It is thought of as the first pucca brick and cement building in North Kolkata area and was possibly built by the Portuguese.

Later, Robert Clive took the area over, renovated it, added a floor to the single-story building, and made it his country house around 1757-60.

When Clive House was excavated, a variety of artefacts were recovered, including coins, terracotta figures, sculptures, pottery and intelligence on a Portuguese fort.

The articles found could be of the Sen period, or may alternatively have links with the ancient civilization unearthed earlier at Chandraketugarh.

Clive House has been in the domain of the Archaeological Survey of India since 2004, but squatters inside and outside the structure have hindered restoration work.

Squatting (jabardakhal in Bengali) ranged from the forcible occupation of barracks to the collective take-over of private, government, and wasteland.

Within a very short time, the refugees (quite often with government/administrative support) not only found a place to stay but developed a society that included markets, schools, temples and sometimes even colleges, hospitals and recreational centres.

[17] South Dum Dum consists of localities such as Nagerbazar, Satgachi, Amarpalli, Motijheel, Laxminagar, Bandhab Nagar, Golpark, Purba Sinthee, Subhas Nagar, Bediapara, Rabindra Nagar, Jheel Bagan, Basak Bagan, Seth Bagan, Jawpur, Kalindi, Patipukur, Dakshindari, Dum Dum Park, Bangur Avenue, Lake Town, Naskar Bagan, Green Park, Natun Bazar and Mathkal.

[23] South Dum Dum is a vast locality with many Postal Index Numbers: Purba Sinthee has a non-delivery sub post office, with PIN 700030 in the Kolkata North Division of Kolkata district in Calcutta region.

[29] Lake Town has a delivery sub-post office, with PIN 700089 in the Kolkata East Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region.

[30] Patipukur has a non-delivery sub-post office, with PIN 700048 in the Kolkata East Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region.

Other post offices with the same PIN are Sreebhumi and Sadhana Ausudhalaya Road (Dakshindari).

Its proximity to Kolkata Airport and commercial centres like Salt Lake and New Town has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years.

[95][96][97][98][99] Some of Kolkata's prominent Real Estate firms have their presence in South Dumdum: NH 12 (previously NH 34), running from Dalkhola to Bakkhali, locally popular as Jessore Road, passes through South Dumdum.

[100][18] In 2012, a flyover was opened from Amarpally to Nagerbazar Sarojini Naidu Women College to decongest the heavy traffic on Jessore Road towards the Dumdum/Kolkata Airport.

A large number of Buses ply along Jessore road are 3C/1, 3C/2, 30D, 79B, 91, 91A, 93, 211A, 219, DN8, DN18, S10, Esplanade-Central Jail Mini, Bagbazar-Birohi, R.G.Kar-Barasat, Rajchandrapur-Saltlake white bus etc.