Barddhaman district
| Bardhaman district | |
|---|---|
| District of West Bengal | |
 Location of Bardhaman district in West Bengal |
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| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Administrative division | Burdwan |
| Headquarters | Bardhaman |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Asansol, Bardhaman-Durgapur, Bardhaman Purba |
| • Assembly seats | Pandabeswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Asansol Uttar, Asansol Dakshin, Kulti, Barabani, Bardhaman Uttar (SC), Bardhaman Dakshin, Monteswar, Bhatar, Galsi (SC), Durgapur Purba, Durgapur Paschim, Raina (SC), Jamalpur (SC), Kalna (SC), Memari, Purbasthali Uttar, Purbasthali Dakshin, Katwa, Ketugram, Mangalkot, Ausgram (SC), Khandaghosh (SC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,024 km2 (2,712 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 7,723,663 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 36.94 per cent |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 77.15 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 922 |
| Major highways | NH 19, Grand Trunk Road, Panagarh–Morgram Highway, NH 14 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1442 mm |
| Website | Official website |
Bardhaman district (pron: bɔrd̪ʰomaːn) (also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman) was a district in West Bengal. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district. The headquarters of the district was Bardhaman, and it housed the cities of Asansol and Durgapur.Great revolutionary Rashbehari Bose was born in village Subaldaha,Bardhaman district.
It was the seventh most populous district in India (out of 640) at the time of bifurcation.
Some historians link the name of the district to the 24th and last Jain tirthankara, Mahavira Vardhamana, who came to preach in the area. Alternatively, Bardhamana means a prosperous and growing area. It was a forward frontier zone in the progress of Aryanisation by the people in the Upper Gangetic valley.Purba means east.
Archaeological excavations/ findings at Pandu Rajar Dhibi and Birbhanpur have indicated settlements in the Ajay and Damodar valleys in the Mesolithic age, around 5,000 BC. Not much is known about the early settlements and the period that followed till around 700 BC in ancient times when the area was referred to as Bardhamanbhukti, which was a part of the Rarh region. It was one the sixteen janapad of ancient India. Large and powerful empires such as the Magadhas, Mauryas, Kushanas and Guptas held sway over the area and beyond it. In the 7th century AD, the area was part of the Gauda Kingdom, then ruled by Shashanka. It was subsequently ruled by the Palas and Senas, till Bakhtiyar Khilji captured it in 1199 AD.
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