S amudragupta was greatest ruler of the Gupta dynasty. He was son and successor of Chadragupta I . He succeeded to the throne in c. 335 AD. He ruled till 375 AD. A skillful military leader and administrator as well as a patron of learning, Samudragupta is called Indian Napolean . His court poet Harishena composed an eloquent eulogy of him which is contained in the Allahabad pillar inscription (API). Samudragupta is credited to have uprooted Nagasena , Achyuta and Ganapatinaga , (identified with the rulers of Padmavati , Ahichchhatra and Mathura respectively). He is said to have captured the prince of the Kota family (Bulandshahr region) and besieged the city of ‘Pushpa’(probably Kanyakubja). Apart from these conquests, Samudragupta brought under his control a large number of kings and vassals. According to eminent historian K. P. Jaiswal, Samudragupta forced Rudrasena I of the Vakatava dynasty to cede his North Indian possession to the Gupta Empire. To commemo...
The incumbent TMC MLA Hareram Singh is once again contesting the Jamuria assembly seat in the 2026 assembly elections. Dr. Bijan Mukherjee is in the fray as a BJP candidate. CPIM has been winning the Jamuria seat since 1977 till 2021. In 2016, Jahanara Khan emerged victorious for second time. CPI(M)'s Bikash Chowdhury who was later elected to the Lok Sabha from Asansol four times, had represented the Jamuria assembly seat for successive four terms from 1977. One of the seven assembly segments comprising the parliamentary constituency of Asansol, Jamuria in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal covers Wards nos. 1–12, 32 of Asansol Municipal Corporation, Jamuria CD Block, and Ratibati gram panchayat of Raniganj CD Block.