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Durgapur

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Durgapur , city (1991 pop. 425,836), West Bengal state, E central India, on the Damodar River. One of India's most important steel-production centers, the city also manufactures coal-mining machinery, bricks and tile, and coke gas. Durgapur is a distribution point for hydroelectric power generated by dams on the Damodar.

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Durgāpur

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Durgāpur, West Bengal/India ‘Town of Durgā’. Durgā, ‘The Inaccessible’ in Sanskrit, in Hindu mythology is one of the names of a goddess and wife of Shiva.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Durgapur unit. M2 Presswire; 3/16/1999
	Jessop, Durgapur to re-start production in six months. News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 1/21/2007
	DVC Durgapur barrage released 30,000 cusec of water. News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/20/2011