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Jessore Road

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Several locations lie between Patipukur and Barasat on Jessore Road such as Patipukur Railway Station, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Nagerbazar, Birati, Madhyamgram, Barasat etc. According to legend, the road was made by Kai Prasad Poddar, a landlord in Jessore. For building the massive road, the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury" .

Poem

Allen Ginsberg wrote a poem "September on Jessore Road" after visiting refugee camps in 1971:

Millions of babies watching the skies
Bellies swollen, with big round eyes
On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...

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