The Regional Research Station (Old Alluvial Zone) in West Bengal was first established as District Seed Farm under the Ministry of Agriculture, within the government of West Bengal, India in 1955.
This farm was renamed as Zonal Adaptive Research Station (ZARS) in 1975.
After the establishment of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya in January 2001, this station has been brought under the administrative control of this new University.
This Research Station is located beside the Gazzole–Hili State Highway in the Mouza of Majhian under Balurghat Block in the District of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal with 23° 57′ N and 87° 10′ E. River Atreyee is flowing in the western side of the station.
The international business corridor between India and Bangladesh is at Hilli, 22 km away from this station.