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Barrackpore has a chequered history. During Aurangzeb's time this place was known as Barbakpur and majorly contributed to the collection of taxes. The British East India Company changed the name to Barrackpore with their troops stationed here in 1772, but prior to that place was known as Chanak as found in Manasa Mangal. The first war of Indian independence broke out when the first shot against the British was fired by Sepoy Mangal Pandey on 29th March,1857 at this Barrackpore. Although little known, there was another mutiny, also in 1824, which was commanded by a Sepoy named Bindee Tiwary, famously called as Bindi Baba, in this illustrious place of Barrackpore. There is a mention of this place in the writings of the Greek navigators, geographers, chronicles and historians dating back between the first century B.C. and the third century A.D.
The Barrackpore Sub-Region of ESI Corporation came into being in 01.08.2001,to provide services to insured persons and employers under the ESI Act, 1948.The region used to be administered from RO, Kolkata , functioning from 5/1 Grant Lane. Insured persons and employers alike, would have to travel a long distance from this area, whenever they had business at the Headquarters. With the independent existence of this sub region on 6.2.2006, the stakeholders have no longer have to travel long distance anymore. Now it is at their doorstep. The sub-region is presently serving 1,75,732 insured persons working in diverse industries like jute mills, cotton mills, engineering units etc spread over North 24 parganas and Nadia Districts, through nineteen Branch Offices, evenly distributed over the entire jurisdiction, under the administrative control of a Joint Director(In Charge), functioning from Kamarhati ESI Hospital, 5th floor, Kolkata—58.
Head Office as at above, is presently located on the east side of Hoogly river on the B.T. Road in the Barrackpore sub division, 15 km away from the heart of the city. Barrackpore and Sodepur railway stations are close by, and easily accessible from any part of the city by common mode of conveyance.
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