My Native Place Bardhaman (বর্ধমান) Part-II

HISTORY BEHIND THE NAME:

It is said Vardhamana Mahavira, the 23th Jain Tirthankara had visited the place and stayed for some months. Some local Pundits believe that he had attained his Kevalajnana (কৈবল্য) near Jougram (then known as ‘Jomvio’ village) of the Bardhaman district. The similarity between the names of Vardhamana and Bardhaman may have lighted up the imagination of Pundits that this place is draws its name from the great Trithankara of Jainism during the 500-600 BCE.

Some people belive that Bardhaman draws its name from the word Brodmon as stated by famous Greek Historian Ptolemy. The reason behind Brodmon is said to be the existence of two certain native indigenous inhabitants named as Boro and Domon. Simultaneous pronunciation of Boro-Domon may have resulted the name Bardhaman.

Whatever be the reason, both the references dated so long that there is no doubt about the anciency of Bardhaman.

NOKIA Lumia 920 price in India

Today I had gone to a Nokia Priority Center here at Burdwan for inquiring about the availability and pricing of Lumia 920. During the brief conversation the sales guy informed me that the Lumia 920 (the most innovative Lumia yet as the company loves to describe) will be available during end November. What he reveals about the pricing of that beauty is around Rs. 37,000. That's all I have been able to gather.

For those who are not familiar with Lumia here is a gist of the features:

• The phone runs on Windows Phone 8, the latest iteration of the mobile Operating System developed by Microsoft.
• 4.5" PureMotion HD+ display with a resolution of 1280 - 768. The display is the most touch sensitive to date.
• Under the beautiful display, humms a 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 dual-core Krait processor. It is the next generation processor of the one used in Samsung Galaxy SIII.
• 8.7 megapixel PureView camera. It is said to be the most capable camera in low-light situation and in daylight too.
• Wireless Charging.
• 32GB onboard storage. It does not include a SD card slot for storage expansion though.
• LTE enabled.
• NFC enabled.
• Bluetooth 3.0
• Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia City Lens etc.
• Polycarbonate Unibody design for extreme durability.

and many more.

You can find the full specification here.