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Murshidabad

a town of India, on the Bhagirathi river, a branch of the chief buildings of note are the palace of Ganges; 115 miles N. of Calcutta. The on the Bhagirathi river, a branch of the MURSHIDABAD, a town of India, chief buildings of note are the palace of Nawab (1837), the miambara, and a Mohammedan mosque. of the city is Motijhil or Pearl Lake; on its bank stood the palace of Suraj-ud- Dowlah, in which Clive enthroned Mir its bank stood the palace of Suraj-ud- of the city is Motijhil or Pearl Lake; on Mohammedan mosque. Two miles S. Jafar, and the English residents-among them Warren Hastings the first-dwelt.

On the opposite side of the river is the Lacaille's revised S. constellations, called by Bayer, Apis. It is situated between is above the fourth magnitude. In entomology, the typical genus of the family is above the fourth magnitude. In en- Cruz and the South Pole. No star in it by Bayer, Apis. It is situated between

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