 After Independence of India, in 1950, the master plan of the town was developed and the foundation stone for the town was laid by the then Governor of West Bengal, Kailashnath Katju, on 24 February 1951.This town was built in a short time in order to host the 59th Indian National Congress meeting in 1954.In memoirs of that conference, a road of the city was named as 'Congress Road'.