Howrah, West Bengal
Howrah is an industrial city and the second largest city in the State of West Bengal. Located on the west bank of Hoogli River, it is Kolkata's twin city.
It was back in 1713, The Bengal Council of British East India Company decided to lease five villages in this region from Farroq Shah (the grand son of Aurengzeb). Among those 5 villages, "Howbra" was the largest one and in 1714 the lease agreement was concluded and the British East India Company marked this entire area as "Howrah" .
Today, Howrah is famous for Howrah Station, the terminus for trains to all parts of India and the traffic jams across the Howrah Bridge encountered enroute to catching the trains.
It is a city where people are extremely talented with skills like machining, tailoring and confectionary & jewellery crafts. Most intricate machine tools and precision jobs for companies like Siemens, ABB, Bofors etc are carried out here.
It was back in 1713, The Bengal Council of British East India Company decided to lease five villages in this region from Farroq Shah (the grand son of Aurengzeb). Among those 5 villages, "Howbra" was the largest one and in 1714 the lease agreement was concluded and the British East India Company marked this entire area as "Howrah" .
Today, Howrah is famous for Howrah Station, the terminus for trains to all parts of India and the traffic jams across the Howrah Bridge encountered enroute to catching the trains.
It is a city where people are extremely talented with skills like machining, tailoring and confectionary & jewellery crafts. Most intricate machine tools and precision jobs for companies like Siemens, ABB, Bofors etc are carried out here.
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