[3][4] In 1931, Tomáš Baťa, the Czechoslovak shoe tycoon, established his first Indian operation in Konnagar.

The company first established itself in India in 1931 by renting a building to start an experimental shoe production plant in Konnagar, with 75 Czech experts.

Jan Antonín Baťa also built factories in Digha, near Patna, and elsewhere in India, employing more than 7,000 people.

It was the ancestral home of the great nationalist and religious leader Sri Aurobindo[5] and noted physicist Sisir Kumar Mitra.

[6] Shafiur Rahman one of the martyrs of the language movement in East Pakistan was born in Konnagar.

Tagore was believed to be just a child when he and his family came to this town to escape the onslaught of Dengue which hit Kolkata.

Shibram Chakraborty used to live here for a brief period of time in his childhood near G.T.Road beside Konnagar High School.Sri Aurobindo's father and famous Indian geographer Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee happened to be a pupil of Konnagar High School established in the 19th century.

And the town though got recognition chiefly due to the initiatives of Sib Chandra Deb, its antiquity can hardly be denied.

This is a Puja that was started by the Chakraborty Bari Zamindars and today it has become an important event in Konnagar's calendar.

Konnagar is positioned between Rishra and Hind Motor on the Howrah-Bardhaman main line and Grand Trunk Road.

Konnagar has an extensive fruit and vegetable market which is visited by people from the nearby areas.

Konnagar is also connected to Kolkata through roadways by State Highway 6/ Grand Trunk Road.

BALIKA S.S., KONNAGARSRI ARABINDA VIDYAPITH, Konnagar Nagendra Nath kundu Vidya Mandir.