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Dum Dum [5] is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, also known as Kolkata Airport, is situated at Dum Dum. [6]
Dum Dum, the industrial suburbs of Kolkata (Calcutta), southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India. The name was derived from the Persian word damdama, which refers to a raised mound or a battery.
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The Dum Dum Arsenal was a British military facility located near the town of Dum Dum in modern West Bengal, India. [1]
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Dum Dum (DAWM-dawm) is mostly known to people outside Greater Kolkata for its airport. However, Dum Dum is a significant part of the military history of India. The British Rajhad a major arsenal at Dum Dum which manufactured, among other things, expanding bullets which are still sometimes called "dum-dum bullets". They were later banned in warfare ...
By plane
Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCUIATA) is close by and is more normally referred to as Dum Dum Airport. It is only a short drive away from Dum Dum. Buses and taxis are available between the airport and the city.
By train
There are several railway stations in Dum Dum, of which 22.620988.39331 Dum Dum Junction Chord Link Circular Eastern is the busiest. There are metro and bus routes to and from the station.
By metro
The North–South Line 1 of the Kolkata Metroruns over the Eastern Line with a stop at Dum Dum.
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1. 22.6465788.436681 Airport Police Station, ☏ +91 33 253193000. 2. Dum Dum Police Station, ☏ +91 33 25514167.
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Dum Dum was a British cantonment town north of Calcutta that now constitutes a suburb of that city. It was the headquarters of the Bengal Artillery until this transferred to Meerut in 1853.
Expanding bullets, also known colloquially as dumdum bullets, are projectiles designed to expand on impact. This causes the bullet to increase in diameter, to combat over-penetration and produce a larger wound, thus dealing more damage to a living target.
Nov 23, 2005 · At Dum Dum, the Calcutta airfield, 1,200 men stopped work. Four thousand airmen at Singapore held parades demanding the presence of the Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia.
