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{{Infobox road
| country = ASIA
| name = Jessore Road
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| established = British period
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = [[Kolkata]], India
| junction = [[Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas|Ashok Nagar]], [[Habra]], [[Gaighata]], [[Bangaon]], [[Petrapole]], [[Benapole]], [[Thakurnagar]] East Side from Gaighata.
| tloop = Ashoknagar
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]], Bangladesh
| countries = [[India]], [[Bangladesh]]
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[[File:Jessore Road - Dum Dum - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9428.JPG|thumb|Jessore Road in [[Dum Dum]], [[West Bengal]]]]
'''Jessore Road''' is a road connecting [[Shyambazar]] through [[Dum Dum]], both neighbourhoods in [[Kolkata]], to [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]] in Bangladesh. While the Dum Dum–Barasat sector is now part of [[National Highway 12 (India)|NH 12]], the Barasat–Petrapole sector is now part of [[National Highway 112 (India)|NH 112]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thewire.in/history/photo-essay-jessore-road|title=Photo Essay: Life on Bengal's Historic Jessore Road|work=[[The Wire (India)]]|access-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> It continues in Bangladesh as N 706 from Benapole to Jessore. The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport]] and [[Barasat]]. The road meets commuter (suburban) rail link at [[Barasat Junction railway station]]. Metro stations on this road include [[Shyambazar metro station|Shyambazar]] and [[Belgachia metro station|Belgachia]].

Several locations lie between Patipukur and [[Barasat]] on Jessore Road such as [[Patipukur railway station]], [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake town]], [[Bangur Avenue]], [[Dum Dum Park]], [[Shyam Nagar Dum Dum]] , [[Amarpally]] , [[Nagerbazar]], [[Birati]], [[Madhyamgram]], [[Barasat]] etc.

It was made by Kalipada De, a landlord in Jessore, Bangladesh. He made it for his mother who wanted to go to Ganga ghat ( for bath) because at that time she had to go on the side aal of field and the field owner would often complain at shout loud at her which always hurt her. So , she wishes this beautiful boon for all the people facing the same problem as her. For the building his massive road and its treesheds , the British government awarded them the title of "Chowdhury" . After that he came to known as Kalipada Chowdhury.{{fact|date=July 2021}}

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

<poem>Millions of babies watching the skies
Bellies swollen, with big round eyes
On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/september-on-jessore-road/ |title = September on Jessore Road – Poem by Allen Ginsberg | work= 2011 census |publisher= Poem Hunter.com | access-date = 7 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/allen_ginsberg/poems/8355 |title = September on Jessore Road by Allen Ginsberg | work= 2011 census |publisher= Famous Poets and Poems.com | access-date = 7 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.americanpoems.com/poets/Allen-Ginsberg/3697|title = Allen Ginsberg – September on Jessore Road | work= 2011 census |publisher= American Poems | access-date = 7 February 2017}}</ref></poem>

==References==
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==External links==
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| video1= [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5lmqSQmrZg Jessore Road by Mousumi Voumik in Bengali]
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{{National and State Highways in West Bengal}}
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[[Category:Roads in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Roads in Bangladesh]]

Jessore Road - Revision history

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