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	{{About\|the city in West Bengal, India\|its namesake district\|Howrah district\|other uses}}		{{About\|the city in West Bengal, India\|its namesake district\|Howrah district\|other uses}}
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	{{Infobox settlement		{{Infobox settlement
	\| name = Howrah		\| name = Howrah
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	\|caption7= Apartments in [[Santragachi]]		\|caption7= Apartments in [[Santragachi]]
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	===History===		===History===
	[[File:Great Banyan Tree at the Botanical Gardens, Howrah by Francis Frith (1).jpg\|thumb\|Great Banyan Tree at the Botanical Gardens, Howrah by [[Francis Frith]] (1850s-1870s)]]		[[File:Great Banyan Tree at the Botanical Gardens, Howrah by Francis Frith (1).jpg\|thumb\|Great Banyan Tree at the Botanical Gardens, Howrah by [[Francis Frith]] (1850s-1870s)]]
	[[Howrah Municipal Corporation\|Howrah Municipality]] was established in 1862.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://wbdma.gov.in/htm/DIS%5CMUNI_COR_Howrah.htm \|title=Howrah Municipal Corporation \|publisher=Official website of Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal \|access-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317203441/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/DIS/MUNI_COR_Howrah.htm \|archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> From 1896, it started supplying filter water across the city.<ref>{{Harvnb\|O'Malley\|Chakravarti\|1909\|p=28}}</ref> During 1882–83, [[Bally Municipality]] was formed separating it out from Howrah.<ref name=OMC31/> [[Mahendranath Roy\|Babu Mahendranath Roy]] was the first Indian elected chairperson of the [[Howrah Municipal Corporation\|Howrah Municipal corporation]], many subsequent projects were undertaken by him for the development of the city.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=The dirtiest since 1889 \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218063516/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 \|archive-date=18 December 2024 \|access-date=2025~~-06-29~~ \|language=en \|url-status=live }}</ref> As per the ''Howrah Municipal Corporation Act of 1980'', Howrah became a municipal corporation in 1984.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.wbdma.gov.in/htm/MUNI_Legislation_OtherMunicipalCorporationActs.htm \|title=Other Municipal Corporation Acts \|publisher=Official website of Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal \|access-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810200753/http://wbdma.gov.in/htm/MUNI_Legislation_OtherMunicipalCorporationActs.htm \|archive-date=10 August 2009}}</ref> The corporation area was divided into fifty wards, each of which elects a councillor.<ref name=hmc /> The Mayor-in-council, which is led by Mayor and supported by Commissioner and officers, is responsible for administration of the corporation area.<ref name=hmc/> In 2015, the Bally Municipality was re-amalgamated into Howrah Municipal Corporation, through Corporation vide notification no. 428/MA/O/C-4/IM-36/2014 dated 26 June 2015, which increased the total number of wards to 66.<ref name='HC'>{{cite web \|title=Howrah Corporation \|url=https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ \|access-date=3 June 2020 \|archive-date=10 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110150339/https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=HMC sets up 'Mayor's Cop' to monitor civic amenities \|journal=Millennium Post \|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 \|first=Pritesh \|last=Basu \|date=4 January 2016 \|access-date=26 June 2019 \|archive-date=15 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115092225/http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 \|url-status=live }}</ref>		[[Howrah Municipal Corporation\|Howrah Municipality]] was established in 1862.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://wbdma.gov.in/htm/DIS%5CMUNI_COR_Howrah.htm \|title=Howrah Municipal Corporation \|publisher=Official website of Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal \|access-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317203441/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/DIS/MUNI_COR_Howrah.htm \|archive-date=17 March 2012}}</ref> From 1896, it started supplying filter water across the city.<ref>{{Harvnb\|O'Malley\|Chakravarti\|1909\|p=28}}</ref> During 1882–83, [[Bally Municipality]] was formed separating it out from Howrah.<ref name=OMC31/> [[Mahendranath Roy\|Babu Mahendranath Roy]] was the first Indian elected chairperson of the [[Howrah Municipal Corporation\|Howrah Municipal corporation]], many subsequent projects were undertaken by him for the development of the city.<ref>{{Cite news \|title=The dirtiest since 1889 \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218063516/https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/the-dirtiest-since-1889/cid/247307 \|archive-date=18 December 2024 \|access-date=29 June 2025 \|language=en \|url-status=live }}</ref> As per the ''Howrah Municipal Corporation Act of 1980'', Howrah became a municipal corporation in 1984.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.wbdma.gov.in/htm/MUNI_Legislation_OtherMunicipalCorporationActs.htm \|title=Other Municipal Corporation Acts \|publisher=Official website of Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal \|access-date=29 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810200753/http://wbdma.gov.in/htm/MUNI_Legislation_OtherMunicipalCorporationActs.htm \|archive-date=10 August 2009}}</ref> The corporation area was divided into fifty wards, each of which elects a councillor.<ref name=hmc /> The Mayor-in-council, which is led by Mayor and supported by Commissioner and officers, is responsible for administration of the corporation area.<ref name=hmc/> In 2015, the Bally Municipality was re-amalgamated into Howrah Municipal Corporation, through Corporation vide notification no. 428/MA/O/C-4/IM-36/2014 dated 26 June 2015, which increased the total number of wards to 66.<ref name='HC'>{{cite web \|title=Howrah Corporation \|url=https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ \|access-date=3 June 2020 \|archive-date=10 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110150339/https://www.myhmc.in/about-hmc/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=HMC sets up 'Mayor's Cop' to monitor civic amenities \|journal=Millennium Post \|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 \|first=Pritesh \|last=Basu \|date=4 January 2016 \|access-date=26 June 2019 \|archive-date=15 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115092225/http://www.millenniumpost.in/hmc-sets-up-mayors-cop-to-monitor-civic-amenities-118977 \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	===Other administrative offices===		===Other administrative offices===
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	Howrah has many various neighbourhoods, the most notable being [[Shibpur]], [[Santragachi]], [[Belur, West Bengal\|Belur]], [[Salkia]], [[Ramrajatala]], [[Liluah]], Howrah Maidan and [[Bally, Howrah\|Bally]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2019}} [[Shibpur]] hosts the [[Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden]], containing [[the Great Banyan]] tree, Avani Riverside Mall is also located here and the [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/index.php/institute/iiest-institute/about \|access-date=21 September 2019 \|title=IIEST official website}}</ref> Near Howrah Station is the slum of [[Pilkhana, West Bengal\|Pilkhana]] which was the basis of the famous book and film ''[[City of Joy]]''.<ref name="cityofjoy" />		Howrah has many various neighbourhoods, the most notable being [[Shibpur]], [[Santragachi]], [[Belur, West Bengal\|Belur]], [[Salkia]], [[Ramrajatala]], [[Liluah]], Howrah Maidan and [[Bally, Howrah\|Bally]].{{citation needed\|date=September 2019}} [[Shibpur]] hosts the [[Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden]], containing [[the Great Banyan]] tree, Avani Riverside Mall is also located here and the [[Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.iiests.ac.in/index.php/institute/iiest-institute/about \|access-date=21 September 2019 \|title=IIEST official website}}</ref> Near Howrah Station is the slum of [[Pilkhana, West Bengal\|Pilkhana]] which was the basis of the famous book and film ''[[City of Joy]]''.<ref name="cityofjoy" /> The newly established temple, [[Pakuria Salasar Dham]] is the best tourist place in Howrah. This [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Bhagavan]] [[Hanuman]].

	==Education==		==Education==
	{{Main\|Education in Howrah}}		{{Main\|Education in Howrah}}

	{{see also\|List of high schools in Howrah\|:Category:Education in Howrah}}		{{see also\|List of high schools in Howrah\|:Category:Education in Howrah}}

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	Howrah's first vernacular Bengali medium school, established in 1857, was ''Santragachi Minor School'': currently the school is running as [[Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Alok Kumar Mukherjee \|title=Howrah, a Study in Urbanization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ \|year=1991 \|page=99 \|publisher=Chatterjee Publishers \|isbn=9788185089089 \|access-date=2 June 2020 \|archive-date=10 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010040539/https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		Howrah's first vernacular Bengali medium school, established in 1857, was ''Santragachi Minor School'': currently the school is running as [[Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah]].<ref>{{cite book \|last=Alok Kumar Mukherjee \|title=Howrah, a Study in Urbanization \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ \|year=1991 \|page=99 \|publisher=Chatterjee Publishers \|isbn=9788185089089 \|access-date=2 June 2020 \|archive-date=10 October 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010040539/https://books.google.com/books?id=cGZPAAAAMAAJ \|url-status=live }}</ref>

			[[Tech Skill Academy]], established in 2025 under the aegis of [[Margastha Research Foundation]], is recognized as the first computer training center in [[Howrah]] to introduce a dedicated [[e-commerce]] and [[Digital marketing]] courses, marking a significant step in the digital education and for rural and urban youth, particularly women, in the region.<ref>https://thalkanews24.com/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6/%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95/</ref><ref>https://kolkatahindinews.com/margastha-research-foundation-successfully-organized-environmental-awareness-and-conservation-program-in-howrah/</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=7 August 2025 \|title=मार्गस्था रिसर्च फाउंडेशन द्वारा हावड़ा में पर्यावरण जागरूकता और संरक्षण कार्यक्रम का सफल आयोजन \|url=https://kolkatahindinews.com/margastha-research-foundation-successfully-organized-environmental-awareness-and-conservation-program-in-howrah/ \|access-date=12 April 2026 \|website=kolkatahindinews.com \|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Sports==		==Sports==
	The [[Sailen Manna Stadium]], also known as the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium, is a multi-use stadium that hosts sporting events for [[association football]]. [[Dumurjala Sports City]] is a multi-purpose sports complex at Dumurjala. Howrah Rifle Club is a sports shooting stadium located at Kadamtala.		The [[Sailen Manna Stadium]], also known as the Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium, is a multi-use stadium that hosts sporting events for [[association football]]. [[Dumurjala Sports City]] is a multi-purpose sports complex at Dumurjala. Howrah Rifle Club is a sports shooting stadium located at Kadamtala.

			==Markets==
			The [[Kali Babu Bazar]] is the biggest market in howrah for Grocery products, alongside [[Balitikuri Bazar]], [[Salap Bazar]], [[Bakultala Bazar]], [[Makardaha Bazar]], and [[Kona Bazar]] is the most popular markets in this district.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=District Statistics {{!}} Howrah District Website {{!}} India \|url=https://howrah.gov.in/district-statistics/ \|access-date=2026-04-29 \|language=en-UK}}</ref>

	==Notable people==		==Notable people==
	{{Main\|List of people from Howrah}}		{{Main\|List of people from Howrah}}

	{{See also\|:Category:People from Howrah}}		{{See also\|:Category:People from Howrah}}
	[[File:Aerial View of Howrah Bridge.jpg\|thumb\|Howrah Station]]		[[File:Aerial View of Howrah Bridge.jpg\|thumb\|Howrah Station]]