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Barasat (2)
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A subdivisional town in the district of the Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal, India. For a considerable time Barasat town was the headquarters of a joint magistracy, known as the "Barasat District," but in 1861, on a readjustment of boundaries Barasat district was abolished by order of government, and was converted into a subdivision of the Twenty-four Parganas. Pop. (1901) 8634. It forms a striking illustration of the rural character of the so-called "towns" in Bengal, and is merely an agglomeration of 41 separate villages, in which all the operations of husbandry go on precisely as in the adjacent hamlets.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barasat (2)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barasat-2.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Barasat (2)'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/barasat-2.html. 1910.
