Midnapore district

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A map of the bifurcated Midnapore District

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Midnapore district (Bengali: মেদিনীপুর জেলা) is a former district of the state of West Bengal, India. This district was bifurcated on January 1, 2002 into the Purba Medinipur district and the Paschim Medinipur district.

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Capital: Kolkata

History	Shashanka Pala Empire Sena dynasty Sher Shah Suri Mughal Empire British East India Company Siraj ud-Daulah Battle of Plassey Dutch India Bengal Presidency Bengal Renaissance Indian rebellion of 1857 Bengal famine of 1770 Bengal famine of 1943 Partition of Bengal (1905) Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Anushilan Samiti Jugantar Partition of Bengal (1947) Bangladesh Liberation War Naxalite movement Nadia Raj

Geography	Darjeeling Himalayan hill region Terai North Bengal plains Dooars Rarh region Sundarbans Reserve Forest Western plateau and high lands Ganges Delta Climate Protected areas Rivers Khoai Kalbaisakhi Tiger Hill, Darjeeling

Governance	Chief Ministers Governor Legislative Assembly Political parties (Communist Party (Marxist) All India Trinamool Congress Indian National Congress) Parliamentary constituencies Assembly constituencies

Divisions & Districts	Burdwan division Bankura Bardhaman Birbhum Hooghly Paschim Medinipur Purba Medinipur Purulia Jalpaiguri division Cooch Behar Dakshin Dinajpur Darjeeling Jalpaiguri Maldah Uttar Dinajpur Presidency division Howrah Kolkata Murshidabad Nadia North 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas

Cities and towns	Alipore Asansol Baharampur Balurghat Bankura Barasat Bardhaman Bardhaman Bishnupur Chinsurah Cooch Behar Darjeeling Durgapur Haldia Howrah Jalpaiguri Kalimpong Kharagpur Kolkata Krishnanagar Kurseong Malda Midnapore Murshidabad Purulia Raiganj Siliguri Siuri Tamluk List of cities in West Bengal Cities and towns by district

Culture	Bônggabdô (calendar) Baul Bhadu Gombhira Chau dance Cuisine Rabindra Sangeet Rabindra Nritya Natya Dolyatra Pohela Baishakh Durgapuja Language Literature Cinema Tusu Festival Jatra

Demographics	Bengali people Bihari people Gurkha Adivasi Anglo-Indian Ethnic communities in Kolkata List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate

People	Rabindranath Tagore Satyajit Ray Kazi Nazrul Islam Ritwik Ghatak Subhas Chandra Bose Jamini Roy Nandalal Bose Jagdish Chandra Bose Meghnad Saha Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

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Coordinates: 22°30′N 87°30′E / 22.500°N 87.500°E / 22.500; 87.500

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Midnapore district

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