Naxalbari

Naxalbari
Village
Naxalbari
Location of Naxalbari in West Bengal
Naxalbari
Naxalbari (India)
Coordinates: 26°41′N 88°13′E / 26.68°N 88.22°E / 26.68; 88.22Coordinates: 26°41′N 88°13′E / 26.68°N 88.22°E / 26.68; 88.22
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Darjeeling
Government
 • Body Naxalbari Gram Panchayat
Elevation 152 m (499 ft)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, Nepali, Hindi, Bihari, English and other languages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 734429
Telephone code 0353
Lok Sabha constituency Darjeeling
Vidhan Sabha constituency Matigara-Naxalbari

Naxalbari is the name of a village and a community development block in northern part of the state of West Bengal, India. Naxalbari block comes under the jurisdiction of Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district. Naxalbari became famous for the Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, which started in the late 1960s.

Geography

Naxalbari is located at 26°41′N 88°13′E / 26.68°N 88.22°E / 26.68; 88.22.[1] It has an average elevation of 152 metres (501 feet).

The stretch of land, where Naxalbari is situated, lies on the Terai region at the base of the Himalayas. To the west of Naxalbari, across the border river Mechi lies Nepal. The entire stretch of the land surrounding Naxalbari is covered by farm lands, tea estates and forests and small villages, consists of an area of 182.02 km². The Naxalbari block has six Gram Panchayats (village councils), viz. Gossainpur, Lower Bagdogra, Upper Bagdogra, Hatighisha, Naxalbari and Moniram, from north to south. The population of Naxalbari block was 144,915 in the year 2001.

History

Naxalbari became famous for being the site of a left-wing poor peasants uprising in 1967, which began with the "land to tiller" slogan, an uprising continuing to this day (see Naxalite).

The Naxalbari uprising was triggered on 25 May 1967 at Bengai Jote village in Naxalbari when the police opened fire on a group of villagers who were demanding their right to the crops at a particular piece of land. The firing killed 9 adults and 2 unknown children.

The CPI(ML) have put up busts of Lenin, Stalin, Mao and Charu Majumder on that piece of land. The spot has Bengai Jote Primary School next to it. There is a memorial column erected that has the names of the people who died during the police firing. The names are 1. Dhaneswari Devi (F), 2. Simaswari Mullick (F), 3. Nayaneswari Mullick (F), 4. Surubala Burman (F), 5. Sonamati Singh (F), 6. Fulmati Devi (F), 7. Samsari Saibani (F), 8. Gaudrau Saibani (M), 9. Kharsingh Mullick (M) and "two children".

Responsible people

Education system

Naxalbari has two major government high schools (one for boys and one for girls) and one college. There are many public and private primary schools.

  • Nand prasad high school- a government boys high school,which runs from class 5th to 12th grade. It was founded in 1943. also there are primary school.
  • Nand Prasad Girls High School - a government girls high school, which runs classes from 5th grade to 12th grade. It was founded in 1973.
  • Naxalbari Nepali High School - a government Co-ed high school, from 05th Grade to 12th Grade. Founded in 1985, recognized by Gov of WB in 2000.
  • Naxalbari College - a government college. It was established in 2008.
  • Shreema Shishu Udyan School - a private primary school for boys and girls, which runs classes from 1st grade to 5th grade. It was founded in 1979.
  • Sabuj sathi nurery school a private primary school for boy and girls, which runs classes from pre nursery to 4th grade.It was founded in 1984.Mrs Laxmi ghosh she established Shreema Shishu Udyan and Sabuj sathi nursery school.
  • Sarada vidya mandir is a private primary school for boy and girls, which runs classes from pre nursery to 8th grade( increase every year up to 10th). It was established in 1998.
  • Sister Margaret English Public School in Naxalbari only primary level.

Administration

Naxalbari block consists of one census town: Uttar Bagdogra and rural areas with 6 gram panchayats, viz. Gossaipur, Lower Bagdogra, Nakshalbari, Hatighisa, Maniram and Upper Bagdogra. This block has two police stations: Bagdogra and Naxalbari. The headquarters of this block is in Naxalbari.

Transport

Naxalbari has a railway station on the Katihar–Siliguri line.[2] Daily trains run from New Jalpaiguri via Siliguri Town, Siliguri Junction, Matigara and Bagdogra. There are four trains running from New Jalpaiguri; New Jalpaiguri-Katihar Passenger, New Jalpaiguri-Aluabari-New Jalpaiguri DEMU Ring Rail, New Jalpaiguri-Balurghat DEMU and New Jalpaiguri-Radhikapur DEMU.

There is also bus service from Siliguri Court More to Naxalbari.

Naxalbari's Panitanki neighbourhood is on Nepal's eastern border with India at Jhapa District, Mechi Zone. There is a border crossing to the Kakarbhitta neighborhood of Mechinagar municipality with a checkpoint for customs and crossing by third-country nationals while citizens of Nepal and India cross without restriction.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Naxalbari
  2. ↑ Indian Railways time table
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