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Murshidabad

Murshidabad is the largest district of , and home to the Nawabs of Murshidabad that once ruled over Bengal, Bihar and Odisha. Although the Nawabs have been ceremonial since 1757, the district has maintained its cultural heritage dating back to the Nawab rule.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Berhampore Court railway station and Cossimbazar railway station.

Railway station
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Berhampore Court is a railway station on the Sealdah-Lalgola line and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of . It serves city and its surrounding census areas.

Railway station
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is a railway station of the Sealdah-Lalgola line in the Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. The station is situated at Cossimbazar in northern part of Baharampur in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of .

Railway station
Khagraghat Road is a railway station on the Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop in Baharampur city and is located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baharampur and Murshidabad.

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, also spelt Berhampore, is a city in the central region of , India. Bengali writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote his epic, Anandamath, sitting beside the bank of river Bhagirathi here in .

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is a historic town in central . It was the capital of , and during the Nawab rule. The last capital city of independent Bengal was named after Nawab Murshid Quli Khan, the Diwan of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha.

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is a backwards village area of city in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of .

Murshidabad

Latitude
24.1° or 24° 6′ north
Longitude
88.25° or 88° 15′ east
Population
7,100,000
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Abbreviation
“MRS”
Open location code
7MPC37X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
7627237
Wiki­data ID
Q1546240
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Murshidabad” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “distritu de Murshidabad”
  • Asturian: “Murshidabad (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Murshidabad”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mürşidabad”
  • Basque: “Murshidabad barrutia”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Distrik Murshidabad”
  • Bengali: “মুর্শিদাবাদ জেলা”
  • Bengali: “মুর্শিদাবাদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “मुर्शिदाबाद जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Murshidabad”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Murshidabad”
  • Cebuano: “Murshidabad”
  • Chinese: “Murshidabad”
  • Chinese: “穆尔希达巴德县”
  • Chinese: “穆希達巴德縣”
  • Dutch: “Murshidabad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مورشيداباد”
  • Finnish: “Murshidabadin piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Murshidabad”
  • French: “District de Murshidabad”
  • German: “Murshidabad”
  • Gujarati: “મુર્શિદાબાદ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “मुर्शिदाबाद जिला”
  • Hindi: “मुर्शीदाबाद जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto di Murshidabad”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Murshidabad”
  • Japanese: “ムルシダーバード県”
  • Malayalam: “മുർഷിദാബാദ് ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “मुर्शिदाबाद जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Murshidabad”
  • Nepali: “मुर्शिदाबाद जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “मुर्सिदाबाद जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “मुर्शिदाबाद जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Murshidabad”
  • Norwegian: “Murshidabad”
  • Oriya: “ମୁର୍ଶିଦାବାଦ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੁਰਸ਼ਿਦਾਬਾਦ”
  • Persian: “بخش مرشدآباد”
  • Persian: “ناحیه مرشدآباد”
  • Russian: “Муршидабад”
  • Sanskrit: “मुर्शिदाबादमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱩᱨᱥᱤᱫᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Murshidabad”
  • Swedish: “Murshidabad”
  • Tamil: “முர்சிதாபாத் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “ముర్షిదాబాద్ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “ముర్షిదాబాద్”
  • Turkish: “Mürşidadab”
  • Urdu: “ضلع مرشدآباد”
  • Urdu: “ضلع مرشداباد”
  • Vietnamese: “Murshidabad”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع مرشدآباد”
  • “मुर्शिदाबाद जिला”

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