Syambazar

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Syambazar

Village in the Arambagh subdivision of Hooghly District, Bengal, situated in 22° 54' N. and 87° 34' E. Population (1901), 3,494. Its weavers are famous for their tasar silk fabrics, and it carries on some trade in tasar cocoons and ebony goods. Badan- ganj, a village about a mile distant, has a large timber trade. It has an old sarai or resthouse dating, according to an inscription on it, from 1747