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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Baranagar =
(Barahanagar). — Town in the Barrackpore subdivision
of the District of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, situated in
22 39' N. and 88° 22' E., on the east bank of the Hooghly river,
6 miles north of Calcutta. Population (1901), 25,432. Hindus number
19,581 ; MusalmanSj 5,697 ; and Christians, 142. Baranagar seems to
have been originally a Portuguese settlement ; but it afterwards became
the seat of a Dutch factory, and during the greater part of the eighteenth
century Dutch vessels anchored here on their way up to Chinsura.

Old Dutch tiles of artistic design are still found in some of the native
buildings in the neighbourhood. The town was ceded by the Dutch
Government to the British in 1795, an< ^ the lands are comprised in
the Government estate of Baranagar, contiguous to the Panchannagram
estate. The lands are rented at Rs. 3 per Ingha (about one-third of
an acre). Baranagar was formerly a favourite pleasure resort for
European residents of Calcutta ; but it is now a busy industrial suburb
and contains two of the largest jute-mills on the Hooghly, while large
quantities of castor-oil are manufactured for export to Europe.

A municipality was constituted in 1 869, which was known for many
years as the North Suburban municipality. On the formation of the
Cossipore-Chitpur municipality in 1889, the name was changed to
Baranagar. In 1899 the municipality was divided into two portions,
of which the northern became the Kamarhati municipality. Since
the partition, the average income has been Rs. 42,000 and the expen-
diture Rs. 41,000. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 43,000, including
Rs. 19,000 derived from a tax on houses and lands, and Rs. 16,000
from a conservancy rate ; and the expenditure was Rs. 49,000. The
Victoria high school is situated within the town.

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