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Bhadrapur | |
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Village | |
  Bhadrapur Location in West Bengal, India  Bhadrapur Bhadrapur (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°15′34″N 87°56′58″E / 24.2595°N 87.9494°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Birbhum |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 731237 (Lohapur) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03465 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Birbhum |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Hansan |
| Website | birbhum |
Bhadrapur is a village in Nalhati II CD block in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
History
[edit]Bhadrapur is a village with Gram Panchayat. It has links with Maharaja Nandakumar, is about 4–5 miles from Lohapur railway station. Maharaja Nandakumar was born around 1705 at Bhadrapur. The ruins of the Raj bari can be seen there. Bhadrapur is culturally and educationally an enriched village in the Lohapur Block. Bhadrapur is also quite famous for its Durga Puja. The Banerjee Thakur Bari puja is one of the grand and glorious puja of the village Bhadrapur, this Durga Puja commenced 400 years back. And it itself is a grandeur. At Akalipur, nearby, on the banks of the Brahmani River there is a Kali temple dedicated to Maa Guhya Kali, built by Maharaja Nandakumar.[1]
- ^ Ghosh, Binoy, Paschim Banger Sanskriti, (in Bengali), part I, 1976 edition, Prakash Bhaban, Kolkata