Sodepur

Sodepur (Bengali: সোদপুর) is a suburb of the Indian city of Kolkata. Located on the Barrackpore Trunk Road in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal,

The major landmark of modern Sodepur is the Peerless Nagar Housing Complex on the BT Road. Perpendicular to this road is the Sodepur Market road, which is Sodepur's major shopping area. This road is lined with shops selling everything. The Sodepur suburban railway station lies on the right of this road.

How To Reach

From Shyambazar five-point crossing one can go straight on the Barrackpore Trunk Road until one reaches Sodepur. If coming from the airport, drive towards Dunlop Bridge (via Nager Bazar and Chiria More). If coming from the downtown area or one of the railway stations, you will have to drive past Shyambazar and Chiria More.

History

Sodepur in the Barrackpore sub division, is historically famous for the Khadi Prathistan where historic decisions with regard to freedom struggle were taken by Gandhiji and other great leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose. In 1921, Satish Chandra Dasgupta, eminent chemist, resigned from Bengal Chemicals influenced by the Gandhian thought of Swadeshi and set up the Ashram for spinning, weaving and making Cottage Industrial Commodities in an area of 17 Bigha. This ashram near the Sodepur Railway Station has a special place in the history of the Indian independence movement. Gandhi termed this ashram as his second home and stayed at this Ashram at various times 1939, 1945, 1946, 1947 and lived here for five to seven weeks.