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Bhat⋅pa⋅ra

  [baht-pahr-uh]
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a city in SW West Bengal, in E India, N of Calcutta. 204,750.
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Bhat·pa·ra   (bät-pä'rə)   
A city of northeast India on the Hugli River north of Calcutta. Once a center of Sanskrit learning, it is now part of a vast industrial complex. Population: 441,000.
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Bhatpara

town, southeastern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just east of the Hooghly River. Connected by road and rail with Calcutta, it is a major jute-, cotton-, and paper-milling centre. Bhatpara is an ancient seat of Sanskrit learning, with several schools called tols. It was constituted a municipality in 1899, when it was separated from Naihati municipality. Pop. (1981) 265,419.

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