However, the cantonment was closed down and the Cantonment Board was replaced by Dum Dum municipality in 1929. Dividing the history of Dum Dum into three phases, People’s Green Society member Moumita Saha said: “There are three distinct periods to Dum Dum’s history. Ancient Dum Dum that starts from 1747 predating the Battle of Plassey, the British Dum Dum that spans from 1747 to 1947 and modern Dum Dum is post-1947.”Several maps of Dum Dum have been published by Deshkal, a publishing unit of the NGO. “There was also an 1830 map of Dum Dum which has been destroyed,” said Saha. Deshkal is also getting ready to publish two books on the history of Dum Dum.

Source: The Telegraph April 19, 2019 11:26 UTC