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  Midnapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The population of Midnapore town is close to 150,000 according to the census of 2001.
Midnapore Collegiate School(for boys) established in 1834, is one of the oldest schools in Bengal as well as India.
Midnapore, Alberta was a village in Canada that was annexed by the city of Calgary.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midnapore   (4047 words)

  
 Midnapore - LoveToKnow 1911
MIDNAPORE, a town and district of British India, in the Burdwan division of Bengal.
Th Midnapore high-level canal used also for irrigation runs almost due east and west from the town of Midnapore to Ulubaria on the Hugli 16 m.
The early history of Midnapore centres round the ancient town of Tamluk, which in the beginning of the 5th century was an important Buddhist settlement and maritime harbour.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Midnapore   (382 words)

  
 rediff.com: Politics of violence spells doom for Midnapore
The recent killings in Keshpur, a non-descript town in Midnapore district of West Bengal, have given it a new political identity.
Midnapore is the country's largest district with a population of over 10 million, 34 assembly segments, 12 municipalities, 54 blocks and five parliamentary seats.
Midnapore's recognition as a political hot-spot is unlikely to bring any development to the region.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/may/30beng.htm   (559 words)

  
 Midnapore College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Recently Midnapore College was awarded A+ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
This is just two kilometers away from Midnapore Railway Station and 14 km away from Kharagpur Railway Station, both under South Eastern Railway Division.
Midnapore Central bus stand is only 1 km away from the college.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midnapore_College   (227 words)

  
 Polling begins in three West Bengal districts
In West Midnapore, 250 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed and the other two districts have over 150 companies deployed for the polls.
Medinipur in West Midnapore is the largest constituency with 183,015 voters.
Keshpur in West Midnapore, where Rameswar Dolui is the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) candidate, is under the scanner because of a history of political violence in the area.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20060417/308393.html   (401 words)

  
 Welcome to Midnapore Selection ----- The Cyber Chapter.
Midnapore Selection is our club.It is our way of living.It is our family,our joy,our entertainment.
This is a club in West Bengal (India).It is a real club,not cyber one,but it has its own cyber counterpart and you are going through that now.
But the start was the start only.Day by day this club has grown upto a repute for the last decade.It is always in a mood to do something,whether it is some social work,relief work,arranging the best Saraswati Puja or any sports event,this club is always in the headlines.
midnaporeselection.tripod.com   (348 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Bengal
Trinamul leaders said the two Midnapore districts have about 700 party workers waiting in makeshift camps since the CPM “retrieved lost ground months before the 2001 Assembly polls”.
The West Midnapore exiles are housed in camps at Garbeta and Midnapore town and their East Midnapore counterparts are staying in camps at Contai, Panskura and Radhamani, said officials.
Ranking high on the anxiety-list in West Midnapore are Garbeta, Pingla and, of course, Keshpur; in the east, officials said the situation is worrying at Bhajachauli, Patashpur and Khejuri.
www.telegraphindia.com /1021001/asp/bengal/story_1251050.asp   (292 words)

  
 UNICEF India - Water, environment and sanitation
The sanitary mart was one of the innovative strategies under the Midnapore Demand Driven Sanitation Programme initiated in the year 1990.
The Midnapore sanitation strategy has been recognized as a role model for the promotion of the Central Rural Sanitation Programme under the Government of India.
Weekly meetings are held from the gram panchayat level to the district administration level to assess the progress of household sanitation coverage’s and immediate steps are taken to plug loopholes.
www.unicef.org /india/wes_1433.htm   (747 words)

  
 HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
June, 1985 the College came under the affiliation of the newly established Vidyasagar University which was established for inclusion of all the colleges of Midnapore District to relieve Calcutta University of excessive pressure of so many colleges.
Midnapore College is located in the heart of Midnapore Town.
Midnapore Central bus stand is just 1 Km away from the institution.
www.midnaporecollege.org /history.html   (770 words)

  
 The Hindu : CPI strong contender for Midnapore LS seat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A traditional left stronghold, from where CPI nominees have triumphed in all the seven Lok Sabha polls since 1980, Midnapore is going to the hustings on May 10 following the death of communist stalwart Indrajit Gupta in March.
Dutta, founder-president of the BJP in the district, who had fought four times from this Lok Sabha seat since 1991 on the lotus symbol, quit the BJP early last month and was promptly rewarded with the Trinamool ticket.
During the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, Midnapore was the only seat in the State where the BJP-TC combine failed to reach an understanding and settled for a `friendly' contest.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2001/05/07/stories/15072261.htm   (505 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta
Sajal, the lifer who had managed to escape from a city hospital, had been masquerading as Raju in Midnapore Central Jail since February, when he was arrested for “snatching and robbery”.
The name-game ended dramatically when his Midnapore jailer, who had met Sajal during his earlier tenure at Alipore jail, recognised the then teen criminal.
After interrogating Sajal in Midnapore jail, district policemen pieced together the tale of the convict on the run.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030517/asp/calcutta/story_1976639.asp   (419 words)

  
 West Bengal Midnapore District
Midnapore, also spelled MIDNAPUR, or MEDINIPUR, city.The city lies just north of the Kasai River and is an agricultural-trade centre on the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Amritsar.
Rice milling and the manufacture of chemicals and silk cloth are the chief industries.
Constituted a municipality in 1865, Midnapore is an educational centre, with numerous colleges affiliated with the University of Calcutta.
www.wb.nic.in /dist/midna.html   (210 words)

  
 India - News - Heavy Security In W Bengal Ahead Of Polls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Political violence during this election is a high possibility in the trouble-torn districts of Bankura, Purulia, Hooghly and the southern district of Midnapore, where besides the expansive presence of the ultra-Communists, the continuing war of attrition between supporters of the ruling Marxists and the opposition Trinamool Congress is another major cause for concern.
Spiraling political violence in the five districts of Midnapore, Bankura, Hooghly, Birbhum and Burdwan has claimed about 150 lives while thousands have been rendered homeless in the past one and a half years.
Police concede that Midnapore and Hooghly districts are the two hotbeds of political animosity because the Trinamool has been seriously challenging the supremacy of the CPI-M in these places.
www3.estart.com /india/news/wesbengal.html   (506 words)

  
 The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily
The first phase of the elections would witness the battle for ballot in 45 constituencies of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura to decide the fate of 227 candidates.
The helicopters are to be used for rapid deployment of security forces as road movement has slowed down due to fear of landmines laid by the insurgents.
Keshpur in West Midnapore, where Rameswar Dolui is the CPM candidate, is another assembly seat under the scanner because of a history of political violence in the area.
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=April2006&file=World_News2006041715827.xml   (570 words)

  
 Political Affairs Magazine - India: Millions vote peacefully in Left citadel West Bengal
Election Commission officials put the vote turnout at over 65 percent in the districts of West Midnapore, Purulia and Bankura hit by Maoist violence, and the authorities and independent analysts agreed it was a free, fair and peaceful 10-hour exercise.
Polling was held for 21 seats in West Midnapore, 11 in Purulia and 13 in Bankura.
West Midnapore's Keshpur, where a whopping 95 percent votes were cast in some booths till afternoon, was under the scanner because of its history of political violence and the overwhelming winning margin of CPI-M candidates.
www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3224/1/162   (677 words)

  
 rediff.com: Trinamul disappears from Midnapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The politically sensitive and strife-torn Midnapore district in West Bengal throws an entirely different picture today.
The homeless, according to him, are at camps in Midnapore town and Debra.
On allegations that the CPM had resorted to violence to 'gain control' of the Trinamul villages, Midnapore's Superintendent of Police Gurav Dutta told rediff.com that the developments weren't surprising.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/sep/19wb.htm   (968 words)

  
 Arms build-up in Midnapore worries West Bengal govt.
Spiralling violence and attacks by bands of armed men freely moving around the villages of West Bengal have compelled the worried state administration to take stock of the build up of licensed guns in the districts.
A review of Midnapore district’s Keshpur police station, possible the most disturbed area in West Bengal, revealed that there were around 800 licensed guns, a jump from 1990 when there were only 400 valid licensed weapons.
A connection between a spurt in the number of licensed guns and armed clashed seems to be emerging, altering the ways in which West Bengal has hitherto handled its political differences.
www.hvk.org /articles/0500/42.html   (153 words)

  
 Remote Sensing and GIS based ecotourism planning: A case study for western Midnapore, West Bengal, India
Ecotourism has attracted increasing attention in recent years, not only as an alternative to mass tourism, but also as a means of economic development and environmental conservation.
The Midnapore, district lies in north of the Kasai River and is an agricultural-trade centre on the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta to Amritsar.
The Western half of the study area is dominated by thick forest mainly of North Indian moist deciduous and North Eastern Tropical Dry deciduous forest consisting of dry peninsular sal.
www.gisdevelopment.net /application/miscellaneous/misc028.htm   (713 words)

  
 Buddha's dream goes bust, just 200 km from Kolkata- The Economic Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A visit to Belpahari, Banspahari, Bhulabheda and Kankrajhore in West Midnapore district was an eye-opener.
To those fortunate enough to sit back and watch news channels on TV or browse through newspapers every morning, starvation is generally a term associated with faraway places like Namibia and sub-Saharan Africa.
In West Midnapore, a mere 200 kilometres from the epicentre of the CPM’s much-hyped industrial Mecca of Kolkata, people are still dying out of starvation.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1480879.cms   (631 words)

  
 Landmine blasted in Midnapore; Bandh paralyses life - News - Webindia123.com
A landmine was exploded at Belpahari in West Midnapore today, while a red alert had been sounded in the border areas of West Bengal and Jharkhand following the CPI(Maoist)- sponsored 24-hour bandh in the three maoist-affected districts.
West Midnapore Superintendent of Police Ajoy Nanda said a directional landmine tied onto a tree on Kankrajhore-Chakadobar road blasted early this morning.
In West Midnapore, life in Jhargram, Salboni, Binpur, Belpahari and Lalgarh were paralysed.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=221599&cat=India   (313 words)

  
 FeralChildren.com | The Diary of the Wolf-Children of Midnapore (India)
Personnel of the Midnapore Orphanage: The Wolf-Child Kamala at the feet of Rev. and Mrs.
WE, on our missionary tours, went through the thickest portion of the jungle area of the Midnapore district and encroached upon the Morbhanj Raj territory in search of human habitations.
On one of these tours we came upon a village named Godamuri on the borderland between Midnapore and Morbhanj.
www.feralchildren.com /en/pager.php?df=singh   (952 words)

  
 Talk Calgary Real Estate - Midnapore SE Calgary
Midnapore lies south of Fish Creek Park, and on the east side of Macleod Trail.
Midnapore is attractive for its community-owned artificial lake.
The small Midnapore Mall provides most shopping amenities, and the west side of Macleod Trail provides a number of "category killer" big box stores to meet almost every need.
talkcalgary.com /neighbourhoods/Midnapore.htm   (318 words)

  
 FeralChildren.com | Kamala and Amala, the Wolf Girls of Midnapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
A useful journal article is Kamala of Midnapore and Arnold Gesell's Wolf Child and Human Child: Reconciling the Extraordinary and the Normal.
In that year, Reverend Joseph Singh, a missionary in charge of an orphanage in Northern India, heard of two ghostly spirit figures seen accompanying a band of wolves near Midnapore in the Bengal jungle.
Kamala of Midnapore and Arnold Gesell's Wolf Child and Human Child: Reconciling the Extraordinary and the Normal
www.feralchildren.com /en/showchild.php?ch=kamala   (1820 words)

  
 Temples  And Legends Of Bengal - Midnapore ( Page 4)
The official wrath at the Swadeshi movement in the Midnapore district was acute.
The famous Midnapore Bomb Case where Raja Narendra Lal Khan a very high dignitary of the Raj family of Narajole and Mr.K.B.Dutt a very prominent Barrister of Midnapore were involved by the Police for planting a bomb was proved to be a Police concoction ultimately in the British Courts.
The revolutionaries of Bengal counted a lot on the Midnapore district andMidnapore never failed in finding men and money in the bid for freedom either through violent means or through Non-co-operation Movement.
www.hindubooks.org /temples/bengal/midnapore/page4.htm   (226 words)

  
 The Hindu : Minister assaulted in Midnapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sushanta Ghosh, was today assaulted allegedly by Trinamool Congress workers even as police made 100 arrests in the past three days to control the situation in troubled Midnapore district.
Regretting the killings in recurrent clashes in parts of Midnapore, Bankura and Hooghly districts, the State Forward Bloc secretary, Mr.
Ashok Ghosh, said in Calcutta that ``an atmosphere of terror continues in the areas and the common people are becoming the victims''.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/07/20/stories/0220000l.htm   (302 words)

  
 NHRC team smells blood in Midnapore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The National Human Rights Commission officials, who visited Garbeta and other sensitive pockets of Midnapore on Thursday and Friday, are convinced that murders have taken place at Chhoto Anguria village under Garbeta police station.
After reaching Midnapore on Thursday afternoon, NHRC director general Y N Srivastav met the District Magistrate and the police superintendent.
He also talked at length to villagers, who were present in the village on the night of the carnage, to get a first hand idea of the incidents.
www.hvk.org /articles/0101/92.html   (264 words)

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