Nadia

Nadia is a district of , known for the two Hindu pilgrimage sites and , and also the royal heritage of . Once known as the "Oxford of ", Nadia has made many contributions to Indian philosophy, such as the Navya-Nyaya system of logic and is the birthplace of the Vaishnava saint Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
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, formerly Krishnagar, is a city in the Nadia district of . At the bank of the Jalangi River, is an important centre for culture and literature.

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is a pilgrimage site in the Nadia district of and the birthplace of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a Vaishnava saint.

Shantipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the state of . The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia.

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is a small town in the Nadia district of and the headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, which is known informally around the world as the Hare Krishnas.

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is a small town along the river Churni in the Nadia district of . The name comes from the name of a Dakat Rana. This is the great character of Vande Mataram by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.

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is a city and a municipality & BDO in the Nadia district of the Indian state of . It is the headquarters of subdivision and part of the Presidency division.

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or Plassey is a town on the east bank of , located approximately 50 kilometres north of the city of in Kaliganj CD Block in the Nadia district of , India.

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is in the Nadia district of , India. It is at 24 km from .

is a census town in the Nabadwip CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of , .

Nadia

Latitude of center
23.4786° or 23° 28′ 43″ north
Longitude of center
88.5171° or 88° 31′ 1″ east
Population
5,170,000
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Abbreviation
“NAD”
Geo­Names ID
1262293
Wiki­data ID
Q1143880
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nadia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة نادية”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Nadia”
  • Asturian: “Nadia (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Nadia”
  • Basque: “Nadia barrutia”
  • Bengali: “নদিয়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “নদিয়া”
  • Bengali: “নদীয়া জেলা”
  • Bengali: “নদীয়া”
  • Bhojpuri: “नादिया जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Nadia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadia”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadiya”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Nadya”
  • Cebuano: “Nadia (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Nadia”
  • Chinese: “Nadia”
  • Chinese: “纳迪亚县”
  • Dutch: “Nadia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مديريه ناديه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ناديه”
  • French: “district de Nadia”
  • French: “District de Nadia”
  • German: “Nadia”
  • Gujarati: “નદિયા જિલ્લો”
  • Gujarati: “નાદિયા જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “नदिया जिला”
  • Hindi: “नादिया जिला”
  • Hindi: “नादिया”
  • Italian: “distretto di Nadia”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Nadia”
  • Japanese: “ナディーヤー郡”
  • Japanese: “ナディア地区”
  • Japanese: “ナディヤー県”
  • Kashmiri: “ندیا ضِلہٕ”
  • Malayalam: “Nadia district”
  • Malayalam: “നാദിയ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “नदिया जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nadia”
  • Nepali: “नादिया जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “नदिया जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nadia”
  • Norwegian: “Nadia”
  • Oriya: “ନଦିଆ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش نادیا”
  • Persian: “ناحیه ندیا”
  • Russian: “Надия”
  • Sanskrit: “नदियामण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱱᱚᱫᱤᱭᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Nadia”
  • Swedish: “Nadia”
  • Tamil: “நதியா மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “నదియా జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “నాడియా జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Надія (округ)”
  • Ukrainian: “Надія”
  • Urdu: “ضلع ندیا”
  • Urdu: “ندیا پور”
  • Vietnamese: “Nadia”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع ندیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “ندیا”
  • “नादिया जिला”

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