Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Midnapore, West Bengal


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Midnapore is a town of 150,000 people in the State of West Bengal. Kharagpur is located on the opposite side of the banks of Kangsabati River. The town used to belong to the Midnapore District before it was divided into East and West in 2002. Midnapore belongs to the West Midnapore District.

The Jagannath Temple of Midnapore is an age old temple of the town. The Ramakrishna Mission also has a temple adjacent to an elementary and high school. The Goddess Kali at the Battala temple is an important temple in the locality.

Midnapore is famous for it's contribution in the history of Indian freedom movement since it has produced a seemingly endless list of martyrs.

Khudiram Bose and Satyendranath Basu were some of the young men that laid down their lives for the freedom of India.

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