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Ashoknagar Kalyangarh sits on the route: 25 minutes from Gobārdānga, 45km from Indian Museum.
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is in West Bengal, India, with about 110,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Gobārdānga, about 12 km away.
Ashokenagar Kalyangarh is a city and a municipality in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. Ashokenagar is the first discovered oilfield in West Bengal and East India. The oilfield was discovered in 2018 by ONGC.
Ashokenagar has a heritage of political activism,Read more
high-quality education, and culture. Ashokenagar Kalyangarh was planned by Dr. B.C Roy and was later named after the leader Ashoke Kumar Sen. The Congressional leaders Tarun Kanti Ghosh and Keshab Bhattacharjee and the CPI leaders Dr. Sadhan Sen, Bikash Ray Chaudhuri, Nani Kar and Chitta Ranjan Basu were principal architects of Ashokenagar Kalyangarh.
The first social and cultural organisations Janayug Sangskritik Sangstha played a vital role to build a cultural environment in the 70s decade. CPI(ML) Organizer Atmajit Chowdhury, Dramatist Swadesh Munshi, Social Worker Parlay Ghosh, Trapada Bhattacharjee, Gauranga Kar, Biswajit Das were contributed notable works in town's cultural development.
The first unit in this district of West Bengal State Government Employees Pensioners' Samity was formed in Ashokenagar under the leadership of J. C. Kundu which worked towards the safeguarding of the rights of retired employees of the state government.
The area has two parks, Sanghati Park and Millennium Science Park. There are four English medium schools in Ashokenagar. The area is connected to Kolkata through rail (Bongaon-Sealdah) and road (Jessore Road/NH112/AH1) networks.
Here was the Kalyani Spinning Mill which is now converted into a Textile Park. The city previously had a unit of RIC and a chemical factory; both were closed down by the state government.
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Within an hour or so of Ashoknagar Kalyangarh: Indian Coffee House, College Street (43 km), Indian Museum (45 km), Victoria Memorial, Kolkata (47 km).
Ashoknagar Kalyangarh is in West Bengal, India, about 12 km from Gobārdānga.
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cafe
A high-ceilinged first-floor hall in Albert Hall opposite Presidency University, serving cheap coffee and cutlets since 1942. Generations of Bengali writers and students have held their adda here.
43 km · about 50 min drive
museum
The oldest and largest museum in India, featuring exceptional collections of antiques, armor, fossils, and Mughal paintings.
45 km · about 50 min drive
museum
A grand white marble monument and museum built in memory of Queen Victoria, blending British and Mughal architecture amid 64 acres of gardens.
47 km · about 55 min drive
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