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It is more commonly called Behala Flying Training Institute or Behala Flying Club. The Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India have plans to develop it into a full-fledged commercial airport by expanding the runway to 4,500 feet (1.4 km) to ease the pressure on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport .
Saptagram (colloquially called Satgaon) was an ancient major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times of Bengal, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction.
These excavations proved the presence of ancient settlement. [3] Bharatpur was first excavated in 1971 and last in 1975, which establishing the archaeological site as a center of Bengal's early village farming culture. [1] This place is located 6 km (3.7 mi) from Panagarh on the north bank of Damodar river.
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca is a UNESCO World Heritage listing [1] comprising the historic urban centres of two cities, Melaka and George Town, that illustrate 500 years of cultural and trade exchange between East and West. This World Heritage site illustrates the development of maritime urban settlements ...
The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography , written c. 150 . Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .
Debalgarh is an archaeological site located at Debagram Anulia village in Nadia district of West Bengal, India. [1] [2] Post-Gupta, Pala, Sena and Sultanate period artefacts have been recovered from the archaeological site, [3] which representing an estimated 1500 years of history of the settlement.
Bengal is described in ancient Sanskrit texts as 'Gaud-Desh' (Golden/Radiant land). During the reign of the Bengal Sultans and the Mughal Empire , central Bengal was home to a prosperous trading town called " Sonargaon " (Golden village), which was connected to North India by the Grand Trunk Road and was frequented by Arab, Persian and Chinese ...
The ruins of Karnasubarna, the capital of Shashanka, the first important king of ancient Bengal who ruled in the 7th century, is located 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) south-west of Berhampore. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with over 80% of the population living in the rural areas.