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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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'''Sahaganj''' is a locality in [[Bansberia Municipality]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is a part of the area covered by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA).

==Geography==
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Ward No. 1 of [[Bansberia Municipality]] and parts of Ward Nos. 1,2 and 3 of [[Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality]] cover Sahaganj.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://freetutorial.in/blocks/bansberia-municipality-block | title = Bansberia municipality block schools | publisher = Free Tutorial | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://freetutorial.in/hooghly-chinsurah-municipality-block-list/?pg=1 | title = Hooghly-Chinsura Municipality, Hugli district, schools list | publisher = Schools in India | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Ward No. 1 of [[Bansberia]] municipality had a total population of 2,089 of which 1,084 (51%) were males and 1,005 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 143. The total number of literate persons in Ward No. 1 was 1,721 (88.44% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 4 July 2017 }}</ref>

==Dunlop at Sahaganj==
Dunlop India Ltd. opened its first factory in India at Sahaganj in 1936. It pioneered the manufacture of cycle, automobile and aeroplane tyres. In 1952, it started producing foam cushioning, transmission belting and Vee belts. Conveyor belting and long length braided hose were added to the range later on.<ref name="etmarkets">{{cite web| url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/dunlop-india-ltd/infocompanyhistory/companyid-13812.cms |title = ET Markets | publisher= The Economic Times| access-date = 26 June 2017}}</ref>

[[Dunlop Rubber]], founded in 1889, was a British multinational involved in the manufacture of various rubber products. By the end of the Second World War, around 1946, starting with [[Fort Dunlop]], [[Erdington]], a suburb of [[Birmingham]] in Britain, Dunlop had manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Ireland, South Africa and India. It had sales outlets in nearly every country in the world. Then the Monopolies and Restrictive Prices Commission forced some pricing changes. In the early sixties Dunlop opted for the cheaper textile radial tyres rather than the steel belted radial tyres. The [[Automotive industry in the United Kingdom|British car industry]] declined and the [[1973 oil crisis]] compounded matters. Dunlop started losing markets. As its business declined it started selling off many of its companies, including that in India.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite journal|title=The Growth and Performance of British Multinational Firms before 1939: The Case of Dunlop|first= Geoffrey |last=Jones|journal= The Economic History Review |series=New Series|volume= 37|issue= 1|date=February 1984|pages=35–53|publisher=Wiley on behalf of the Economic History Society Article Stable|jstor=2596830|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00315.x}}</ref><ref name="Dunlop time">{{cite web|url=http://www.dunlop.eu/dunlop_uk/what_sets_dunlop_apart/history/|title=Our history|work=dunlop.eu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=074-acc2166&cid=0#0|title=DUNLOP RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED|publisher=nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated6>[http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1950_1959/012tyres.htm Competition Report, 1955] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118211506/http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/rep_pub/reports/1950_1959/012tyres.htm |date=18 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated5>[http://luxor.acadiau.ca/library/ASAC/v27/content/authors/m/McGovern,%20Tom/DOMINANCE%20TO%20DECLINE%20A%20CASE%20STUDY%20OF%20THE%20DEMISE%20OF%20DUNLOP.pdf DOMINANCE TO DECLINE: A CASE STUDY OF THE DEMISE OF DUNLOP]</ref>

Birmingham’s Dunlop plant was closed on 30 May 2014 after being in operation for 125 years.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.itv.com/news/central/story/2014-05-30/birmingham-dunlop-plant-closing-today/ | title = Birmingham’s Dunlop Plant closing today | publisher = itv news, 30 May 2014 | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

In 1984, [[Manu Chhabria]], the Dubai-based Indian businessman, arrived in India as a "[[corporate raid]]er". He picked up controlling stake, in association with the [[R. P. Goenka]]’s [[RPG Group]], in Dunlop India, which was then ailing. He subsequently took single-handed control of the company.<ref name ="toi">{{cite web | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Manu-Chhabria-From-Mumbai-to-Dubai/articleshow/6081598.cms | title = Manu Chhabria: From Mumbai to Dubai | work = Business | publisher = 6 April 2002 | access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref>

The Sahaganj factory faced major hurdles, first with a 97-days strike by the trade unions in 1988,<ref name="etmarkets"/> and then in the early nineties with conflicting vision and strategies of the professional managers and owners over falling fortunes of the company. Several top executives, including the managing director, Murli Dhar Shukla, left the company.<ref name ="toi"/> In 1998, the management of Dunlop moved the [[Board for Industrial and Financial Restructuring|BIFR]] for registration as a sick company.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/bifr-fails-to-diagnose-dunlop-198040101079_1.html | title = Bifr fails to diagnose Dunlop | publisher = Business Standard, 1 April 1998 | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref> Manu Chhabria died in 2002,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/manu-chhabria-dead/42636/ | title = Manu Chhabria Dead | publisher = The Financial Express, 7 April 2002 | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref> and Pawan Kumar Ruia purchased Dunlop in 2005 from the Chhabria family controlled Jumbo Group. At the time of take over, the plant at Sahaganj was closed and employed 2,700 workers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/pawan-ruia-buys-dunlop-falcon-105120301085_1.html | title = Pawan Ruia buys Dunlop, Falcon | publisher = Business Standard, 3 December 2005 | access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/2005/12/04/stories/2005120404451300.htm | work = [[The Hindu]] | title = P.K.Ruia buys three Chhabria cos. | date = 2005-12-04 | access-date = 24 March 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It was taken out of BIFR in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/dunlop-india-out-of-bifr-expects-profit-this-year-107122801075_1.html | title = Dunlop India out of BIFR, expects profit this year | publisher = Business Standard, 28 December 2007 | access-date = 24 March 2017}}</ref> Amongst the other units in Pawan Kumar Ruiya's kitty is [[Jessop & Company]].

Both the earlier [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government and the present [[All India Trinamul Congress|Trinamul Congress]] government, in West Bengal, have expressed concern about the state of affairs in Dunlop India, for many years a [[blue-chip company]], but, except for short periods in 2008, 2011 and 2014, Dunlop’s Sahaganj factory has remained closed. In 2011, 800 employees remained on its rolls.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2000/02/09/stories/140918j4.htm | title = Basu threatens legal action against Dunlop | publisher = The Hindu, 9 February 2000 | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1140926/jsp/bengal/story_18874435.jsp | title = Dunlop reopens, doubts linger | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bengal-government-to-take-over-dunlop-jessop/article8286292.ece | title = Bengal government to take over Dunlop, Jessop | publisher = The Hindu, 27 February 2016 | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://sanhati.com/news/1137/ | title = Dunlop shutdown, no work no pay | work = The Telegraph, 30 November 2008 | publisher = Sanhati | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/news/tyres/dunlop-indias-sahaganj-plant-to-reopen-shortly/articleshow/43210639.cms | title = Dunlop India’s Sahaganj Plant to Reopen Shortly| publisher = The Economic Times, 23 September 2014 |access-date = 18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/dunlop-factory-at-sahaganj-reopens-after-wb-govt-intervention/ | title = Dunlop factory at Sahaganj opens after West Bengal government intervention | publisher = All India Trinamool Congress, 26 September 2014 |access-date = 18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://smartinvestor.business-standard.com/market/story-369111-storydet-W_Bengal_govt_to_take_over_Dunlop_and_Jessop_from_Ruia_Group.htm#.WW44g7-cHIU | title = West Bengal government to take over Dunlop and Jessop from Ruia group | work= Business Standard, 26 February 2016 | publisher = SmartInvestor.in |access-date = 18 July 2017}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[State Highway 6 (West Bengal)]]/ [[Grand Trunk Road]] skirts the western edge of Sahaganj.<ref name=pwd>{{cite web| url = http://www.pwdwb.in/road/state_highway |title = Road - Highway | publisher= Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 June 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
Dunlop English Medium School is located in Dunlop Estate at Sahaganj.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/dunlop-english-medium-school/wb269 | title = Dunlop English Medium School | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

Sahaganj Dunlop Hindi School is located in Ward No. 1 of Bansberia Municipality. It was established in 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/sahaganj-dunlop-hindi-high-hs/19122000108 | title = Sahaganj Dunlop Hindi High School | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

Sahaganj Dunlop High School is a Bengali-medium high school located in Ward No. 1 of Bansberia Municipality. It was established in 1952.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/sahaganj-dunlop-high-school/19122000110 | title = Sahaganj Dunlop High School | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

Saraswati World School is located near Dunlop Mor at Sahaganj.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.schoolandcollegelistings.com/IN/Bandel/166255197057120/Saraswati-World-School | title = Saraswati World School | publisher = schoolandcollegelistings | access-date = 24 March 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Hooghly District}}
{{Kolkata neighbourhoods}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Hooghly district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]

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