The Noapara police station in West Bengal holds a unique historical connection to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who was briefly ...

Barely a kilometre-and-a-half from Shyamnagar railway station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district lies the unassuming Noapara police station, which holds a unique historical connection to ...

At least for Noapara police station in North 24-Parganas. Every January 23, the small police station, barely 1.5km from Shyamnagar railway station, celebrates Bose’s birth anniversary to commemorate ...

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