Place:Durgapur, West Bengal, India

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NameDurgapur
Alt namesDurgāpursource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-49
TypeCity or town
Coordinates23.5°N 87.333°E
Located inWest Bengal, India
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Durgapur is a major industrial city and a tier-II urban agglomeration in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Bengal and was planned by two American architects, Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk in 1955. Durgapur is the only city in eastern India to have an operational dry dock. Durgapur has been nicknamed the 'Ruhr of India'.

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