Garden Reach
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is also known by its pars pro toto, Metiaburz. It is situated in the south eastern part of Kolkata near the bank of the Hooghly River. Localities within Garden Reach include Metiabruz, BNR Colony, Bartala, Bandhabartala, Sicklane etc.
Location
Garden Reach is situated at the eastern bank of the Hooghly River in the South Eastern part of Kolkata. It is north-east of Maheshtala, west of Kidderpore, and to the north of Taratala, Behala.
History
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in exile
This area is connected to the history of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, fifth King of Oudh, who after being ousted by the British made Garden Reach his residence. Accompanied by his close relatives, musicians, cooks and animals from his menagerie, he came ashore at Bichali Ghat near Metiabruz on May 6, 1856. A year later when the First War of Independence spread to Lucknow and the sepoys installed one of his sons to the throne of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah was imprisoned in Fort William by the British along with his Prime Minister, due to the fear that he could become a rallying figure for the sepoys. HEA Cotton wrote that "on Panic Sunday (June 14, 1857), there was wide spread apprehension among the white inhabitants of Kolkata because he had one, two, three thousand (no one knew) armed men under him". After his release from Fort William, he was "allotted" a building called BNR House, in Garden Reach-BNR Colony area, now a part of headquarters of South-Eastern Railway, Kolkata.
Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was an assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission, Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceases to exist from 2011.
It was part of Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).:
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly electionsAbdul Khaleque Molla of Congress won the 114 Garden Reach assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Mohammed Amin of CPI(M). Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) defeated Fazle Azim Molla of Trinamool Congress in 2001and of Congress in 1996.Fazle Azim Molla of Congress defeated Dilip Sen of CPI(M) in 1991and Mohammed Amin of CPI(M) in 1987.Shamsuzzoha of Congress defeated Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) in 1982. Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) defeated S.M.Abdullah of Congress in 1977.
1951-1972
Chhedilal Singh of CPI(M) won in 1972.S.M.Abdullah of Congress won in 1971.Arun Sen of CPI won in 1969.S.M.Abdullah of Congress won in 1967and 1962.Shaikh Abduallah Farooquie of CPI won in 1957.S.M. Abdullah of Congress won in independent India’s first election in 1951.
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