History of the famous Dattanagar farm in Asia

Hemant Nath Dutta's vegetable farm in Dattanagar, Maheshpur Upazila of Jhenaidah is one of the largest agricultural farms in Asia. In 1940, Hemender Nath Dutta, a prominent contractor, set up a huge farming farm. The farm is established on 3,000 acres of land. The amount of arable land is approximately 2,500 acres. The lower land has 6 hundred and the area of the bills is two hundred. Dattanagar has 5 firms under this huge farm. These are Gokulnagar, Patilah, Mathura, Khrincha, and Kushdanga.

BADC utilizes the farm to produce various grain seeds. Different buildings including offices, housing, were constructed. Deep and shallow tube wells are installed for irrigation. A strong drain was created to supply water to the fields. Before harvest, grains were cut and threshed with the workers. Dattanagar Farm Farm, Maheshpur is now harvested and crushed with the help of big machines. There are 36 deep, 13 shallow and 10 power pumps for irrigation.

The History of the farm:

About 77 years ago, Hemender Nath Dutta, a prominent contractor from Calcutta established a huge farming farm. During World War II, he was the supplying contractor to the British Army. He got the contract of supply of vegetables for the army. For the production of fresh vegetables, they established a huge agricultural farm in their village Dattnagar. In 1940, the area was a separate subdivision of the displaced Palli. The road was not there. It was also difficult to carry the vegetables in the Darshan Darshan railway station and send it to Kolkata. It took a long time to rust. He set up helipad at Dattnagar. He used to get plenty of vegetables every day in Calcutta with the helicopter. The farmhouse also increased.

After the partition of India in 1947, H. Datta Dutnagar left the farm and went to Calcutta. Managers and employees are looking after the farm. In 1948 the Government of Pakistan acquired Dattanagar farm and was entrusted with the management of agriculture department. In 1962, all the properties of the firm were handed over to the Agricultural Development Corporation.