India, March 24 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting her fourth election from the constituency of Bhowanipore or as it is commonly known, Bhabanipur.

Bhowanipore or Bhabanipur has grown from a small village, which was a part of the fifty five villages (Dihi panchanagram) purchased by the East India Company from Mir Jafar in 1758, to being the heart of political power in West Bengal. This journey was gradual, in the 19th century it grew into a suburb dominated by artisan and trader communities, and in the following decades it came to be known as Cinema Para due to the presence of several cinema halls.

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