Contai

Contai is central station of Contai subdivision in Purba Medinipur locale, West Bengal, India. There are three network improvement hinders in Contai. Contai was initially a piece of Hijli Kingdom, a tributary province of Orissaruled by the Hindu lord Gopinath Pattanayak. In 1852 the East India Company of British India announced Contai as a Sub-Division comprising of six police headquarters - Contai, Khejuri, Ramnagar, Bhagwanpur, Egra and Patashpur. Be that as it may, the Government kept working from Negua. The Sub-Division that secured 912 square miles was the second biggest in Bengal. You can come here and explore this city.

In 1863 when Nimak Mahal at Contai, in the teeth of a genuine emergency, stopped working, the Sub-Divisional office was moved from Negua to the deserted Nimak Mahal building. Bankim Chandra Chottopadhyay, the forerunner of Bengali novel, filled in as the Deputy Magistrate of Contai, however for a brief period, from January 1860 to November of the year. In 2002, Medinipur District was isolated into two sections Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur for authoritative productivity and convenience. Purba Medinipur comprises of four Sub-Divisions Tamluk, Contai, Egra and Haldia. Contai Sub-Division currently comprises of eight squares of Ramnagar, Digha, Kanthi, Khejuri and Bhupatinagar.