Malbazar (Bengali: মালবাজার), also known as Mal, is a sub-divisional town, a municipality in Jalpaiguri district,[1] located in North Bengal, India. It lies about 65 km from Jalpaiguri and 55 km from Siliguri. Before 1947 Malbazar was a very small place, mainly known for its tea gardens mostly owned by British people. Those tea gardens had a few Bengali white collar employees and the work force consisted of tribal people. After independence of India as well as partition of Bengal refugees from the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) started to settle here and there by cutting down forests. By that time, one Dr. Narayan Chandra Bannerjee, who came there from Dacca (Dhaka) as a Medical Officer and earned a lot of respect for his effective medical treatments and social services, took initiatives to get the refugees settled there in an organised way. As a result some colonies came up. Later, due to his efforts Adarsha Bidya Bhawan (a boys High School), Subhasini Balika Vidyalay (a girls' high school) came up in the fifties. A Govt. Hospital was also set up. The police station was shifted to Malbazar from nearby Kranti. In the seventies Malbazar got its Fire Service Station.
Malbazar subdivision, also known as Mal subdivision, is a subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Malbazar municipality and three community development blocks: Mal, Metiali and Nagrakata. The three blocks contain 22 gram panchayats. The subdivision has its headquarters at Malbazar. It is a newly created subdivision 1990s and was earlier part of Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district. The area is famous for tea gardens and moist deciduous forests. Important towns besides Malbazar town are Lataguri the gateway to Gorumara National Park, which is located in the subdivision of Malbazar, Chalsa, Damdim and Matelli.CLICK HEAR FOR HOME PAGE
