Description

NANDIGRAM TIMELINE (22 August 2005 – 17 June 2008) compiled and prepared by Asis Kumar Das, published by Mazdoor Mukti (Workers' Emancipation). Nandigram is a rural area in East Midnapur district of West Bengal, India which has been the centre of peasant resistance against an attempt by the government to acquire agricultural land for setting up a Special Economic Zone. Nandigram is located around 150 km from Kolkata, on the south bank of the Haldi River, opposite the industrial city of Haldia. The area falls under the Haldia Development Authority.