Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 18 kilometres (11 mi)...
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Farakka is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Farakka community development block...
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The Farakka Setu or Farakka Bridge is a four-lane bridge located 500 meters downstream of Farakka Barrage. The bridge is intended to reduce traffic congestion...
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Farrakka Barrage Township is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal...
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Farakka Port (Bengali: ফারাক্কা বন্দর)or Farakka Floating Terminal is one of the minor river ports in West Bengal. This river port is a small river port...
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The Farakka Long March occurred in May 1976, and was led by Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, demanding demolition of the Farakka Barrage constructed...
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Farakka is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state...
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of West Bengal. New Farakka Junction railway station lies south of the Farakka Barrage. The 2,240-metre-long (7,350 ft) Farakka Barrage carries a rail-cum-road...
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Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The plant is one of the coal-based...
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with Farakka Barrage. It is located in Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The canal is 38.3 km (26 miles) long. The Ganges water from the Farakka Dam is...
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The 13483 / 13484 Farakka Express (via Ayodhya Cantt) is an Express train belonging to Northeast Frontier Railway zone that runs between Balurghat and...
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Ganges water dispute (section Farakka Barrage)
Hooghly River. About 10 kilometres from the border with Bangladesh the Farakka Barrage, built in 1974, controls the flow of the Ganges, diverting some...
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The 13413 / 13414 Farakka Express (via Sultanpur) is an Express train of Indian Railways connecting Balurghat in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal...
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known as NH 80) is a National Highway in India. It runs from Arwal to Farakka. The highway links Bihar to West Bengal. The highway connects some major...
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Farakka Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. As per orders of the Delimitation...
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Gumani–New Farraka section of Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop New Farakka–Malda Town section of New Farakka–Barsoi line Ahmadpur–Katwa line Andal–Sainthia branch...
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Floods in Bihar (section Farakka Barrage)
Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts is 10 km wide. Upstream of the Farakka Barrage, the water level of the Ganges has risen about 8 meters. The river...
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as the Padma. A man-made canal, built in the 1960s and early-1970s at Farakka, connects the Ganges, flowing through Malda, to the Hooghly (also called...
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Ballia, Buxar, Simaria, Sultanganj, and Farakka. At Bhagalpur, the river begins to flow south-southeast and at Farakka, it begins its attrition with the branching...
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through Karandighi, Maharajahat Raiganj, Gazole, Malda, passes over the Farakka Barrage, Umarpur, Aurangabad, West Bengal Murshidabad, Baharampur, Beldanga...
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The Barsoi–New Farakka section is an Indian railway line connecting Barsoi with New Farakka junction on the Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line. This 126-kilometre...
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tributaries. Bhagirathi is a branch of the Ganges, and flows southwards from Farakka barrage where it originates from the Ganges. It flows southwards through...
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Kulpi, West Bengal, India Small sea Port (Minor Port) Active Kulpi Farakka Port Farakka, West Bengal, India Small River Port Active Farrakka Barrage Township...
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place near the India-Bangladesh border, close to the Farakka barrage.[citation needed] Bhashani's Farakka Long March was the first popular movement against...
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Jangipur subdivision (section Farakka Barrage)
N D Tarapur R Farakka Feeder Canal Padma River Ganges River Nabarun R Suti R Nimtita R Mahesail R Farakka R Farakka Super TPS F Farakka Barrage F Dhuliyan...
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from Howrah to Barauni via Bandel Junction, Katwa Junction, Azimganj, New Farakka Junction, Katihar, Mansi Junction, Khagaria & Begusarai in the period of...
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the Bangladeshi regimes, although issues such as border disputes and the Farakka Dam remained an irritant to bilateral ties. In 2011, the Government of...
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Darjeeling Mail (section Run via Farakka Barrage)
thus making the entire route a uni-gauge one. In the early 1965s, when Farakka Barrage was being constructed, a more radical change was made. Indian Railways...
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Express, Balurghat-Sealdah Express, Balurghat - Bathinda Farakka Express, Balurghat - Bathinda Farakka Express The 87.26-kilometre (54.22 mi) long Eklakhi–Balurghat...
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N D Tarapur R Farakka Feeder Canal Padma River Ganges River Nabarun R Suti R Nimtita R Mahesail R Farakka R Farakka Super TPS F Farakka Barrage F Dhuliyan...
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