Bidhannagar
Sign in to saveBidhannagar or Salt Lake City, is a planned city in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal and the main IT hub of Eastern India. It is a part of the city of Kolkata and is under the municipal administration of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Designed by Yugoslav architect Dobrivoje Tošković, the development of Salt Lake commenced from late 1960s onwards from reclaimed wetlands and was developed into a major IT hub for the city Kolkata by the state government through the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Keeping with its original name, it is commonly referred to as Salt La
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- Bidhannagar
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- বিধাননগর
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- Salt Lake City
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- City
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- India Kolkata#India West Bengal#India
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- Location in West Bengal, India
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- Country
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- State
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- West Bengal
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- Division
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- Presidency
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- District
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- North 24 Parganas
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- Bidhan Chandra Roy Dobrivoje Toskovic (Master Planner and Chief Architect)
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- Bidhan Chandra Roy
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- Municipal Corporation
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- Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
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Bidhannagar or Salt Lake City, is a planned city in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal and the main IT hub of Eastern India. It is a part of the city of Kolkata and is under the municipal administration of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Designed by Yugoslav architect Dobrivoje Tošković, the development of Salt Lake commenced from late 1960s onwards from reclaimed wetlands and was developed into a major IT hub for the city Kolkata by the state government through the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Keeping with its original name, it is commonly referred to as Salt Lake City.
It is the headquarters of the Bidhannagar subdivision and is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), located on the north-eastern side of Kolkata. The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Area and Sector V of Bidhannagar is one of the main economic hubs of the city with approximately 1,500 companies residing in Sector V as of 2021.