Diamond Harbour

Diamond Harbour (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার) is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. This small town is a popular weekend tourist spot located in South 24 Parganas district.

History

Earlier known as Hajipur, this charming place was named Diamond Harbour by the British although currently there are no piers or jetties at this location, except for the ruins of a fort. It used to be considered a safe resting spot for oceangoing ships and offered a spectacular view of the river. After the Rupnarayan River joins the Hughli, the river bends south and widens out to a form a huge expanse of water. A little further down, the Haldi river joins it.

In earlier days Diamond Harbour used to be a stronghold of Portuguese pirates. The ruins of the fort of Chingrikhali (locally known as Purano Kella) can still be seen. It is believed to be linked with the Portuguese but some opine that the East India Company built it before they could establish themselves in Kolkata. There is an old lighthouse nearby. Diamond Harbour municipality was established in 1982.

Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)

Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার লোকসভা কেন্দ্র) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Diamond Harbour in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency) are in South 24 Parganas district.

Assembly segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 21 Diamond Harbour is composed of the following segments from 2009:

In 2004 Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:Bishnupur West (assembly constituency no. 111), Garden Reach (assembly constituency no. 114), Maheshtala (assembly constituency no. 115), Budge Budge (assembly constituency no. 116), Satgachia (assembly constituency no. 117), Falta (assembly constituency no. 118), Diamond Harbour (assembly constituency no. 119).

Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 143 Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:Diamond Harbour municipality, Basuldanga, Bolsiddhi Kali Nagar, Derak, Harindanga, Kanpur Dhanaberia, Mashat and Parulia gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour I community development block, and Kamarpol, Khordo, Mathur, Nurpur, Patra and Sarisa gram panchayats of Diamond Harbour II community development bloc.

Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2011

Dipak Kumar Halder of Trinamool Congress won the Diamond Harbour seat in 2011 defeating his nearest rival Subhra Sau of CPI(M).

Note: New constituencies – 7, constituencies abolished – 8 (See template talk page for details)

Diamond Harbour (disambiguation)

Diamond Harbour may refer to: