Budge Budgealso spelled Baj Bajcitytown, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just southeast on the left bank of the Hugli (Hooghly) River. Connected by road and rail with Alīpore Alipore and Kolkata (Calcutta), it is a jute- and cotton-milling centre and serves as the oil depot for CalcuttaKolkata. A major boot and shoe factory is nearby in Batanagar. Remains of a fort captured by the British general Robert Clive in 1756 are still visible. Budge Budge was constituted a municipality in 1900. Pop. (19912001) 7275,951531.