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DINAJPUR , a See also:town (with a See also:population in 1901 of 13,430) and See also:district of Britsh See also:India, in the See also:Rajshahi See also:division of Eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam. The See also:earthquake of the 12th of See also:June 1897 caused serious damage to most of the public buildings of the town. There is a railway station and a See also:government high school. The district comprises an See also:area of 3946 sq. m. It is traversed in every direction by a network of channels and See also:water courses. Along the See also:banks of the Kulik See also:river, the undulating ridges and See also:long lines of See also:mango-trees give the landscape a beauty which is not found else-where. Dinajpur forms See also:part of the See also:rich arable See also:tract lying between the See also:Ganges and the See also:southern slopes of the Himalayas. Although essentially a fluvial district, it does not possess any river navigable throughout the See also:year by boats of 4 tons See also:burden. See also:Rice forms the See also:staple agricultural product. The See also:climate of the district, although cooler than that of See also:Calcutta, is very unhealthy, and the See also:people have a sickly See also:appearance. The worst part of the year is at the See also:close of the rains in See also:September and See also:October, during which months few of the natives See also:escape See also:fever. The See also:average maximum temperature is 92.3° F., and the minimum 74.8°. The average rainfall is 85'54 in. In 1901 the population was 1,567,080, showing an increase of 6 % in the See also:decade. The district is partly traversed by the See also:main See also:line of the Eastern Bengal railway and by two See also:branch lines. See also:Save between 1404 and 1442, when it was the seat of an See also:independent raj, founded by See also:Raja Ganesh, a See also:Hindu turned Mussulman, Dinajpur has no See also:separate See also:history. Pillars and See also:copper-See also:plate See also:inscriptions have yielded numerous records of the See also:Pal See also:kings who ruled the See also:country from the 9th See also:century onwards, and the district is famous for many other antiquities, some of which are connected by See also:legend with an immemorial past (see Reports, See also:Arch. Survey of India, xv.; Epigraphic Indica, ii.). Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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