Why visit Badarpur
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About Badarpur
Badarpur (Bengali pronunciation: [bɔdorpur]), is a town and a municipal board in Cachar district in the state of Assam, India. Badarpur. Together with adjacent Badarpur Railway Town, it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district. The area is also popularly known as "Gateway to the Barak Valley" of Assam.
From the Wikipedia article Badarpur, Assam (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, a disciple of Shah Jalal known as Adam Khaki migrated and settled in present-day Deorail, Badarpur. Along with him Syed Shah Badaruddin settled in Bundashil area of present day . Badarpur is also popular in the valley because of its geographical point of view. Nowadays it has become the centre for various educational institutions including higher education like B.pharm, D.pharm etc. at Allama TR college of Pharmacy which is located at Hasanpur, Srigauri Hospital Road. Nabin Chandra College is the most reputed educational institute at Badarpur.
The railway junction under the Northeast Frontier Railway, the Badarpur Junction is the first railway station in the valley. It was first enacted and introduced by the then British Government under metre gauge rail lines from Badarpur to Lumding in 1898.
From the History section of Badarpur, Assam on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Silchar Airport (IXS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 39 km away.
- Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd. Township 1 km southeast, about 1 min by car
- Badarpur Railway Town 3 km west, about 3 min by car
- Niz Katigorah Pt III 3 km west, about 3 min by car
- Chapra 4 km west, about 4 min by car
- Katirail T.E. 5 km north, about 5 min by car
- Mosli Pt I 12 km west, about 12 min by car
- Tupkhana Pt I 17 km east, about 17 min by car
- Tarapur Pt VI 17 km east, about 17 min by car
- Ambicapur Pt VIII 19 km east, about 19 min by car
- Silchar 21 km east, about 21 min by car
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Photo credits
- Badarpur Fort, KEmel49, CC BY-SA 4.0
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