Kalyani is a planned urban city in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a municipality and Community Development Block in Nadia. It is located around 50 kilometres from Kolkata — the capital of West Bengal. Kalyani is the administrative headquarters of Kalyani subdivision. It resides on the eastern banks of Hooghly River, and is part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
During the period of World War II, the surroundings of the then Chandamari village was purportedly used as an air base by the United States Army Air Forces, and was known by the name of "Roosevelt Town" or "Roosevelt Nagar", after then US President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyani,_West_Bengal
Coordinates 22°58'29.9" N 88°26'4.529" E
