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NARAINGANJ, or NARAYANGANJ

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 237 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NARAINGANJ, or NARAYANGANJ , a See also:town of See also:India, in the See also:Dacca See also:district of eastern See also:Bengal and See also:Assam, situated near the junction of two See also:rivers with the See also:Meghna, 10 m. by See also:rail S. of Decca See also:city. Pop. (1901) 24,472. As the See also:port of Dacca, having steamer communication with both See also:Calcutta and See also:Chittagong, it has become the See also:chief See also:entrepot for the jute See also:trade of eastern Bengal. There are 73 jute-presses, employing 6000 hands, and the See also:annual export of jute exceeds 300,000 tons. It also ranks as the See also:model See also:municipality of Bengal.

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