page_title: Kalyani, West Bengal
section_title: Civic administration and utility services
hierarchical_section_title: Kalyani, West Bengal / Civic administration and utility services
caption_attribution_description: English: Kalyani Court, West Bengal
context_page_description: Kalyani is a city and a municipality & Community Development Block of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located around 50 kilometres from Kolkata — the capital of West Bengal. Kalyani is the administrative headquarters of Kalyani subdivision. It resides on the eastern banks of Hooghly River.
  During the period of World War II, Kalyani was the site of an American Airbase, known by the name of Roosevelt Town or Roosevelt Nagar. It was developed as a planned town in the early 1950s by the Government of West Bengal on behest of Bidhan Chandra Roy – the second Chief Minister of West Bengal – for hosting the Indian National Congress meeting and to accommodate the housing needs of the growing population of Calcutta. Kalyani, being a planned town, is characterized by underground sewage system, paved roads forming rectangular grids, tree-lined avenues and community parks.
  Kalyani has a dedicated industrial zone including Andrew Yule and Company, Kalyani Breweries, Black Label beer and Dabur, TDK-EPCOS, though many of the industries have closed or stopped production.
context_section_description: The town is within the Bongaon Lok Sabha Constituency and elects one member to the Lok Sabha (the Lower House of the Indian Parliament). The town area is covered by one assembly constituency, Kalyani that elects one member to the Vidhan Sabha, which is the West Bengal state legislative assembly. Kalyani town comes under the jurisdiction of the district police (which is a part of the state police); the Superintendent of Police oversees the town's security and matters pertaining to law and order. Kalyani is also the seat of the Subdivisional Court.
  Kalyani quickly registered itself as a self-sufficient township. Its gradual development continued as a notified area. In 1995, it was upgraded to a municipality.
caption: Kalyani Court
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