what is the meaning of pargana in english
Santhal Pargana division


Santhal Pargana division constitutes one of the five district administration units known as the divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Santhal Pargana derives its name from two words: "Santhal", a major tribe of India and "Pargana", a Persian word meaning "district." The word Santhal means Tripura in Hindi. Santhal Pargana is one of the divisions or commissionaries of Jharkhand. Its headquarters is at Dumka. Presently, this administrative division comprises six districts: Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur.
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Sahebganj


Dr. Gabriel Boughten cured the daughter of Shah Shuja. By this means Dr. Boughten succeeded in securing an order (farman) from Shah Shuja giving the English the liberty to trade in Bengal. Thus the minutest foundation of the British rule was laid here. The fugitive Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud- Daula was captured at Rajmahal during his flight after the Battle of Plassey in 1757. The entire Santhal Pargana along with portions of the present Hazaribagh, Munger, Jamui, Lakhisarai, Begusarai, Saharsa, a part of Purnia and Bhagalpur
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Sarayan river


as a drainage line. It is navigable by small boats in only its lower reaches, but it is rarely used as a means of communication. The Sarayan is fed by several tributaries. After flowing through the Kheri district, Jamwari forms, for a short distance, the boundary for that district and the pargana of Hargaon of Sitapur district where it joins the Sarayan river near the village of Tahar/Tehar/Tihar. Pirai raises in Kasta in Kheri district and after crossing the north-eastern border of pargana Maholi has a
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Kolkata district


the lower Ganges Delta. The alluvial plain has an average elevation of 6.4 metres (17 feet) above mean sea level. A large part of the district comprises land reclaimed from wetland. The existing East Kolkata Wetlands has been designated a “wetland of international importance” by the Ramsar Convention. Kolkata district is bounded by the North 24 Parganas district on the north and on the east, South 24 Parganas district on the south and Howrah district, across the Hooghly, on the west. In terms of area, it is
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Jugdia


were produced in the surrounding areas. Then shifts that rendered the south-east delta an active area. Means basins of Ganges river in South 24 Parganas district. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, an ancestor of Munshi Hazi Desarat Molla and Munshi Chamcham Molla fled from Jugdia of Kasimbazar area in undivided Bengal under the Murshidabad region and settled in the basin of the Ganges river in South 24 Parganas district. They named the village Jugdia. They gradually spread education and Islamic culture in their own tradition. Earlier they were engaged
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History of Mymensingh


on 1 May 1787. It may be mentioned that Mymensingh is a corruption of Mominshahi and Mominingh, the name of the pargana in the area. The name could also have been synthesised from two parganas, Alapsingh and Momenshahi, both of which were included in the then Mymensingh District. It became the largest district in India. Nasirabad was established in 1791. Begunbari where the English had developed an early establishment was washed away by the Brahmaputra. Another town was established at Sehra. With the permanent settlement of Lord Cornwallis in 1793
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North 24 Parganas district


means of transport. a href="National%20Highway%2012%20%28India%29"NH 12 connects the district with northern and southern region of the state and its sub road NH 112 connect the district headquarter Barasat with the border town Bangaon and Petrapole, the largest land port of India. According to the 2011 census North 24 Parganas district has a population of 10,082,852, roughly equal to the nation of Bolivia or the US state of Michigan. This gave it a ranking of 2nd in India (out of a total of 640) and 1st in its state. However, in 2014
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Pargana


were themselves organised into "parganas" (roughly the equivalent of district subdivisions such as tehsil). In the Mughal system, "parganas" served as the local administrative units of a "sarkar". Individual parganas observed common customs regarding land rights and responsibilities, which were known as the "pargana dastur", and each pargana had its own customs regarding rent, fees, wages, and weights and measures, known as the "pargana nirikh". Pargana consisted of several tarafs, which in their turn consisted of several
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Falta, South 24 Parganas


Falta is a village under Falta police station of Falta CD Block in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Falta was an old human settlement of Pre-British India. When Siraj-ud-Daulah sacked Kolkata in 1756, the English residents moved to Falta temporarily. Falta is located at . It has an average elevation of . As per 2011 Census of India, Falta had a total population of 969. An Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was established by the government of
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North 24 Parganas district


, his political pre-eminence, material resources. His territories covered the greater part of what is now included in the greater Jessore, Khulna and Barisal districts. He established his capital at Dhumghat, a strategic position at the confluence of the Jamuna and Ichhamati before it was shifted to Ishwaripur. Maharaja Pratapaditya, soon became one of the 12 feudal lords of Bengal who not only declared their sovereignty from the Mughal Empire in the ruling of Jessore, Khulna, Barisal and Greater 24 Parganas, but also fought and resisted the Portuguese
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English contract law


most quoted passage in English courts on the canons of interpretation is found in Lord Hoffmann's judgment in "ICS Ltd v West Bromwich BS". Lord Hoffmann restated the law that a document's meaning is what it would mean (1) to a reasonable person (2) with knowledge of the context, or the whole matrix of fact (3) except prior negotiations (4) and meaning does not follow what the dictionary says but meaning understood from its context (5) and the meaning should not contradict common sense
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Gobardanga


Gobardanga is a city and a municipality in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Founded on 20 April 1870, it is one of the oldest municipalities of west Bengal. The word "Gobardanga" derives from Sanskrit. It consists of three words, go-bar-danga. "Go" means "world/earth", "bar" means "greatest" and "danga" refers to "place" which literally means, "the greatest place on earth".
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Old English metre


, but what does it all mean in the overall study of Old English poetry? As mentioned above, the fact that the structure of Old English poetry is so rigid and formulaic is an incredibly useful tool for extrapolating meaning from damaged or poorly transcribed manuscripts. For example, the first part of the “Finnsburg Fragment” is missing, but by using these basic metric ideas, at what some of the words of the last half-line can be guessed: oððe hwæþer ðǣra hyssa * * * * * or whether of
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...Baby One More Time (song)


mean physically hit me. [...] It means just give me a sign, basically. I think it's kind of funny that people would actually think that's what it meant." Music journalist John Seabrook has said "Everybody thought it was some sort of weird allusion to domestic violence or something. But what it really was the Swedes using English incorrectly. What they really wanted to say was, “hit me up on the phone one more time” or something. But at that point, Max’s English
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Pargana


villages plus some uninhabited mountain and forest land. As the British expanded into former Mughal provinces, starting with Bengal, they at first retained the "pargana" administration, but, under the Governorship of Charles Cornwallis, enacted the Permanent Settlement of 1793, which abolished the "pargana" system in favour of the "zamindari" system, in which "zamindars" were made the absolute owners of rural lands, and abolished the "pargana dastur" and "pargana nirikh". British administration consisted of districts, which were divided
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Nekari


The Nekari are a Muslim community found in north east India. The community is traditionally associated with selling fish. According to their traditions, the community gets its name from the word Urdu work nek, which means honest, and kar meaning living, so the Nekari literally means those who make an honest living, There is some evidence to suggest that the community are converts from the Hindu Jele caste. The Nekari are found mainly in the district of 24 Parganas, in particular along the banks of the rivers Ischamati and Raimangal.
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Baghat


,2 nd Bhoch, in the pargana of Bhocháli. It was shifted in 1875 to Solan, which had a station on the Kálka–Simla railway. The name "Baghat" is commonly said to be derived from "bau" or "bhau", said to be a hill-tribe word meaning many, and "ghát", the word for a pass. Another theory suggests that it is instead a corruption of "bára ghát", meaning twelve "ghát"s. This is owed to the large number of
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24 Parganas


24 Parganas district ("cabbiś pargaṇā jēlā") is a former district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was split into two districts — North 24 Parganas district and South 24 Parganas district, with effect from 1 March 1986. The name is derived from the number of parganas or divisions contained in the Zamindari of Calcutta which was ceded to the East India Company by Mir Jafar in 1757. Not much is known about the districts history before the fifteenth century. References to this portion of the Gangetic delta in
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North 24 Parganas district


North 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs)(abv. 24 PGS (N)) or sometimes North Twenty Four Parganas is a district in southern West Bengal, of eastern India. North 24 Parganas extends in the tropical zone from latitude 22º11'6" north to 23º15'2" north and from longitude 88º20' east to 89º5' east. It is bordered to Nadia by north, to Bangladesh (Khulna Division) by north and east, to South 24 Parganas and Kolkata by south and to Kolkata, Howrah and Hoogly by west. Barasat is the
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North 24 Parganas district


March two districts – North 24 Parganas (24 PGS N) and South 24 Parganas (24 PGS S) were created. The North 24 Parganas which was included to the Presidency Division has been formed with 5 sub-divisions of the Greater 24 Parganas namely Barasat (Headquarters), Barrackpore, Basirhat, Bangaon and Bidhannagar (a satellite township of Kolkata, popularly known as Salt Lake). The district lies within the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. The river Ganges flows along the western border of the district. There are many
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Italian Hand Gestures


upward. Arm is about a foot distance away from the body. Hands can move up and down at the wrist or be held. English meaning: What do you mean? Put your palms devoutly and press them in front of the chest. English meaning: Would you please do me a favor? Bunch ten fingers together and lift them to the same height as mouth. Then use hand to touch the lips. English meaning: Excellent. The thumb and index finger form a circle, with the other three fingers extended
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England


of Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of the English People". The term was then used in a different sense to the modern one, meaning "the land inhabited by the English", and it included English people in what is now south-east Scotland but was then part of the English kingdom of Northumbria. The "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" recorded that the Domesday Book of 1086 covered the whole of England, meaning the English kingdom, but a few years later the "Chronicle" stated that King Malcolm III went
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Solan


from "Bau" or "Bahu", meaning "many", and "Ghat" meaning "pass". Initially the state headquarters of the Baghat State was located at Bhoch in the Bhuchali pargana, but the headquarters of the state was shifted to Solan after the construction of cantonment over here. The railway was set up in 1902. The evolution of Solan city can be understood in the following order or sequence :- Solan can be called a British town as primarily a cantonment was built here in the late 19th
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Comparison of American and British English


BrE "I'm quite hungry" can mean "I'm somewhat hungry". This divergence of use can lead to misunderstanding. Most speakers of American English are aware of some uniquely British terms, It is generally very easy to guess what some words, such as "driving licence", mean. However, use of many other British words such as "naff" (slang but commonly used to mean "not very good") are unheard of in American English. Speakers of BrE are likely to understand most common
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List of English-language idioms of the 19th century


This is a list of idioms that were recognizable to literate people in the late-19th century, and have become unfamiliar since. As the article list of idioms in the English language notes, a list of idioms can be useful, since the meaning of an idiom cannot be deduced by knowing the meaning of its constituent words. See that article for a fuller discussion of what an idiom is, and what it is not. In addition, the often-obscure references or shared values that lie behind an idiom will themselves lose
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Pargana


A pargana (, , , ), or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent, used primarily, but not exclusively, by the Muslim kingdoms. "Parganas" were introduced by the Delhi Sultanate, and the word is of Persian origin. As a revenue unit, a pargana consists of several "mouzas", which are the smallest revenue units, consisting of one or more villages and the surrounding countryside.
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What Does Anything Mean? Basically


What Does Anything Mean? Basically is the second studio album by English post-punk band the Chameleons. It was recorded in January 1985 and released 1 October 1985 by record label Statik. One single was released from the album: "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)". "What Does Anything Mean? Basically" was recorded in January 1985 at Highland Studios in Inverness, Scotland. The album's sole single, "Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)", was released on
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Nawabganj, North 24 Parganas


Nawab" which means King. It is believed that in early days, the Nawabs built their residence in this area because of its scenic beauty and easily accessible trade route through the Hooghly river. The literal meaning of the name is "King’s village". Though there is no clear evidence that gives an idea about the time when this town was first established but there is no doubt that this area is one of the oldest part among the surrounding neighborhoods. Lots of early 18th centuries buildings are still be found across this
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North 24 Parganas district


In 1802, some parganas on the western banks of river Hoogly were included into it. These parganas were in Nadia earlier. In 1814, a separate collectorate was established in Twenty-four Parganas. In 1817, Falta and Baranagar and in 1820, some portions of Nadia’s Balanda and Anwarpur were encompassed to it. In 1824, portions of Barasat, Khulna and Bakhargunge (now in Bangladesh) were also included to it. In 1824, the district headquarters was shifted from Kolkata to Baruipur, but in 1828, it
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Hilary Putnam


filled with HO. Consequently, when an earthling, Fredrick, uses the Earth-English word "water", it has a different meaning from the Twin Earth-English word "water" when used by his physically identical twin, Frodrick, on Twin Earth. Since Fredrick and Frodrick are physically indistinguishable when they utter their respective words, and since their words have different meanings, meaning cannot be determined solely by what is in their heads. This led Putnam to adopt a version of semantic externalism with regard to meaning
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Latin syntax


confusion, since the "quīn" clause, though positive in Latin, is translated in English with a negative: In the following context, the words after " express not what actually happened but what very nearly happened: The pronoun " 'who' or 'which', when followed by a subjunctive, can mean 'a person such as' (generic): It can also mean 'in order to' (purpose): Another meaning is 'in view of the fact that' (giving an explanation)
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Pontyates


heritage trail. According to the BBC Wales programme 'What's in a name'. 'Pontyates' is said to have been named after an English family, Yates. 'Pont' translates as 'bridge' in English and the Welsh word 'Y' means 'of'. This would mean the literal translation of Pontyates is Bridge-of-Yates. However, due to the name's similarity to the local word 'iet' meaning 'gate' the village is more commonly referred to as 'Pontiets'
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Baniachong Upazila


and Comilla. In accordance with the Pargana system introduced by Murshid Quli Khan in 1722, Anwar Khan claimed tenure of 28 Parganas of Muazzamabad, but his claim was rejected after an investigation by the revenue office, as these Parganas belong to the posterity of Shah Muazzam Uddin Qureshi, who assumed the name of Muazzam Khan when he ascended the throne of Muazzamabad. Hence, these 28 Parganas: Banshikunda (Vamshikunda), Ranadigha, Shelvarsh, Sukhaid, Bétaal, Palash, Laxmanshree, Chamtala, Pagla (Paragala), Dohaliya,
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Basirhat subdivision


Basirhat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1757, the East India Company obtained the "zamindari" or land-holders rights of the 24 Parganas Zamindari from Mir Jafar, the new Nawab of Bengal. Full proprietary status was handed over to Robert Clive in 1759 by a "sanad" or deed granting him the 24 Parganas as a "jagir". After Clive's death in 1774, full proprietary rights of the 24 Parganas zamindari reverted to the East
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Barrackpore subdivision


Barrrackpore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1757, the East India Company obtained the "zamindari" or land-holders rights of the 24 Parganas Zamindari from Mir Jafar, the new Nawab of Bengal. Full proprietary status was handed over to Robert Clive in 1759 by a "sanad" or deed granting him the 24 Parganas as a "jagir". After Clive's death in 1774, full proprietary rights of the 24 Parganas zamindari reverted to the East
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Sikdar


in the Pargana. In Sher Shah's administrative unit, the pargana consisting of villages, the Shiqdar had to perform police duties also. Under the Mughal administration Emperor Akbar subdivided Sarkars or districts into several parganas or mahals and each pargana had five principal officers. Among them Shiqdar (or Chaukidar) was the executive head and magistrate, responsible for law and order and criminal justice, working under the district faujdar. He was to help the Amin (the district revenue officer or Amalguzar) in realising revenue with force if necessary.
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North 24 Parganas district


district headquarters of North 24 Parganas. North 24 Parganas is West Bengal's most populous district and also the most populated district in the whole of India. It is the tenth-largest district in the State by area. According to Ptolemy's Treatise on geography, written in the 2nd Century A.D., the ancient land of Gangaridi was stretched between the rivers Bhagirathi-Hoogly (lower Ganges) and Padma-Meghna. The modern-day 24 Parganas was the southern and the south-eastern territory of that legendary kingdom. Archaeological
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North 24 Parganas district


Shahpur, Shahnagar, Satal, New Barrackpore [Aharampur] and Uttar Pargana. Since then, this entire territory is known as Twentyfour Parganas. In 1751, the Company assigned John Zephaniah Holwell as zemindar of the District. In 1759, after the Bengali War of 1756-57, the Company assigned it to Lord Clive as a personal Jaghir (zamindari) and after his death it again came under the direct authority of the Company. In 1793, during the rule of Lord Cornwallis, entire Sunderbans were in Twentyfour Parganas.
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Comparison (grammar)


"less" and "least" (from "little/few") in English, and "meilleur" (from "bon") and "mieux" (from the adverb "bien") in French. Most if not all languages have some means of forming the comparative, although these means can vary significantly from one language to the next. Comparatives are often used with a conjunction or other grammatical means to indicate with what the comparison is being made, as with "than" in English, "als
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Craic


reborrowed into English. Under either spelling, the term has great cultural currency and significance in Ireland. The word "crack" is derived from the Middle English "crak", meaning "loud conversation, bragging talk". A sense of "crack" found in Northern England and Scotland meaning "conversation" or "news" produces expressions such as "What's the crack?", meaning "how are you?" or "have you any news?" The context involving "news" and "gossip"
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Textualism


not what this man meant, but what those words would mean in the mouth of a normal speaker of English, using them in the circumstances in which they were used ... We do not inquire what the legislature meant; we ask only what the statutes mean." Strict constructionism is often misused by laypersons and critics as a synonym for textualism. Nevertheless, although a textualist could be a strict constructionist, these are distinctive views. To illustrate this, it may be quoted Justice Scalia, who warns that "[t]extualism should
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Godda


. The district of Godda was created on 17 th May,1983 out of old Santhal Pargana district which was upgraded to the level of division. Present Santhal Pargana division comprises 5 districts, viz. Godda, Dumka, Deoghar, Sahebganj and Pakur. Godda(M), the only one town of the district, is the headquarters of Godda district and Godda subdivision. Godda was a part of undivided Santhal Pargana district until 1981 census. Later, the old Godda sub-division of Santhal Pargana was separated and formed as a new district.
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Bijoynagar Upazila


Pargana after his name. After the struggle he ( Daud Khan) settled here as administrative lord.This pargana was annexed with the pargana Jalalpur(Mymensing).The British came into Bengal as Dewan (Revenue collector) in 1765 C.E. They created many districts for their administrative purposes.Again they established Tripura as District in 1790.Daudpur Pargana was also a part of mymensing.In 1860, the government established Brahmanbaria as sub- division . Daudpur,Sarail,Bejura and Haripur were separated from Mymensing and submitted to Brahmanbaria.Ershed government promoted Brahmanbaria as Zilla in 1984
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Bidhannagar subdivision


Bidhannagar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. North 24 Parganas district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Given below is an overview of the religion-wise break-up of the population across the subdivisions of North 24 Parganas district, as per 2011 census: North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a minority concentrated district by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. A baseline survey on religious minority population
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Barasat Sadar subdivision


Barasat Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. In 1757, the East India Company obtained the "zamindari" or land-holders rights of the 24 Parganas Zamindari from Mir Jafar, the new Nawab of Bengal. Full proprietary status was handed over to Robert Clive in 1759 by a "sanad" or deed granting him the 24 Parganas as a "jagir". After Clive's death in 1774, full proprietary rights of the 24 Parganas zamindari reverted to the
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Land in English law


The meaning of land in English law encompasses a number of things, beyond the earth itself, such as fixtures, and easements. Its definition is practically important in English land law, because when a purchase of property in land is made, without specifying what exactly will be transferred, the law must give an answer as to what should accompany the transfer. Property in land, under the English system of rules, is said to be "four dimensional". It covers not just area (two dimensions), but also
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Ferdinand Foch


never doubt." English Translation: " Accepting the idea of a defeat, is being defeated..." English Translation: "The reality of the battlefield is that there you don't study: you simply do what you can in order to apply what you know" English translation: "Aeroplanes are interesting scientific toys, but they are of no military value."(1911) English Translation: "Work must be done, always work to keep up, because means evolve and accordingly solutions change daily. Conducting the next war with
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St. Xavier’s School, Sahibganj


St. Xavier’s School, Sahibganj, Jharkhand, India, was founded by the Maltese Jesuits in 1957 with English as the medium of instruction. It is coeducational, primary through higher secondary, and prepares students for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education. Members of the Society of Jesus from the island of Malta had in 1930 opened schools with Hindi as the teaching language at Guhiajori and Tinpahar in the Santhal Pargana district of Bihar state. They then determined to open a school in Sahebganj, Jharkhand, with English as the medium of
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Henry Pitts Forster


Henry Pitts Forster (1766?–1815) was an orientalist. He entered the Bengal service of the East India Company 7 August 1783, became collector of Tipperah in 1793, and registrar of Diwani Adalat of the 24 Parganas in 1794. To Forster belongs the credit of publishing the first English work of lexicography for the Bengali language. The first part of this book, the ‘English and Bengalee [sic.] Vocabulary,’ appeared at Calcutta in 1799. It is evident, from the lengthy preface to this work, that it
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Central Modern School


This is a school of ICSE board.There are about 40 to 50 teachers.Four of them are male teachers and others are female teachers . There is a physical training a teacher. The Central Modern School (TCMS) is a co-ed English Medium school under the ISCE and the ISC board in Barasat, West Bengal, India. The school educates children from kindergarten to class 12. It was established in 1920 and is the oldest English-medium schools in North-24 Parganas. This school is one of the main
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, South 24 Parganas


Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, South 24 Parganas or locally called as JNV Jibantala is a boarding, co-educational school in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in India. Navodaya Vidyalayas are funded by the Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development and administered by Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti, an autonomous body under the ministry. The school was founded in 2009, and is a part of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools. This school is administered and monitored by Patna regional office of Navodaya Vidyalaya Smiti. JNV South 24 Parganas is affiliated to Central Board of
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North 24 Parganas district


the Thane district (in Maharashtra), which had been ranked 1st in India in 2011, was divided into two, thus promoting North 24 Parganas District to 1st in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 12.86%. North Twenty Four Parganas has a sex ratio of 949 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 84.95%. In 1984 North 24 Parganas district became home to Sundarbans National Park, which has an area of . It
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Franglais


and plural) meaning 'a lapel pin'; or word order, e.g. meaning 'a walkie-talkie' (hand-held, two-way radio). For those who do not speak English, such words may be believed to exist as such in English. However, in Canada, where both English and French are spoken, expressions such as and are not used.) Some examples of Franglais are in fact imagined or examples of words being adopted from one language into another in the opposite direction of what
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Paul Ziff


was thinking about the reasons why a work of art is either good or bad, and so he was interested in determining what the phrase 'good painting' means. From there, he went on to determine what the word 'good' means in English: viz., "answering to certain interests". And then all the way to "an informal introduction to and sketch of a rigorous semantic theory" that would be adequate for "determining a method and a means of evaluating and choosing between competing analyses of words
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Semantic primes


word can be added as a shorthand substitute for a 'text' in the natural semantic metalanguage, a 'text' that can convey what English speakers mean by "lie", by "what a person does when he says something not true because he wants someone to think it true". Any English word can be described (defined) with a text using a primitive lexicon of about 60 words (concepts) in the English natural semantic metalanguage. Likewise can any complex semantic sentence in English be paraphrased reductively to the
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Christianese


e. g. English); however, without an understanding of the passage of Bible, issue of theology or (sometimes) specific doctrine at the forefront of the mind of the speaker, the listener has no context to understand what is being said. For example, a phrase like, "Washed in the blood" in Christianese means "My sins are forgiven because I believe in the terms of salvation as defined by Jesus." However, without an understanding of Jesus, what he did, or what his actions mean in
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North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district


North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a minority concentrated district by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. 11 districts in West Bengal has been identified as minority concentrated districts, all in Muslim minority category: Murshidabad, Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Birbhum, Nadia, Bardhaman, Howrah, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Cooch Behar.After these districts were identified Bardhaman district has been bifurcated into Purba Bardhaman district and Paschim Bardhaman district. Given below
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English-language idioms


An idiom is a common word or phrase with a culturally understood meaning that differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; "i.e." the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words. By another definition, an idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements. For example, an English speaker would understand the phrase ""kick the bucket"" to
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Instrumental case


"hwæt" (now "what") in the Old English instrumental casea grammatical feature rare even in Old English. The modern instrumental case (as present in "why") does not bear the meaning of instrument, but of purpose, cause, or reason: rather, the closely related form "how" is used to express instrument, way, or means. The instrumental case in Classical Sanskrit can have several meanings: In Standard Assamese (এ)ৰে "(e)re" indicates the instrumental case. (এ)দি "
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Originalism


argued that interpreting what was meant by someone who wrote a law was not trying to "get into his mind" because the issue was "not what this man meant, but what those words would mean in the mouth of a normal speaker of English, using them in the circumstances in which they were used." This is the essential precept of modern originalism. The most robust and widely cited form of originalism, "original meaning", emphasizes how the text would have been understood by a reasonable person in the historical
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Philosophy of language


it is that distinguishes one particular language from another. What is it that makes "English" English? What's the difference between Spanish and French? Chomsky has indicated that the search for what it means to be a language must begin with the study of the internal language of persons, or I-languages, which are based upon certain rules (or principles and parameters) which generate grammars. This view is supported in part by the conviction that there is no clear, general, and principled difference between one language and
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Incest


the Balinese and some Inuit tribes, have different views about what constitutes illegal or immoral incest. However, sexual relations with a first-degree relative (meaning a parent or sibling) are almost universally forbidden. The English word "incest" is derived from the Latin "incestus", which has a general meaning of "impure, unchaste". It was introduced into Middle English, both in the generic Latin sense (preserved throughout the Middle English period) and in the narrow modern sense. The derived adjective "incestuous
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Sahebganj


, districts was termed as "Jungle Terai" by the English on assumption of Diwani in Sept. 1763 from Shah Alam II at Allahabad after the Allahabad Treaty. The victory at Plassey made British master of the then Bengal which contained the present Sahibganj District. In Santhal Pargana, they were up against a band of simple but determined opponents, the Paharias. Paharias were lovers of freedom and could not tolerate any intruder in their homeland. The English were very much concerned and Warren Hastings the Governor General of India organized a special corps
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Dunglish


idiom meaning roughly "I can stand up for myself"). The former leader of the Dutch Liberal Party, Frits Bolkestein, repeatedly referred to economic prospects as "golden showers", unaware of the term's sexual connotation. Errors often occur because of the false friend or false cognate possibility: words are incorrectly translated for understandable reasons. Examples are: Some Dutch speakers may use Dutch syntax inappropriately when using English, creating errors such as "What mean you?" instead of "What do you mean?" This
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Gobindram Mitter


Gobindram Mitter (also spelt Govindram Mitra, Gobindaram Mitra, Gobinda Ram Mitra, Gobindro Ram Mitro) was one of the earliest Indian officials under the British rule and earned a reputation for his wealth and extravagance. He was born in Chanak village near Barrackpur, now in North 24 Parganas district. When the English bought the three villages of Kalikata, Sutanuti and Gobindapur from the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family in 1698 and established their zemindary (estate) or presidency in Kolkata, they appointed an Indian deputy collector to assist the English collector
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Interpreting contracts in English law


Interpreting contracts in English law is an area of English contract law, which concerns how the courts decide what an agreement means. It is settled law that the process is based on the objective view of a reasonable person, given the context in which the contracting parties made their agreement. This approach marks a break with previous a more rigid modes of interpretation before the 1970s, where courts paid closer attention to the formal expression of the parties' intentions and took more of a literal view of what they had said. The process
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Wiccan Rede


The Wiccan Rede is a statement that provides the key moral system in the neopagan religion of Wicca and certain other related witchcraft-based faiths. A common form of the Rede is "An’ ye harm none, do what ye will". The word "rede" derives from Middle English, meaning "advice" or "counsel", and being closely related to the German or Scandinavian . "An'" is an archaic Middle English conjunction, meaning "if." "Ye" is an archaic or dialectal
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Adjective


)" (Spanish). As for "confusion" with verbs, rather than an adjective meaning "big", a language might have a verb that means "to be big", and could then use an attributive verb construction analogous to "big-being house" to express what English expresses as "big house". Such an analysis is possible for the grammar of Standard Chinese, for example. Different languages do not always use adjectives in exactly the same situations. For example, where English uses "to
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Technical translation


communication has negatively affected native Spanish speakers in the United States. Lacking both in quality and quantity, user manuals for various electronic devices exemplified sub-par translations into Spanish, demonstrating the limited accessibility of certain technical documents to speakers of languages other than English, perhaps partly as a result of English as the lingua franca. Finally, when discussing English as a lingua franca it is noteworthy to mention what some researchers call "untranslatable" words and what that means for technical translation. Such words or phrases are composed of concepts that
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Jurisprudence


acts should be subject to legal sanctions, and what sorts of punishment should be permitted. The English word is derived from the Latin, "iurisprudentia". "Juris" is the genitive form of "jus" meaning law, and "prudentia" means prudence (also: discretion, foresight, forethought, circumspection. It refers to the exercise of good judgment, common sense, and caution, especially in the conduct of practical matters. The word first appeared in written English in 1628, at a time when the word
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Criticism


how cultural productions relate to other cultural productions, and what their place is within a particular genre, or a particular cultural tradition. This section is about the origin and evolution of the meanings of the expression "criticism". The early English meaning of criticism was primarily literary criticism, that of judging and interpreting literature. Samuel Johnson is often held as the prime example of criticism in the English language, and his contemporary Alexander Pope's "Essay on Criticism" is a significant landmark. In the course of the 17th century
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Deoghar district


Deoghar district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Deoghar town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is known for the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga shrine. This district is part of Santhal Pargana division. Deoghar is a Hindi word and the literal meaning of ‘Deoghar’ is abode (‘ghar’) of the Gods and Goddesses (‘dev’). Deoghar is also known as “Baidyanath Dham”, “Baba Dham”, “B. Deoghar”. The district
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South 24 Parganas


South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs) (abv. 24 PGS (S)) or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas is a district in the Indian State of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal state by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side is the urban fringe of Kolkata and on the other, the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans. Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and
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Pargana


Subdivisions of parganas were called Mouzas (area, settlements). Under the reign of Sher Shah Suri, administration of parganas was strengthened by the addition of other officers, including a shiqdar (police chief), an amin or munsif (an arbitrator who assessed and collected revenue) and a karkun (record keeper). In the 16th century the Mughal emperor Akbar organised the empire into "subahs" (roughly equivalent of state or province), which were further subdivided into sarkars (roughly the equivalent of districts), which
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Undivided Kamrup district


envisaged as two separate districts among 3 others: the six "parganas" largely co-terminus with present-day Barpeta and Nagarberra; and the twenty "parganas" in the north and six "duars" in the south. Each district were to be administered by a Principal Assistant, deputed by a Junior Assistant. But due to a paucity of funds, the six pargana region had only a Junior Assistant, and by 1836, the Kamrup district acquired its "undivided" form and name. After the independence of India
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Nawabganj, Bareilly


Nawabganj ( ) (also spelled as Nawabgunj and Nawabgunge in British Raj) is a Nagar palika and an administrative subdivision (or tehsil or pargana) of Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. A Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), also called Sub Divisional Officer (SDO), or pargana-adhikari (literally pargana-officer) is the head official. Under the three-tier Panchayat Raj Institution (PRI) system, Nawabganj comes under Bareilly Zila (district) Panchayat (ZP) and is a headquarters
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English clause syntax


"will": see the article Shall and Will for a discussion of the two auxiliary verbs used to form the simple future in English. "Will" and "would" can be used with a different meaning to futurity or conditionality: The "will" construction can be used to indicate what the speaker views as facts about the future: It can also indicate a combination of futurity and intentional or volitional modality: It can also indicate predictive modality — what the speaker intends as predictions about the future: The "will
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Pronoun


non-personal interrogative pronouns ("which" and "what") have only one form. In English and many other languages (e.g. French and Czech), the sets of relative and interrogative pronouns are nearly identical. Compare English: "Who is that?" (interrogative) and "I know the woman who came" (relative). In some other languages, interrogative pronouns and indefinite pronouns are frequently identical; for example, Standard Chinese means "what?" as well as "something" or "
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Harry Schwarz


. Schwarz described how he was "lucky" as eventually he was able to sleep in a bathroom in a rusty bath. He spoke no Afrikaans or English at first and had strong memories of being taunted on the schoolyard for being different. Schwarz stated in an interview in 1991 that "I know what the word discrimination means, not because I've read it in a book, but because I've been the subject of it. And I know what it means to be hungry." The discrimination and financial difficulties of
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Dumfries


to a third theory, the name is a corruption of two Old English or Old Norse words which mean "the Friars’ Hill"; those who favour this idea allege the formation of a religious house near the head of what is now the Friars’ Vennel. If the name were English or Norse, however, the expected form would have the elements in reversed orientation (compare Clarendon). A Celtic derivation is therefore preferred. Moreover, the Brittonic element "drum", meaning "ridge", and the Gaelic
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Idilpur Union


Idilpur () is a union of Gosairhat Upazila under Shariatpur District in the Dhaka Division, southern-central Bangladesh beside the Jayanti River. In the past Idilpur or "Idalpur" or "Edilpur" pargana was the largest zamindari of Faridpur District and before that it was one of the 5 important parganas of Bakarganj during British Raj. In Bengal and Indian history Idilpur is famous for copper plate named Edilpur Copperplate of Kesava Sena found in the Adilpur or Edilpur pargana in 1838 AD and to have been acquired by the Asiatic Society of
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Gaibandha District


family, the Baharbondo pargana was under landlord Manindro Nandi, ruled by Krishnanath's wife Maharani Swarnamoyee of Kasim Bazar and the Muktipur pargana was under control of landlord Lahiri family of Thanshinghopur. There was a collision between the landlords regarding the establishment of the mahakuma. At last by the initiatives of government officials, the administrative building and the court were established in Baharbondo pargana which was donated by queen Swarnamoyee. When the Bhabaniganj mouza was beginning to destroy by river erosion, the name of this mahakuma was changed from Bhabanigonj to Gaibandha.
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Jalalabad, Muzaffarnagar


district of Meerut came into being in 1818 and included the southern division of the Saharanpur district and the Aligarh parganas of Dankaur Kasna Adha, Tilbegampur, Sikandarabad, Baran, Malagarh, Agauta and Ahar-Malakpur. This position remained unaltered till 1824, when the Aligarh Parganas with Thana Farida and Dadri, were transferred to the new district of Bulandshahar and the parganas of Khatauli, Soron, Lalukheri, Jansath, Shamli, Baghpat and Jauli to the new district of Muzaffarnagar. The tehsils of the district in 1823 were Meerut, Pariksjitgarh
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Santhal Pargana division


Formerly, Santhal Parganas comprised a district of the same name, in undivided Bihar state, India. Earlier to that, in 1855, during British India, Santhal Parganas was created as a district, and was a part of the Bengal Presidency. This region is mentioned as Kajangala in different ancient literatures specially in Buddhist literatures. It is mentioned that the Chinese monk-traveller Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) travelled from Champa (recent Bhagalpur) to Kajangala and then proceeded to Pundravardhana(recent Bangladesh) in the 7th century AD. He says
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Rajgarh district


, Sosner (Sunner) Sajapur, Kayath and Navgam (Tarana)1. In 1908, Rajgarh State was divided into seven Parganas, namely Newalganj, Biaora, Kalipith, Karanwas, Kotra, Seogarh and Talen. Narsinghgarh State was divided into four Parganas, namely Huzur (Narsinghgarh), Pachor, Khujner and Chhapera. The Parganas were placed in the charge of a Tahsildar each for revenue matters and magisterial work. 2 Khilchipur State was divided into three Paraganas. Sarangpur was as now, the tehsil headquarters of Dewas (Senior) and
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Amir Khan (Nawab of Tonk)


to have controlled a personal following of 8,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry and up to 200 guns. The largest contingent amongst the Maratha chiefs, by far. After the defeat of the Rohillas in the Rohilla War of 1774–5 against the British, he fought against them. He had acquired the town and "pargana" of Tonk and the title of "Nawab" from Yashwantrao Holkar in 1806, and this area together with some other scattered "parganas" that he held, was combined with the pargana of Rampura (Aligarh) and
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Hong Kong English


bilingual. English is what distinguished most and those who spoke English or were taught English were considered the elite, meaning those able to be taught English were considered upperclassmen. Since the Handover, English in Hong Kong remains primarily a second language, in contrast to Singapore where English has been shifting toward being a first language. The falling English proficiency of local English language teachers has come under criticism. The proportion of the Hong Kong population who report using English (that is, all forms) as their "usual spoken language"
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Anglicisation


are a sensitive subject. Following centuries of English rule in Ireland, Douglas Hyde delivered an argument for de-anglicisation before the Irish National Literary Society in Dublin, 25 November 1892: "When we speak of 'The Necessity for De-Anglicising the Irish Nation', we mean it, not as a protest against imitating what is best in the English people, for that would be absurd, but rather to show the folly of neglecting what is Irish, and hastening to adopt, pell-mell, and, indiscriminately
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Panihati


Panihati is a city and a municipality of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). There is a legendary belief that Maharaja Chandraketu of Deganga established a "garh" (fort) at Panihati in the 13th century. There is an association of goddess Bhawani with the fort. In the early days when river transport was the primary means of communication, Panihati was a major trading and business centre, then known as Pannyahati
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Wang Chi-chen


he remembered Professor Wang's "frequent exasperated outbursts,'You mean you don't even know "that" character?" or 'What kind of English is that!'" Watson continued that the hours spent with him that year "left me with the conviction that in translating such texts, it is not enough merely to bring across the meaning of the Chinese; one must do so in a manner that reads like natural idiomatic English. This conviction has remained with me through the years and informed all my work as a translator of
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Continuous and progressive aspects


and the present progressive can have distinct meanings in Italian. Both can be used for present-time actions in progress: "parlo con Mario" and "sto parlando con Mario" can both mean 'I'm speaking with Mario (this moment, right now)', but only the bare present can be used to express ongoing state, as in "parlo inglese" 'I speak English', i.e. to convey the information 'I am able to speak English' (regardless of what I am doing at the
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South 24 Parganas


) candidates. According to the 2011 census of India, South 24 Parganas district had a total population of 8,153,176, roughly equal to the nation of Honduras or the US state of Virginia. This made in the 6th most populous district in India out of a total of 640. The district had a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 18.05%. South 24 Parganas had a sex ratio of 949 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 78.57%. The following
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Civic administration of Kolkata


), the Kolkata Police, the Collector / District Magistrate (DM) of South 24 Parganas District, and the Superintendent of Police (SP) of South 24 Parganas District. The Kolkata Collector collects land revenues within Kolkata district, a part of the area within which the KMC functions; In those KMC wards that are outside Kolkata district, revenue collection is performed by the Collector/DM of South 24 Parganas District. In 2011, Kolkata Police underwent restructuring, and as of 2012, the Kolkata Police area and Kolkata Municipal
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Raja Sitaram Ray


Pabna in the north to Bhairab in the south and from Mahmudshahi pargana in the west to Telihati pargana in the east. The southern portion extended from Bhairab in the north to Bay of Bengal in the south, and from river Pashar in the west to Barisal in the east. The kingdom consisted of 44 parganas and its annual revenue amount to more than ten million. When Azim-us-Shan became the subahdar of Bengal, he made his close relative Mir Abu Torap the faujdar of Bhusna. Although his primary duty was
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Budge Budge I


Census of India, Hindus numbered 5,155,545 and formed 63.17% of the population in South 24 Parganas district. Muslims numbered 2,903,075 and formed 35.57% of the population. In West Bengal Hindus numbered 64,385,546 and formed 70.53% of the population. Muslims numbered 24,654,825 and formed 27.01% of the population. According to the South 24 Parganas district Human Development Report, it is an overwhelmingly rural district with 85% of the population living in rural areas. Although South 24 Parganas is a predominantly rural district, there is a strong industrial presence
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Thakurpukur Maheshtala


numbered 9,954. In the 2011 Census of India, Hindus numbered 5,155,545 and formed 63.17% of the population in South 24 Parganas district. Muslims numbered 2,903,075 and formed 35.57% of the population. In West Bengal Hindus numbered 64,385,546 and formed 70.53% of the population. Muslims numbered 24,654,825 and formed 27.01% of the population. According to the South 24 Parganas district Human Development Report, it is an overwhelmingly rural district with 85% of the population living in rural areas. Although South 24 Parganas is a predominantly rural district,
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Basirhat subdivision


24 Parganas district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Given below is an overview of the religion-wise break-up of the population across the subdivisions of North 24 Parganas district, as per 2011 census: North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a minority concentrated district by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. A baseline survey on religious minority population has been carried out under the aegis of Indian Council of Social Science Research and funded by the Ministry of Minority
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Bangaon subdivision


. It contains soil of mature black or brownish loam to recent alluvium. The Ichhamati flows through the eastern part of the district. North 24 Parganas district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Given below is an overview of the religion-wise break-up of the population across the subdivisions of North 24 Parganas district, as per 2011 census: North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a minority concentrated district by the Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. A baseline
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Barasat Sadar subdivision


flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. The sturdy peasants raise crops of rice, jute and sugarcane from the alluvial soil. There are clumps of palm and fruit trees in which village homesteads nestle. North 24 Parganas district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Given below is an overview of the religion-wise break-up of the population across the subdivisions of North 24 Parganas district, as per 2011 census: North 24 Parganas district with 24.22% Muslims (in 2001) has been identified as a
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Amsin


Amsin also known as Amsin Bazar is a pargana and gram panchayat in Goshainganj constituency of Faizabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Amsin is one of the oldest market and largest gram panchayat in Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Amsin was a former revenue unit and administrative unit of the Muslim kingdoms and British Raj. Amsin consisted of several mouzas, which were the smallest revenue units. Parganas are equivalent to present day districts system. A very large area up to Faizabad was under the administration of Amsin Pargana. Amsin is
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