Barendra

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Barendra

Ancient name given to the part of Eastern Bengal lying between the Mahananda and Karatoya rivers, and corresponding with the old kingdom of Pundra, and with the western portion of the modern Rajshahi Division. The name is said to have been conferred by king Ballal Sen in the eleventh century ; and it still survives in the Barind, an elevated tract on the confines of Dinajpur, Malda, Rajshahi, and Bogra Districts.