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Tamluk
Tamluk (), is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world and the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the ancient city variously known as Tamralipta or Tamralipti, where Hien Chang, a Chinese traveller, visited the town, is now located on the banks of Rupnarayan River, close to the Bay of Bengal. Name According to T. N. Ramachandran, the name "Tamluk" is related to the older form ''Tamālikā'', which is a variant spelling (found in the ''Trikāṇḍaśesha'') of the ancient name ''Tamralipta, Tāmraliptī'' (or ''Tāmralipta''). Other names listed in the ''Trikāṇḍaśesha'' and the ''Abhidanachintamani (Hemachandra), Abhidānachintāmaṇi'' as referring to Tāmraliptī include ''Staṁbhapura'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Medinipur District
East Medinipur (Alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The headquarters in Tamluk. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Medinipur into East Medinipur and West Medinipur which lies at the northern and western border of it. The state of Odisha is at the southwest border; the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east; Howrah district to the north-east; West Medinipur district to the west. East Medinipur comprises the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile Medinipur district. Another sub-division, Egra has been created out of the erstwhile Contai sub-division during the partition of Medinipur. In 2011, the state government proposed to rename the district as Tamralipta district after the ancient port city of Tamral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamralipta
Tamralipta or Tamralipti () was an ancient port city, located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. It was the capital of ancient Suhma kingdom, Suhma and Vanga kingdom in Bengal. The Tamluk town in present-day Purba Medinipur district, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, is generally identified as the site of Tamralipti. It was located near the Rupnarayan River, Rupnarayan river. It gets its name from the Sanskrit term "Tāmra," or copper, which was mined nearby at Ghatshila, Ghatsila in the Singbhum region of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and traded through this port. During the Gupta dynasty, Tamralipta was the main emporium, serving as a point of departure for trade with Ceylon, Java, and China, as well as the west. It was linked by roads with the major cities of ancient India of that time, i.e., Rajgir, Rajagriha, Shravasti, Pataliputra, Varanasi, Champapuri, Champa, Kosambi, Kaushambi, and Taxila. History Tamralipta was surrounded in the south by the Bay of Bengal, east by the river Rup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamluk (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituencies in India. All seven assembly segments under Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency are in Purba Medinipur district. Assembly segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission issued in 2006 in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, parliamentary constituency no. 30 Tamluk is composed of the following segments: Prior to delimitation Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: Panskura Purba Assembly constituency, Panskura East (assembly constituency no. 201), Tamluk Assembly constituency, Tamluk (assembly constituency no. 202), Moyna Assembly constituency, Moyna (assembly constituency no. 203), Mahisadal Assembly constituency, Mahisadal (assembly constituency no. 204), Sutahata Assembly constituency, Sutahata (SC) (assembly constituency no. 205), Nandigram Assembly constituency, Nandigram (assembly constituency no. 206) and Narghat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamluk (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Tamluk Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 203 Tamluk Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk community development block, and Sahid Matangini community development block. Tamluk Assembly constituency is part of No. 30 Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of the Legislative Assembly * ^ by-election Election results 2021 2016 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2011. 2011 .# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006. 1977-2006 In the 2006 state assembly elections Jagannath Mitra of CPI won the 203 Tamluk assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chittaranjan Mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Oldest Continuously Inhabited Cities
This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city. The age claims listed are generally disputed. Differences in opinion can result from different definitions of "city" as well as "continuous habitation" and historical evidence is often disputed. Caveats (and sources) to the validity of each claim are discussed in the "Notes" column. Africa North and Northeast Africa East Africa West Africa Central Africa Southern Africa Americas North America South America Asia West Asia Central and South Asia East Asia Southeast Asia Europe Oceania See also * Historical urban community sizes * List of cities in the Americas by year of foundation (includes ancient native sites) * List of cities of the ancient Near East * List of largest cities throughout history, including ones no longer inhabited * List of oldest extant buildings Notes References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Districts Of India
A district (''Zila (country subdivision), zila''), also known as revenue district, is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of an States and union territories of India, Indian state or territory. In some cases, districts are further subdivided into Revenue division, sub-divisions, and in others directly into tehsil, ''tehsils'' or ''talukas''. , there are a total of 780 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and also includes the temporary Maha Kumbh Mela district but excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has a Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. District Administration ;The District officials include: *District Judge (India), District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an officer belonging to the Judiciary of India, Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for justice and passing orders of imprisonment, including the Capital punishment, death pena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupnarayan River
The Rupnarayan is a river in the state of West Bengal, India. It begins as the Dhaleswari (Dhalkisor) in the Chota Nagpur Plateau, Chhota Nagpur plateau foothills northeast of the town of Purulia. It then follows a tortuous southeasterly course past the town of Bankura, where it is known as the Dwarakeswar river. Near the town of Ghatal, it is joined by the Shilabati river, where it takes the name Rupnarayan. Finally, it discharges into the Hoogli River. It is famous for the Hilsa fish that thrives in its waters and is used in Bengali cuisine. It is also notable for the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) thermal power plant built along its bank at Kolaghat in West Bengal. The river also passes through Bagnan in Howrah district and forms the eastern boundary of district Purba Medinipur with district Howrah. History A distinctive fact about this river is that, Tamralipti port (ancient Gupta port) was on the banks of Rupnarayan river. This river was priv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dwarakeswar River
The Dwarakeswar (also known as Dhalkisor) is a major river in the western part of the Indian state of West Bengal. Course The river originates near Madhabpur in Purulia district and enters Bankura district near Chhatna. It cuts across the district, flowing past the district headquarters, and enters the southeastern tip of East Bardhaman District. It then passes through Hooghly District. The Dwarakeswar discharges into Rupnarayan River.Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol I, pp 33-34, Radical Impression. See also List of rivers of India With a land area of consisting of diverse ecosystems, India has many river systems and perennial streams. The rivers of India can be classified into four groups – Himalayan, Deccan, Coastal, and Inland drainage. The Himalayan rivers, mainl ... References {{Coord, 23.139097, N, 87.286377, E, source:yahoomap_region:IN, format=dms, display=title Rivers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
