). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Mad hy am gram ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁twelve ▁fe ud al ▁provinces ▁of ▁Beng al . ▁It ▁was ▁under ▁Pro t ap ad ity a ▁Roy , ▁r uler ▁of ▁Jess ore ▁during ▁the ▁M ug hal ▁Empire . ▁ ▁On ▁ 2 0 ▁December ▁ 1 7 5 7 ▁Mir ▁J af ar , ▁the ▁N aw ab ▁of ▁Beng al , ▁presented ▁twenty - four ▁par gan as ▁to ▁the ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁as ▁dow ry ▁which ▁also ▁included ▁Mad hy am gram , ▁under ▁An war pur ▁P arg ana , ▁adjacent ▁to ▁Bar as at . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁railway ▁line ▁from ▁Mad hy am gram ▁to ▁D utt ap uk ur ▁was ▁commission ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁and ▁the ▁station ▁was ▁called ▁Ch and ip ur . ▁Mad hy am gram ▁was ▁then ▁named ▁as ▁Maj her ▁Ga on , ▁probably ▁because ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁situated ▁between ▁Bad u ▁( Ch ak rad h arp ur ▁Mou za ) ▁and ▁S aj ir hat ▁( G uch uria ▁Mou za ). ▁ ▁The ▁present ▁narrow ▁No ai ▁Canal , ▁now ▁acting ▁as ▁a ▁div iding ▁border ▁line ▁between ▁New ▁Bar rack p ore ▁and ▁Mad hy am gram , ▁stretch ing ▁from ▁the ▁South ▁of ▁Gang an agar ▁to ▁S aj ir hat ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁wide ▁river , ▁once ▁called ▁Lab any ab ati , ▁which ▁through ▁col lo qu ial ▁transformation ▁became ▁the