Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly Calcutta , city (1991 pop. 10,916,272), capital of West Bengal state, E India, on the Hugli River. It is the second largest city in India and one of the largest in the world. Ten of Kolkata's suburbs—Haora, South Suburban City, Bhatpara, South Dum Dum, Kamarhati, Garden Reach, Panihati, Baranagar, Hugli-Chinsura, and Serampore—have well over 100,000 people each. The area of the Kolkata metropolitan area is 228.5 sq mi (591 sq km), extending more than 40 miles along the Hugli. Kolkata is the major seaport (see Haldia ) and industrial center of E India; jute is milled, and textiles, chemicals, paper, and metal products are manufactured. Bengali, Hindi, and Urdu are the main languages. The city has terrible poverty, chronic unemployment, overcrowding, inadequate transportation, and resultant social unrest.
Kolkata was founded c.1690 as Calcutta by the British East India Company . In 1756 the nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-Daula, captured Kolkata and killed most of its garrison by imprisoning it overnight in a small, stifling room, known as the notorious "Black Hole." Robert Clive retook the city in 1757. From 1833 to 1912, the city was the capital of British India.
The Univ. of Calcutta (founded 1857), Jadavpur Univ., and the Indian Museum, which houses one of the world's outstanding natural history collections, are in the city. The Maidan, a large river-front park, is Kolkata's most attractive section. A subway through the central section of the city opened in 1986. The city was officially renamed Kolkata (its name in Bengali) in 2001.
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Recurrent Miscarriage Has Many Causes
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/20/1992; ; 700+ words
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Miscarriage: The silent tragedy
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MORE MISCARRIAGES SEEN IN WOMEN USING VDTS OVER 20 HOURS A WEEK
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/7/1988; ; 700+ words
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MISCARRIAGE.(Family Times)
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Breaking the taboo of miscarriage Common as it is, every miscarriage is a tragedy. But new advances in understanding the causes are some comfort
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 4/3/2001; ; 700+ words
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Health: The hidden pain of miscarriage; More than 20 per cent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. CAROLINE GREEN reports...(Features)
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Breaking the taboo of miscarriage; Common as it is, every miscarriage is a tragedy. But new advances in understanding the causes are some comfort.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 4/3/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...random, bad-luck miscarriages or whether there...Regan s new book (Miscarriage: What Every Woman...previously unexplained miscarriages. Ruth Bender...director of The Miscarriage Association...the talk about miscarriages much more upbeat...worked up about miscarriage. I spend a lot...
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Healing the hurt of miscarriage
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times; 7/14/2009; 700+ words
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Miscarriage
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
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miscarriage
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
miscarriage (mis- ka -rij) n. spontaneous loss...spontaneous abortion . complete m. miscarriage in which the cervix has closed and ultrasound...shows an empty uterus. incomplete m. miscarriage in which some fetal tissue remains in...
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Miscarriage of Justice
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE A legal proceeding resulting in a prejudicial out-come. A miscarriage of justice arises when the decision of a court is inconsistent with the substantive rights of a party.
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miscarriage of justice
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
mis·car·riage of jus·tice • n. a failure of a court or judicial system to attain the ends of justice, esp. one that results in the conviction of an innocent person.
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Pregnancy, Complications of
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
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