Kalna, or CULNA, a town of Bengal, 47 miles N. of Calcutta and 28 E. of Bardwan, on the Bhagirathi (Hooghly). The town contains numerous temples, and is a station of the Free Church (Scotland) Mission. It does a large amount of trade by river, chiefly in rice and other natural products. The population has decreased from 27,336 in 1871 to about 11,000.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 389
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