Midnapore

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Midnapore is a historic town in the Indian state of West Bengal, known for its role in the Indian independence movement and its rich cultural and educational heritage.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Midnapore canonical 11
Midnapore district 3
Medinipur 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus district headquarters of Paschim Medinipur ⓘ
climateClassification tropical savanna climate (Aw) or tropical wet-and-dry climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
countryCallingCode +91 ⓘ
governingBody municipality ⓘ
hasCulturalFestival Durga Puja ⓘ
Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year) ⓘ
linked to: Pohela Boishakh
hasCulturalHeritage yes ⓘ
hasEducationalHeritage yes ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Indian independence movement ⓘ
anti-colonial struggle against British rule ⓘ
hasNearbyUniversity Vidyasagar University ⓘ
hasNotableFreedomFighters yes ⓘ
hasPINCodePrefix 721 ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Midnapore railway station ⓘ
hasTelephoneCodeType STD code of West Bengal towns ⓘ
hasUrbanLocalBodyType municipality ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence British colonial period ⓘ
historicalRegion Medinipur ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
knownFor educational institutions ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
role in Indian freedom struggle ⓘ
locatedIn West Bengal ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Paschim Medinipur district ⓘ
locatedInFormerPresidency Bengal Presidency ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern India ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Kangsabati River ⓘ
locatedWestOf Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
majorLanguageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
namedAfter Medinipur region ⓘ
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
partOf Medinipur region ⓘ
partOfLegislativeAssemblyConstituency Medinipur Vidhan Sabha constituency ⓘ
partOfLokSabhaConstituency Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
postalSystem PIN code system of India ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivities education-related services ⓘ
trade and services ⓘ
railwayZone South Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
region Medinipur division ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
stateCapitalOfState none ⓘ
timeZoneOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode WB ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Presidency → contains → Midnapore ⓘ
West Bengal → containsTown → Medinipur ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Midnapore → historicalRegion → Medinipur ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar → placeOfBirth → Midnapore district ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Midnapore railway station → serves → Midnapore city ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Vidyasagar University → locatedIn → Midnapore ⓘ
Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency → locatedIn → Midnapore region ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Purba Medinipur district → formedFrom → Midnapore district ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore
Jungle Mahals → successorAdministrativeUnits → Midnapore district ⓘ
linked to: Midnapore