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	Dinajpur - LoveToKnow 1911
		DINAJPUR, a town (with a population in 1901 of 13,430) and district of Britsh India, in the Rajshahi division of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
		Dinajpur forms part of the rich arable tract lying between the Ganges and the southern slopes of the Himalayas.
		The district is partly traversed by the main line of the Eastern Bengal railway and by two branch lines.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dinajpur (312 words)

	West Dinajpur District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Connected by road with English Bazar (India) and Dinajpur and Rajshahi (Bangladesh), it is the chief distributing centre for the region, trading mainly in rice, jute, sugarcane, and oilseeds.
		An important agricultural-trade and jute-exporting centre, it is connected by road with English Bazar and with Dinajpur (in Bangladesh).
		Raiganj was declared a municipality in 1951 and has a college affiliated with the University of North Bengal.
	www.nd.edu /~kmukhopa/cal300/wb/wdinaj.html (135 words)

	Welcome to FreshPlaza
		The cultivation of banana is gaining popularity in all the thirteen upazila of the district since the last three years and the farmers are also making more money for their lives cultivating banana in the region.
		According to the sources of district Agriculture Extension Department [AED] banana was cultivated on 345 acres of land in the entire district in the year 2003, on 635 acres of land in 2004 and 1240.8 acres of land in the district this year brought under banana cultivation.
		Dinajpur Horticulture sources said that apart from promoting private entrepreneurs and NGOs is now focusing on "village area cropping" whereby farmers are encouraged to grow banana and others fruits of those upazila.
	www.freshplaza.com /2005/04okt/2_bd_bananapaper.htm (736 words)

	Purnia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		, Bordering Araria district in north, Katihar and Bhagalpur district in South, West Dinajpur district of W.B. and Kishanganj district of Bihar in east and Madhepura and Saharsa District in the west.
		The total population of the district as per 1991 census is 18,78,885 of which male and female populations are 9,87,241 and 8,91,644 respectively.
		Hindi is the main language of the district; however, dialects are in vogue in different parts of the district for day-to-day use.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/purnia_about.htm (809 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Dinajpur District (Rajshahi division)
		Dinajpur District (rajshahi division) with an area of 3437.98 sq km, is bounded by thakurgaon and panchagarh districts on the north, gaibandha and joypurhat districts on the south, nilphamari and rangpur districts on the east, the Indian state of West Bengal on the south west.
		Dinajpur (Town) Dinajpur municipal town consists of 12 wards and 80 mahallas.
		Archaeological heritage and relics kantanagar temple, Rajbari, Dinajpur Museum, ramsagar tank and the tombs of Chehel Gazi and Gora Shahid, Sitar Kuthuri, Habra Zamindar Bari, Gour Gabindha, Baraduari, Shingha Darwaza Palace, nayabad mosque, Aowkar Mosque.
	banglapedia.org /HT/D_0232.HTM (698 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DINAJPUR, Jan 14:–The severe cold wave has been paralysed the normal life of the northern district Dinajpur.
		Kurigram correspondent reports that thousands of poor people in the district were passing their days in abject misery for want of warm clothes.
		The arrested was identified as Mohabbat Ali Biswas, 35, son of Sajjad Ali Biswas, of Guturia village.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/01/15/front.htm (6435 words)

	Raiganj Diocese
		The diocese was formed by detaching from the Diocese of Dumka, the district of West Dinajpur and Malda.
		In 1952 a part of West Dinajpur and Malda were cut off from the Diocese of Dinajpur (now in Bangladesh) and the Prefecture of Malda was erected under the care of the Pontifical Institute of Foreign missionaries of Milan (PIME).
		But in 1962, when the Diocese of Dumka was erected, the Prefecture of Malda was suppressed and the area was fused with Dumka diocese.
	www.cbcisite.com /Raiganj.htm (164 words)

	District Profile
		West Dinajpur District was created out of the erstwhile Dinajpur district in 1947 at the time of partition of India.
		The West Dinajpur district was enlarged in 1956 at the time of reorganisation of the State with the addition of some areas of Bihar.
		Bengali is the principal language of the district.
	ddinajpur.nic.in /District_Profile/district_profile.html (272 words)

	outlookindia.com
		While Darjeeling and Coochbehar districts recorded 75 per cent polling each, it was 74 per cent in Jalpaiguri, 73 per cent in South Dinajpur, 70 per cent in Malda and 65 per cent in North Dinajpur, he said.
		Three persons were arrested -- one in South Dinajpur for campaigning with a dummy EVM and two in North Dinajpur district for ferrying voters in a vehicle which was later impounded.
		A district report said that EC officials seized a leaflet from a private car in which an Independent candidate reportedly declared that he was retiring in favour of the Congress candidate Deepa Dasmunshi at Goalpukhar constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_print.asp?id=383251 (519 words)

	UTTAR DINAJPUR DISTRICT WEB SITE,WEST BENGAL,INDIA
		Uttar Dinajpur is well connected with the rest of the State through National Highways, State Highways and Railways.
		The older alluvium is estimated to be Pleistocene age.Uttar Dinajpur is bestowed with a very fertile soil.The soil is very rich in nature due to the alluvial deposition which helps to grow Paddy,Jute,Mesta and Sugarcane etc.
		Raiganj on the bank of the River Kulik is the District Headquarter where "Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary", the second largest bird sanctuary in Asia situated.
	uttardinajpur.nic.in /UDWEB.html (288 words)

	Dinajpur District, Bangladesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dinajpur is bounded by Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts in the north, Gaibandha and Joypurhat districts in the south, Nilphamari and Rangpur districts in the east, and the state of West Bengal, India in the west.
		Dinajpur was once a part of the ancient state of Pundrabardhwan.
		Kantaji Temple, Rajbari, Dinajpur Museum, ramsagar tank and the tombs of Chehel Gazi and Gora Shahid, Sitar Kuthuri, Habra Zamindar Bari, Gour Gabindha, Baraduari, Shingha Darwaza Palace, nayabad mosque, Aowkar Mosque.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dinajpur_District,_Bangladesh (308 words)

	Dinajpur - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is an important road junction and the administrative center for a district where rice, wheat, jute, and sugarcane are grown.
		Dinajpur proper, the northeast quarter of the city, where the maharajah of Dinajpur once resided, gave its name to the entire district.
		One stabbed to death in Dinajpur, THE INDEPENDENT
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-dinajpur.html (194 words)

	tribuneindia... Haryana
		The injured are Suresh Abhi of Khagra district (Bihar), Nazrul Sultan of North Dinajpur (Bengal), Azad of North Dinajpur (Bengal), and Ram Ditta of Samastipur district (Bihar).
		If the deteriorating plight of the farmers of the area, a one time cotton belt of Haryana is any indication, the sons of the soil are all likely to find themselves in a financial crisis in the coming times.
		He also pointed out that the findings of the team that 50 per cent of the stone was of smaller size appeared to be erroneous and as such the FIR lodged against the officials of the department was based on wrong facts.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1998/98aug10/haryana.htm (2596 words)

	Country News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Besides, soil in some upazilas of the district, including Shibganj upazila, is suitable for papaya cultivation as the upazilas are not affected by the natural calamities like flood and drought.
		The farmers of the district will be able to meet the local demand of vegetables and fruits if adequate fund, technical support and high yielding variety of seeds are provided to them, Abdul Gafur said.
		An opinion exchange meeting with the journalists of the press and electronic media, organised by the district administration, was held at the conference room of the Deputy Commissioner on November 29.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/dec/11/11122004ct.htm (3363 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		The post-independence West Dinajpur district, with a 35.79 per cent Muslim population in the 1981 census, was subsequently split into North and South Dinajpur districts.
		In 1991-2001, the district?s Muslim population recorded a 1.58 per cent rise, from 66 per cent in 1991.
		In the Calcutta census district, the humungous net growth of 53.67 per cent in the Eighties quietened down to 20 per cent in the next decade.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040915/asp/opinion/story_3752632.asp (1113 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DINAJPUR, June 27:–The political crisis in Dinajpur BNP unit has deepened, which forecasts a clear rift into Dinajpur BNP for alleged corruption, irregularities, inactivity in party work and delinquency by the leaders of Dinajpur BNP unit, which unveiled soon after the death of Children and Women Welfare Minister Begum Khurshid Jahan Haque.
		Dinajpur police sources said that, a large number of police has been deployed here at different parts of Dinajpur town to prevent any unpleasant incident.
		On the other hand, the underprivileged Dinajpur BNP unit leaders descended into the streets Saturday afternoon acknowledging the recent action by party high command, and effigy of three accused Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Md. Asraful Alam and a journalist of National daily were burnt.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/06/28/front.htm (6879 words)

	Dakshin Dinajpur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The erstwhile Dinajpur District, at the time of partition of India, was split up into West Dinajpur and East Dinajpur.
		The West Dinajpur district was enlarged in 1956 at the time of reorganisation of the State with the addition of some areas of Bihar.
		The district is drained by a number of North-South flowing river like Atreyee, Punarbhaba, Tangon and Brahmani, to give rise to a sizeable but onorganized fishing community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Dinajpur (399 words)

	Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) , South Asia Terrorism Portal
		While the exact origin is shrouded in mystery, its existence came to notice on May 20, 2002 with the arrest of eight Islamist militants at Parbatipur in the Dinajpur district along with 25 petrol bombs and documents detailing the outfit's activities.
		December 22: An informant of the RAB and Police, whose tip-off led to the arrest of Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, ‘second-in-command’ of the JMB, is killed by unidentified militants at village Binnakuri under Muktagachha sub-district in the Mymensingh district.
		May 30: The Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Patuakhali sentenced five militants of the JMB to rigorous imprisonment for life and fines Taka 5,000 each in connection with the August 17, 2005-serial bomb blasts in Patuakhali.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/JMB.htm (6191 words)

	TULSHI RABIDAS v. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [1975] INSC 18; [1975] 3 SCR 401; [1975] 3 SCC 845; AIR 1975 SC 638 (27 January ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Whether the investigation was conducted properly or not, whether the District Magistrate should have pinned his faith on the- result of investigation and like questions are not for the court to consider.
		The order for detention was made by the, District Magistrate, West Dinajpur, on March 19, 1973 pursuant to which he was taken into custody nine- days later.
		Whether the investigation was conducted properly or not, whether the District Magistrate should have pinned his faith on the result of the investigation and like questions, are not for the Court to consider.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1975/18.html (2152 words)

	Sri Ramakrishna Math : The Vedanta Kesari, The History and Philosophy of Famine - I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In August 1897 Swami Trigunatitananda was placed by Ramakrishna Mission in charge of the famine (or scarcity) relief work at Dinajpur, a district of North Bengal, where he made the village of Birole his centre of work.
		Under the head of the commercial causes may be mentioned those famines or scarcities that are occasioned by (1) lack of organizing and speculative powers on the part of the merchants, (2) insufficient means of transport of food-grains, and (3) undue consumption of staples for less important purposes.
		Your Upper Bengal fared not so bad as the Districts of the Lower Bengal and Bihar during the famine of 1770 A.D. The famine of 1874 ravaged the Northern Bengal, especially Rangpore, Dinajpore, and the neighbouring districts, more than the districts towards the Lower Bengal.
	www.sriramakrishnamath.org /magazine/vk/2000/6-4-1.asp (2811 words)

	Marginal improvement in Bengal flood situation : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As the water levels of all the rivers in Cooch Behar district receded, the danger signals were withdrawn from Raidak I and Kaljani rivers at Tufanganj and Mansai river at Mathabhanga.
		In South Dinajpur district, the flood waters of river Tangan, Atreyee and Punarbhaha have already crossed the danger level and many wards of Balurghat, the district headquarters town, have been flooded by the waters of the Atreyee river.
		In Malda district, the red signal was still in force at unprotected stretch of river Fulahar despite the recession in water level in the past 24 hours, official sources said.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jul/18/181_888469,001301120000.htm (437 words)

	West Bengal: Final round of polling on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Of the six districts, there are nine seats in Coochbehar, 12 in Jalpaiguri, seven in Uttar Dinajpur, five in Dakshin Dinajpur 11 in Malda and five in Darjeeling.
		Allegations were also received from a sizable number of people in the poll-going districts that they were not allowed to vote for not possessing photo identity cards even though the Election Commission had recognised them as genuine voters.
		Ministers in the fray are Asoke Bhattacharya, Jogesh Barman, Biswanath Choudhury, Sailen Sarkar, Hafiz Alam Sairani, Srikumar Mukherjee and Dasharath Tirkey.
	in.rediff.com /election/2006/may/08pbengal.htm (478 words)

	Bogra District - Bangladesh - Amar Desh Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bogra District (Rajshahi division) with an area of 2919.9 sq km, bounded by joypurhat and gaibandha districts on the north, the chalan beel, natore and sirajganj districts on the south, jamuna river and jamalpur district on the east, Part of Chalan Beel, naogaon and Natore districts on the west.
		Administration Bogra district was established in 1821 consisting of 9 thanas, of which four from Rajshahi district (Adamdighi, Bogra, Sherpur, Nawkhila), 3 from Dinajpur district (Lalbazar, Badalgachhi, Khetlal), and two from Rangpur district (Gobindaganj, Dewanganj).
		Bogra district consists of 5 municipalities, 48 wards, 166 mahallas, 11 upazilas, 109 union parishads, 1782 mouzas and 2706 villages.
	www.amardesh.com /zilla_bogra.php (1018 words)

	UNICEF India - Nutrition
		Today the programme is being implemented in four districts of West Bengal, mainly Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Dakshin Dinajpur and Purulia covering over a thousand villages, reaching out to over 1,22,000 children.
		A recent survey conducted in 168 villages in 8 blocks of Dakshin Dinajpur district shows that malnutrition has come down from 59% to 48%There has also been considerable improvement in social indicators like immunization, hand washing and even child marriage.
		Encouraged by the positive results of this intervention, more and more districts are coming forward to introduce the PD approach in their villages and government departments like Health and Family Welfare are getting involved in the process.
	www.unicef.org /india/nutrition_1557.htm (878 words)

	MAYERDAK-Incidents agaisnt Minorities
		Taltali Bazar, Barguna district (in southern Bangladesh adjacent to the Bay of Bengal).
		Chalkria municipal area, Cox’s Bazar district (in southeastern Bangladesh adjacent to the Bay of Bengal).
		Gouramba village, Rampal sub-district, Bagerhat district (in southern Bangladesh bordering the Bay of Bengal).
	www.mayerdak.com /incid_minorities.htm (1197 words)

	Dinajpur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The northern most district of the country, offers a number of attractions to the visitors.
		Kantanagar temple, the most ornate among the late medieval temples of Bangladesh is situated near Dinajpur town.
		It was built by Maharaja Pran Nath in 1752 A.D. Every inch of the temple surface is beautifully embellished with exquisite terracotta plaques, representing flora, fauna, geometric motifs, mythological scenes and an astonishing array of contemporary social scenes and favourite past times.
	www.bangladeshonline.com /tourism/spots/dinajpur.htm (116 words)

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