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Kharagpur

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      The moment we hear name of  the place Kharagpur, first and foremost thing that come in our mind is about IIT Kharagpur and railway station. It's quite obvious as  Kharagpur has been known as first Indian Institute of technology since May 1950. Also it has one of the largest railway workshops in India, and the third longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m). It's an Industrial city located in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.              Kharagpur junction                    IIT KHARAGPUR          Name of this place as Kharagpur was given by its 12th king Mallabhum Dynasty, kharga malla. It's said that initially it was part of Hijli kingdom and ruled by oriya rulers under Gajapati kings of Odisha.       In 16th century this place was said to be a small village surrounded by a dense forest. Only habitant based over there was Hijli which was a small island village situated on the banks of the Rasalpur river in the delta of bay of Bengal. Later in the yea
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Chandannagar-a crescent moon

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Chandannagar      The moment we hear about Chandannagar first thing that comes in our mind is all about light decoratives done during puja. This place comes under hoogly district located near western bank of hoogly river. It's also called as French colony as this place was said to be first created by french people by occupying small localities in that area.               Name of this place is derived from the shape of the bank of the river Hooghly which is bent like a half-moon (in Bengali, Chand means moon and Nagar implies city), so originally it was chander nagar. Also it's said that there is famous temple of goddess "chandi" besides whom this place was named. According to some localites this place was the major hub of  trade of Sandal.       It's believed in the year 1688 french east india company deslandes paid 40,000 coins to Mughal subahdar in order to build factories .   In the year 1730 Joseph François Dupleix was appointed as governor of that city and un
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Siliguri: Once a No Man’s Land

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Siliguri: Once a No Man’s Land             Siliguri is situated at the foot of the Himalayas and surrounded by the Mahananda River in North bengal. It is also known as the ‘Gateway to the North East’, Surrounded by four international borders i.e Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and China.        Siliguri is also one of the most heavily protected areas in India.  City has a fascinating history let’s start at the very beginning.       According to one popular theory, name of this place comes from ‘ sali’   or ‘bow’ in the language of the local Lepcha tribe.            But British writer E C Dozey, in his book   A Concise History of the Darjeeling District (1917) writes, ‘ Siliguri derives its name from the stones which once lay in myriads on the bed of the Mahananda river, which flows to the north of the town .         ‘Siliguri’ is thus a combination of ‘ sil ' (stone) and ‘ guri’   (place). Many places in North Bengal end with   ' guri ', like Jalpaiguri and Moynaguri etc. Acc
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Kharagpur

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      The moment we hear name of  the place Kharagpur, first and foremost thing that come in our mind is about IIT Kharagpur and railway station. It's quite obvious as  Kharagpur has been known as first Indian Institute of technology since May 1950. Also it has one of the largest railway workshops in India, and the third longest railway platform in the world (1072.5 m). It's an Industrial city located in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal.              Kharagpur junction                    IIT KHARAGPUR          Name of this place as Kharagpur was given by its 12th king Mallabhum Dynasty, kharga malla. It's said that initially it was part of Hijli kingdom and ruled by oriya rulers under Gajapati kings of Odisha.       In 16th century this place was said to be a small village surrounded by a dense forest. Only habitant based over there was Hijli which was a small island village situated on the banks of the Rasalpur river in the delta of bay of Bengal. Later in the yea
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Chandannagar-a crescent moon

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Chandannagar      The moment we hear about Chandannagar first thing that comes in our mind is all about light decoratives done during puja. This place comes under hoogly district located near western bank of hoogly river. It's also called as French colony as this place was said to be first created by french people by occupying small localities in that area.               Name of this place is derived from the shape of the bank of the river Hooghly which is bent like a half-moon (in Bengali, Chand means moon and Nagar implies city), so originally it was chander nagar. Also it's said that there is famous temple of goddess "chandi" besides whom this place was named. According to some localites this place was the major hub of  trade of Sandal.       It's believed in the year 1688 french east india company deslandes paid 40,000 coins to Mughal subahdar in order to build factories .   In the year 1730 Joseph François Dupleix was appointed as governor of that city and un
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