Bardhaman district

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Bardhaman district is a historically significant administrative region in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its rich cultural heritage, agriculture, and coal-based industrial development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
former district
additionalOfficialLanguage English
alternativeName Burdwan district
linked to: Bardhaman district
borderedBy Bankura district
Birbhum district
Hooghly district
Jharkhand state
linked to: Jharkhand

Murshidabad district
linked to: Murshidabad

Nadia district
Purulia district
linked to: Purulia
capital Bardhaman
linked to: Burdwan
contains Ajay River
Andal
Asansol
Asansol industrial belt
Ausgram
Barabani
Bardhaman city
linked to: Burdwan

Bhagirathi-Hooghly River
linked to: Hooghly River

Bhatar
Damodar River
Durgapur
Durgapur industrial belt
Faridpur-Durgapur
Guskara
Jamalpur
Jamuria
Jharia–Raniganj coal belt
Kalna
Kanksa
Kanksa industrial area
Katwa
Khandaghosh
Kulti
Mangalkot
Mankar
Manteswar
Memari
Panagarh
Pandabeswar
Purbasthali
Raina
Raniganj
Raniganj coalfield
Salanpur
country India
hasCulturalSite 108 Shiva temples of Kalna
Bardhaman Rajbari
linked to: Burdwan Rajbari

Curzon Gate
Kankaleshwari Kali Temple
Krishnasayar
Nabadwip–Kalna riverine belt
Sarbamangala Temple
Shaktigarh
Srikhanda
hasIndustry cement production
coal mining
engineering industry
fertilizer production
power generation
railway wagon manufacturing
steel industry
hasInstitution Asansol Engineering College
Burdwan Medical College
National Institute of Technology Durgapur
hasPowerPlant Bandel thermal power station
Durgapur Steel Thermal Power Station
Durgapur thermal power station
hasSubdivision Asansol subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision
Bardhaman Sadar South subdivision
Durgapur subdivision
Kalna subdivision
Katwa subdivision
hasTransport Grand Trunk Road
Howrah–Delhi main railway line
NH19
NH2B
hasUniversity University of Burdwan
historicalRegion Rarh region
historicalRuler Bardhaman Raj family
linked to: Burdwan Raj family

British Raj
linked to: British India

Mughal Empire
knownFor agricultural production
coal-based industries
cultural heritage
historical significance
rice cultivation
locatedIn West Bengal
eastern India
majorReligion Hinduism
Islam
namedAfter Bardhaman city
linked to: Burdwan
officialLanguage Bengali
partOf Bardhaman division
linked to: Burdwan division
reorganizationDate 2017
reorganizedInto Paschim Bardhaman district
Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
timeZone Indian Standard Time
utcOffset +05:30
wasPartOf Bengal Presidency
undivided Bengal

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Burdwan historicalRegion Bardhaman district
Burdwan region Bardhaman division
linked to: Bardhaman district
Birbhum district borders Bardhaman district
Birbhum district borders Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Hooghly district borders Bardhaman district
Nadia district borderWith Bardhaman district
Churulia locatedInSubregion Bardhaman region of West Bengal
linked to: Bardhaman district
Burdwan, Deccan notSameAs Bardhaman, West Bengal
linked to: Bardhaman district
Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line passesThrough Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Barddhaman Junction locatedIn Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Barddhaman Junction servesRegion Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Barddhaman–Sainthia section passesThrough Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Barddhaman–Sainthia section connectsRegion Barddhaman region
linked to: Bardhaman district
University of Burdwan locatedInDistrict Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Burdwan Medical College regionServed Bardhaman district
Burdwan Medical College locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Curzon Gate locatedIn Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Burdwan Rajbari locatedIn Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
108 Shiva Temple complex district Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
108 Shiva Temple complex locatedIn Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bardhaman district alternativeName Burdwan district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bardhaman district reorganizedInto Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Burdwan Raj College region Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bardhaman Municipality district Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bardhaman Municipality locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bankura district borderedBy Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman formedFrom Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman borderedBy Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Howrah–Bardhaman chord line regionServed Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Burdwan division contains Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bandel–Katwa line servesRegion Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Bandel–Katwa line connectsDistrict Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district formedFrom Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district borderedBy Purba Bardhaman district
linked to: Bardhaman district
Serampore subdivision borderingDistrict Bardhaman district
Bankura district borderedBy Bardhaman district