Murshidabad

Murshidabad 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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  • Type: Town with 44,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Muxadavad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Murshidabad Junction railway station and Lalbag Court Road railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Murshidabad Junction is a railway station on the Sealdah-Lalgola line and is located at Lalbagh, Murshidabad in in the Indian state of .

Railway station
is a railway station on the Howrah–Azimganj line of Howrah railway division of Eastern Railway zone. It is located at Saikuli, Lalbag of in the Indian state of .

Murshidabad

Latitude
24.1746° or 24° 10′ 29″ north
Longitude
88.2721° or 88° 16′ 20″ east
Population
44,000
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
7MPC57FC+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245720417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1262412
Wiki­data ID
Q1017175
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Murshidabad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مرشد أباد”
  • Assamese: “মুৰ্শিদাবাদ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mürşüdabad”
  • Belarusian: “Муршыдабад”
  • Bengali: “মুর্শিদাবাদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “मुर्शिदाबाद”
  • Bishnupriya: “মুর্শিদাবাদ”
  • Burmese: “မောက်သူဇာ”
  • Catalan: “Maksudabad”
  • Catalan: “Murshidabad”
  • Cebuano: “Murshidābād”
  • Chinese: “穆尔希达巴德”
  • Chinese: “穆爾希達巴德”
  • Czech: “Muršídábád”
  • Dutch: “Murshidabad”
  • Esperanto: “Murŝidabad”
  • Esperanto: “Murŝidabado”
  • Finnish: “Murshidabad”
  • French: “Murshidabad”
  • German: “Murshidabad”
  • Gujarati: “મુર્શિદાબાદ”
  • Hebrew: “מורשידבד”
  • Hindi: “मुर्शिदाबाद”
  • Italian: “Murshidabad”
  • Japanese: “ムルシダーバード”
  • Kannada: “ಮುರ್ಷಿದಾಬಾದ್”
  • Kashmiri: “مرشد آباد”
  • Korean: “머시다바드”
  • Malagasy: “Murshidabad”
  • Malay: “Murshidabad”
  • Malayalam: “Murshidabad”
  • Malayalam: “മുർഷിദാബാദ്”
  • Malayalam: “മൂർഷിദാബാദ്”
  • Marathi: “मुर्शिदाबाद”
  • Nepali: “मुर्शिदाबाद”
  • Nepali: “मुर्सिदाबाद”
  • Newari: “मुर्शिदाबाद”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Murshidabad”
  • Norwegian: “Murshidabad”
  • Oriya: “Murshidabad”
  • Oriya: “ମୁର୍ଶିଦାବାଦ୍”
  • Pampanga: “Murshidabad”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੁਰਸ਼ਿਦਾਬਾਦ”
  • Persian: “مرشدآباد”
  • Polish: “Murshidabad”
  • Portuguese: “Murshidabad”
  • Russian: “Муршидабад”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱩᱨᱥᱤᱫᱟᱵᱟᱫᱽ”
  • Somali: “Murshid abad”
  • Spanish: “Murshidabad”
  • Swedish: “Murshidabad”
  • Tajik: “Муршидобод”
  • Talysh: “Muršidabad”
  • Tamil: “முர்சிதாபாத்”
  • Tamil: “முர்ஷிதாபாத்”
  • Telugu: “ముర్సిదాబాద్”
  • Ukrainian: “Муршідабад”
  • Urdu: “مرشد آباد”
  • Vietnamese: “Murshidabad”
  • Western Panjabi: “مرشدآباد”
  • “मुर्शिदाबाद”

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