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This is a list of mosques and eidgahs in West Bengal.

Mosques

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Malda Division

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Adina Mosque
Hazrat Pandua, Gazole, Malda district 1375 Royal mosque of Sikandar Shah, second Sultan of Bengal. Formerly South Asia's largest mosque.
Qutub Shahi Mosque
Hazrat Pandua, Gazole, Malda district 1583 Built by a descendant of Nur Qutb Alam
Salepur Jame Mosque
Salepur, North Dariapur, Kaliachak I, Malda district 19th century
Sattari Jame Mosque
Sattari, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, English Bazar, Dakshin Dinajpur district

Gaur

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Chamkatti Mosque
Gaur (Chalispara, English Bazar, Malda district) 1475 Named after the Chamkatti community
Chika Mosque
Southeastern Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) 15th century Also known as Chamkan Mosque and Chika Bhaban
Gunmant Mosque
Gaur (Mahdipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) 1484 Established during the reign of Sultan Jalaluddin Fateh Shah
Lattan Mosque
Gaur (Mahdipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) Late 15th century Hussain Shahi era
Baroduari Mosque
Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) 1526 Completed by Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, also known as Bara Sona Masjid (Great Golden Mosque)
Qadam Rasul Mosque
Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) 1530-31 Established by Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah
Tantipara Mosque
Between the Lattan mosque on the south and the Chhota Sagardighi on the north 1480 Completed by Mirsad Khan under the instruction of Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah

Murshidabad district

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Chawk Masjid
Murshidabad 1767 Established by Munni Begum, wife of the Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar
Fauti Mosque
Murshidabad 1740 Established by Nawab Sarfaraz Khan
Kherur Mosque
Kherur, Sagardighi, Murshidabad district 1494-1495 Completed by Rafat Khan during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah
Motijhil Jama Mosque
Motijhil, Murshidabad 1749-1750 Established by Nawazish Muhammad Khan. Popularly called the Kala Masjid (Black Mosque)
Katra Masjid
Northeastern Murshidabad 1725 Constructed by Murad Farash Khan on the request of Murshid Quli Khan, the first Nawab of Bengal.
Old Madina Mosque
Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad 18th century Established by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah
Zurud Mosque
Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad 18th century Also known as the Yellow Mosque
Safaid Mosque
Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad 18th century Also known as the White Mosque or Shada Mosque
Roshnibagh Mosque
Roshni Bagh, Murshidabad 18th century
Khoshbagh Mosque
Khosh Bagh, Murshidabad 18th century
Nizamat Imambara
Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad 18th century Shia congregation hall

Medinipur Division

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Jama Masjid Belda
Belda, Narayangarh, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur district

Burdwan division

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Furfura Mosque Jangipara, Srirampore, Hooghly district 1659-1660 Established by Mustafa Madani
Baratajpur Bara Mosque
Bara Tajpur, Begampur, Srirampore, Hooghly district
Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque
Adi Saptagram, Satgaon, Hooghly district 1529 Established by Syed Jamaluddin ibn Fakhruddin of Amol
Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque
Tribeni, Bansberia, Hooghly district 1298
Bari Mosque
Chhota Pandua, Chinsurah, Hooghly district Delhi Sultanate era Also known as the Bais Darwaza Mosque
Motichur Mosque
Rajnagar, Birbhum, Suri Sadar, Birbhum district
Katwa Shahi Mosque
Baganpara, Katwa, Purba Bardhaman district 1757
Dargahi Para Mosque
Dargahi Para, Hirapur, Khanakul II, Arambag, Hooghly district
Basubati Dargah Sharif
Foqir Bari, Basubati, Singur, Chandannagore, Hooghly district Contains mazar of Syed Shah Khwajah Naziful Islam Husayni Chishti
Hooghly Imambara
Bara Tajpur, Begampur, Srirampore, Hooghly district 1861 Shia Twelver mosque established by Muhammad Mohsin

Jalpaiguri division

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Dinhata Town Jame Mosque
Dinhata, Cooch Behar district

Presidency division

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Nakhoda Masjid
Chitpur, Burrabazar, Kolkata 1926 Funded by Abdur Rahim Uthman, a Kutchi Memon shipping prince
Tipu Sultan Mosque
185 Dharmatala, Kolkata 1842 Built by Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib, son of Tipu Sultan
Hooghly River Mosque
Hooghly River near Kolkata

Nadia district

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Kazipara Mosque
Panchnur, Chakdaha, Kalyani, Nadia district 16th century Birthplace of I'tisam-ud-Din
Nokari Old Mosque
Nokari, Ranaghat II, Ranaghat, Nadia district
High Street Big Mosque
Krishnanagar, Nadia district
Rakhalgachi Mosque
Rakhalgachhi, Bangaon subdivision, Nadia district
Panchpota Jame Mosque
Panchpota, Ranaghat subdivision, Nadia district

North 24 Parganas district

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Name Image Location Year Remarks
Jhuruli Mosque
Jhuruli, Basirhat II, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district
Bangla Jame Mosque
Barrackpore Trunk Road, Titagarh, Greater Kolkata, North 24 Parganas district
Qadambagchi Purbapara Mosque
East Kadambagachi, Duttapukur, Barasat I, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district
Pir Gorachand Mosque
Berachampa, Deganga, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district Contains the mazar (mausoleum) of Syed Abbas Ali a.k.a. Pir Gorachand
Lal Masjid
Berachampa, Deganga, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district Ruins of a mosque
South Maleyapur Pirsthan Jame Masjid
Berachampa-Baduria Road, Baduria, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district 2013
Golabari Jame Masjid
Taki Road, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district

References

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