Place:Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India

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NameJalpaiguri
Alt namesJalpaigurisource: Wikipedia
TypeDistrict
Located inWest Bengal, India
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Alipurduar
Jalpaiguri
Totopara


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Jalpaiguri district is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj.

The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of North Bengal.

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History

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Jalpaiguri district comprises western Dooars and the major part of the eastern Morang and this area, according to Sailen Debnath, in the ancient time was a part of the kingdom of Kamarupa, and since the medieval perios it became a part of Kamata kingdom. Sailen writes that three of the five ancient capitals of Kamatapur were geographically in the district of Jalpaiguri; and the three capitals were at Chilapata, Mainaguri and Panchagarh in sequence. According to him, Hingulavas, the first capital of the next Koch kingdom as well was in Jalpaiguri district. Hingulavas has well been identified with Mahakalguri in Alipurduar Sub-Division.[1]

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