District Court Paschim Bardhaman

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district of West Bengal. ASANSOL is located on the banks of river Damodar. Durgapur subdivision was carved out of Asansol subdivision in 1968. The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in Paschim Bardhaman district is a sort of extension of the Chota Nagpur plateau. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal in the 18th century led to industrialisation. Most of the forests in the coal-bearing areas have been cleared but some areas in the eastern part of the district remained thickly forested till more recent times and some are still there. Famous Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born at CHurulia Village at Asansol on 25 May 1899. He was a Bengali poet, writer, musician, film actor and the national poet of Bangladesh. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of poetry and music with themes that included religious devotion and rebellion against oppression.Nazrul's activism for political and social justice earned[...]