Batanagar

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Batanagar

a city in India in the state of West Bengal, on the Hooghli River, southwest of Calcutta. It has a railroad station and the largest footwear factory in the country. The footwear factory was founded by the late Czech industrialist Bata, from whom the name Batanagar is derived. Population, 40,600 (1961).

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And from here it spread to every nook and corner of the world including Batanagar, close to Kolkata in India.

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In Bata factory at Batanagar near Kolkata, eight unions affiliated to different political parties exist over last 40 years and the Bata Mazdoor Union (affiliated to INTUC) and Progressive Workers Union (affiliated to CITU) demand majority union status with larger workforce support during this period.

Trade union participation in leather industry in Kolkata

18 August 2011 - Rating agency CRISIL yesterday gave a B-/"stable" rating to an INR110m (USD2.4m/EUR1.7m) term loan of Indian educational services provider Batanagar Education and Research Trust.

-Batanagar Education and Research Trust earns CRISIL's B-/"stable" rating

The company has entered into a joint venture with Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority and plans to develop housing projects on the excess land at its factory at Batanagar near Kolkata with an investment of Rs 1,300 crore.

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Behind us we left Calcutta and Batanagar, which was home to the biggest shoe factory in India.