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The bazaar is named after Edoardo Tiretta, [7] an Italian immigrant from Venice, who was a land surveyor and owner in the area during late 18th-century. [8]During the time of Warren Hastings, the first governor-general of British India, a businessman by the name of Tong Achew established a sugar mill, along with a sugar plantation at Achipur, 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Calcutta, on the bank of ...
West Bengal is at the forefronts of leather processing and leather goods manufacturing and has around 666 units producing leather and leather related goods. Currently, 22-25 percent of India's tanning activity is undertaken in Kolkata and its suburbs. Kharagpur has also numerous industries of various types such as iron works, cement, chemicals ...
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It was unveiled by Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 15 February 2006 and was expected to comprise about 11,000 apartments (flats/villas) to house nearly 36,000 people. [4] The first phase of the project was to span across 82 acres with the flats being priced between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 80 lakh. [8]
In terms of nominal net state domestic product (NSDP) at factor cost at current prices (base year 2011–2012), West Bengal was the sixth largest economy in India, with an NSDP of ₹ 18.8 lakh crore (US$220 billion) in 2024-25 and in terms of nominal gross state domestic product (GSDP) at current prices, the state had GSDP of ₹ 13.97 lakh ...
Asansol is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal.It is the second largest city in West Bengal.It is the 33rd largest urban agglomeration in India by population. Asansol is the district headquarters of Paschim Bardhaman district.
Pilkhana is located on the west bank of Hooghly River. Howrah Maidan is on its south, Salkia is on its north and Tikiapara is on its west. It was the slum about which Dominique Lapierre's bestselling book City of Joy was written. [2] Pilkhana has at least tens of thousands of residents. [3] It is near to Howrah Station. [4]