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6 unusual facts about Dum Dum


Dum Dum

The Kolkata Metro previously terminated at Dum Dum metro station on the boundary of Dum Dum, with Dum Dum Road leading to the city and areas beyond.

Gangtokey Gondogol

When their plane lands at Bagdogra Airport after a flight from Dum Dum, they decide to eat at the airport restaurant before leaving.

Neville Bertie-Clay

At the time of their invention in 1896 Bertie-Clay was the Superintendent of the British arsenal at Dum Dum in Bengal.

Peek Freans

In 1924 they established their first factory outside the UK, in Dum Dum, India.

Samar Mukherjee

He became the Convenor of the Communist Consolidation of the Dum Dum Jail.

Wyndham Childs

He decided to volunteer for regular service instead, intending to return to the law after the war, and in 1900 was commissioned into the regular DCLI, being immediately posted to the 1st Battalion in Dum Dum, India.


Bangaon railway station

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.

Gautam Deb

In the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal he filed his candidature from Dum Dum where he was defeated by Bratya Basu, the Bengali dramatist, director and actor who was a newcomer in politics.

Sarojini Naidu College for Women

Sarojini Naidu College for Women, established in 1956, is the women's college in Dum Dum, Kolkata.


see also

Carlos Trillo

He participated in the creation of several comics including Cybersix in 1992, with Carlos Meglia, and the Clara de noche and Cicca Dum Dum series with Jordi Bernet.

Dented Records

Dented Artists have collaborated with Björk, Cuts for Gorillaz remix, Scratch Perverts, Plan B, Dudley Perkins, Wildchild (lootpack) OhNo, Roc C, R. A. The Rugged Man, Dabrye, Canibuss, K-Solo, Vex'd, Skinnyman, Jehst, DJ Vadim, Natalie Williams, Rodney P, Skitz, Euphrates, Niraj Chaag, Dum Dum Project, Taskforce, Doujah Raze, Puto Largo, SFDK (Spain), Micky Finn, Baby J, and others.

Dum Dum railway station

In 1882–84 the Bengal Central Railway Company constructed two lines: one from Dum Dum to Khulna, now in Bangladesh, via Bangaon and the other linking Ranaghat and Bangaon.

End of Daze

This was the third Dum Dum Girls release in a row produced by Richard Gottehrer and The Raveonettes' Sune Rose Wagner, and the fourth overall for Gottehrer.

Mr. Butts

Mr. Butts is sometimes accompanied by Mr. Jay, a large marijuana joint, along with Dum Dum (a personification of the NRA), and Mr. Suds (a personification of the liquor industry).

Too True

The album marks the fourth Dum Dum Girls release in a row produced by Richard Gottehrer and The Raveonettes' Sune Rose Wagner, and the fifth overall for Gottehrer.

VIP Road

Feluda or Pradosh Chandra Mitter and his friend Jatayu or Lal Mohon Ganguly and Felu's cousin Tapesh Ranjan Mitter are seen in a taxi driving down V.I.P Road towards Dum Dum Airport in a taxi in the movie Bombaiyer Bombete.