury of CPI(M) defeated Dhiman Roy of INC. Dhiman Roy of AITC defeated Satyasebi Kar of CPIM in 2011 assembly election by huge margin. Nani Kar of CPI(M) defeated Keshab Chandra Bhattachatjee of INC/Ind in 1991, 1987, 1982 and 1977. The municipality was run by the Left Front till 2010 when it suffered a huge setback winning just 2 of the 22 seats. Both seats were won by the CPI-M while CPI and FB drew a blank. Former chairperson of AKM was Mrs. Sarmistha Dutta. Now Mr. Samir Dutta of TMC is Chairman of Ashoknagar Kalyangarh Municipality(22.06.10). In 2005, first human rights organization has come in this area which is known as CPDR Ashoknagar Branch by the initiative of a well known and famous social worker Shri Shymal Kumar Shome, he is also the working president of this organization.Ashokenagar Premier League T20
First Season of APLT20 cricket tournament consists of 7 teams and 46 matches in 5 grounds. All the matches of APL followed the internationally recognized rules of T-20 cricket made by ICC. The event was held with much funfare in a time span of two months. The organizing committee(ASO) has also a web presence http://www.aplt20cricket.yolasite.com. There is no scope of doubt that without involvement of energetic youth this event could be of a distant dream. Organizing officials also cordially thank all associated from Ashoke Nagar.The grand promotion for this mega event was organized at Golbazar in presence of Mr Satyasebi Kar , hon’ble MLA Ashokenagar, ASA members , ASO(APLT20 organizing committee) officials and thousands of spectators. The winning trophy, Runner up trophy and fair play trophy were shown as a part of this promotion. This function was concluded with a stunning performance by bangle band DAHAN, who are also official music partner of APLT20. They performed the APL theme song first time in public at this promotional event.Special thanks to DAHAN and specially ARKA GHOSH, the lead singer of the band.
The excitement of APLT20 began on Nov 9 with a charitable match between players from all teams and ex cricketer’s of Ashokenagar. That day books, dresses and food packets will be distributed among poor needy children from different schools.
The group league matches started from Nov 20. Four teams 'Nabin Sangha Rockers' , 'Bush Rangers' , 'Challenger Express' , 'Royal Warriors' entered into the Semis after completion of the group League Matches. Nabin Sangha Rockers and Challenger Express entered into the final beating Royal Warriors and Bush Rangers respectively.This was the first time in Habra-Ashokenagar region that a T20 final was played at night in presence of thousand of spectators.
Nabin Sangha Rockers beat Challenger Express in the final by 3 Wicket to bag the APLT20 champion trophy. This tournament got a huge response and became very much famous among all the people of Ashokenagar and Habra region. Teams spot are already booked for next season with a lumsum registration fees. organizers have promised to bring APLT20 season two in 2011 with more excitement.