Barrackpore is a city and a municipality in northern fringes of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Barrackpor…Barrackpore is a city and a municipality in northern fringes of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Barrackpore subdivision. It is a neighbourhood of Serampore. The name Barrackpore may have originated from the English word barracks, as it was the site of the first cantonment of the British East India Company. Alternatively, the Ain-i-Akbari suggests that the name comes from "Barbakpur". Manasa Vijay, written by Bipradas Pipilai, refers to Talpukur as "Charnak".
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