Budge Budge

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Also known as: Baj Baj
Also spelled:
Baj Baj

Budge Budge, town, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, on the left bank of the Hugli (Hooghly) River. Connected by road and rail with Alipore and Kolkata (Calcutta), it is a jute- and cotton-milling centre and serves as the oil depot for Kolkata. A major boot and shoe factory is nearby in Batanagar. Remains of a fort captured by the British general Robert Clive in 1756 are still visible. Budge Budge was constituted a municipality in 1900. Pop. (2001) 75,531; (2011) 76,837.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg.