Krishnarampur
Krishnarampur (কৃষ্ণরামপুর) is a village and a gram panchayat in Chanditala I community development block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station.Before Krishnarampur, whose name was "Kristorampur (কৃষ্টরামপুর)". It is believed that the name was changed after 1947. At that time rice was very popular here. There were many big rice warehouses here. From all the unique areas, bullock carts used to come here to buy and sell paddy rice, then from Krishnarampur to Howrah rice was traded through Martin's Light Railways (MLR). Between 1907-1908, Martin's Light Railways (MLR) was fully operational here from Howrah to Shiakhala. Until 1947 it was run by the British government and Martin.co. These have been run privately since the country became independent in 1947. This railway line was finally closed in 1971. Between 1907-1908, Martin's Light Railways (MLR) was fully operational here from Howrah to Shiakhala.
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West Bengal, India
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