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Hooghly railway station

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Hooghly is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line. It is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It serves Hugli-Chuchura and surrounding areas. HOOGHLY Kolkata Suburban Railway Station Hooghly station General information Location Hooghly station road, Hooghly, West Bengal India Coordinates 22°54′21″N 88°22′34″E Elevation 14 metres (46 ft) Owned by Indian Railways Operated by Eastern Railway Line(s) Howrah–Bardhaman main

Dharmapur, West Bengal

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Dharmapur is a census town in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration. Geography Dharmapur Census Town Dharmapur Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West BengalShow map of IndiaShow all Coordinates: 22.88°N 88.39°E Country India State West Bengal District Hooghly Population (2011) • Total 8,456 Languages • Official Bengali, English Time

Digital Radio Mondiale

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM; mondiale being Italian and French for “worldwide”) is a set of digital audio broadcasting technologies designed to work over the bands currently used for analogue radio broadcasting including AM broadcasting—particularly shortwave—and FM broadcasting. DRM is more spectrally efficient than AM and FM, allowing more stations, at higher quality, into a given amount of bandwidth, using xHE-AAC audio coding format. Various other MPEG-4 codecs and Opus are also compatible, but the

Dutch Cemetery, Chinsurah

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

The Dutch Cemetery (Dutch: Nederlandse begraafplaats) of Chinsurah was constructed on the order of the director of the Dutch East India Company in Bengal. The cemetery and all its graves are now maintained and Archaeological Survey of India under the protection of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and remains of national importance. Plaque with history of the cemetery Notable people buried Charles Cameron, Scottish army

Chinsurah Mogra

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Chinsurah Mogra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is part of the Hooghly Flats, one of the three natural regions in the district of the flat alluvial plains that forms part of the Gangetic Delta. The region is a narrow strip of land along the 80 km

Dakshineswar

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Dakshineswar is a locality in Kolkata Metropolitan Area of North 24 Parganas district under the jurisdiction of Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). This place is historically famous for Dakshineswar Kali Temple, locally known as Maa Bhabatarini Mandir. Etymology Dakshineswar gets its name from the Sanskrit name the Dakṣiṇeśvara of Shiva. The temple of Shiva is located around 1.5 km north of the famous Kali temple, at the southern

Champdani

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Champdani is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Bhadreswar police station in Chandannagore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). This town is famous for six factories, viz.the GIS Cotton Mill, Dalhousie Jute Mill, North Brook jute Mill, Angus jute Mill, Champdany Garbage Refinary Ltd, Lagan Engineering, and

Chandannagar Police Commissionerate

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Chandannagar Police Commissionerate established on 30 June 2017, is a police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within certain urban parts of Hooghly district. The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the Hooghly Police District, and has nine police stations under

Battle of Chinsurah

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

The Battle of Chinsurah, also known as the Battle of Biderra or the Battle of Hoogly, was a military engagement which took place on 25 November 1759 near Chinsurah (then a Dutch outpost) during the Seven Years’ War. It took place between a force of British troops mainly of the British East India Company and a force of the Dutch East India Company which had been

Balagarh

Jun 1, 2024MrKuchewarEncyclopedia

Balagarh is a village in Balagarh CD Block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Balagarh Village Balagarh Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West BengalShow map of IndiaShow all Coordinates: 23.122444°N 88.463278°E Country India State West Bengal District Hooghly Elevation 15 m (49 ft) Population (2011) • Total 2,365 Languages • Official Bengali, English Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) PIN 712501 Telephone/STD code 03213