Welcome to Malda Zilla

Malda District is the gateway of North Bengal as well as to the North Eastern states of India. National Highway No. 34 and Eastern Railway route Howrah-New Jalpaiguri passes through Malda District. Independence Day observed in this district on 18th August by people to commemorate the confusion that reigned at midnight on August 14, 1947, while the rest of India was celebrating independence, Malda district was marked as part of present day Bangladesh or formerly East Pakistan. It was the darkest dawn ever when people saw the Pakistani Flag hoisted atop the Malda District Collectorate’s Office. This was due to an error by the Boundary Commission that created the misunderstanding. Eminent personalities like Ashu Choudhury and Baldevananda Giri were in Kolkata overnight and appealed to the Commission to include Malda in India. Finally the order came on the night of August 17, 1947. The three-day nightmare ended with the tricolor being raised in Malda and people thronging the streets.