Singur

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Singur is a town in West Bengal, India, known nationally for its role in a major land acquisition and industrialization controversy involving the proposed Tata Nano car factory.

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Singur canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeDivision community development block ⓘ
associatedCompany Tata Motors ⓘ
associatedProduct Tata Nano ⓘ
blockHeadquartersOf Singur community development block ⓘ
category Cities and towns in Hooghly district ⓘ
Economic history of West Bengal ⓘ
Industrial disputes in India ⓘ
Land acquisition in India ⓘ
connectedBy Durgapur Expressway ⓘ
Howrah–Bardhaman chord line ⓘ
controversy Tata Nano small car project land acquisition ⓘ
farmland acquisition for industrial use ⓘ
country India ⓘ
courtCase Singur land acquisition case ⓘ
courtCaseOutcome Supreme Court of India quashed land acquisition ⓘ
distanceFromKolkata approximately 40 kilometres ⓘ
district Hooghly district ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
small-scale industry ⓘ
governingBody Singur police station jurisdiction ⓘ
hasNearbyUrbanCenter Chandannagar ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta
knownFor industrialization controversy ⓘ
land acquisition controversy ⓘ
proposed Tata Nano car factory ⓘ
landReturnedTo original landowners ⓘ
legislativeConstituency Singur Assembly constituency ⓘ
locatedIn Hooghly district ⓘ
India ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
majorHighwayNearby National Highway 2 ⓘ
officialLanguage Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency ⓘ
partOf Kolkata metropolitan area ⓘ
politicalSignificance major issue in West Bengal state politics in the 2000s ⓘ
symbol of land rights movement in West Bengal ⓘ
railwayDivision Howrah railway division ⓘ
railwayLine Howrah–Bardhaman chord line ⓘ
railwayStation Singur railway station ⓘ
railwayZone Eastern Railway zone ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
state West Bengal ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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