Midnapur, capital of a district in Bengal, on the Kasai River, 68 miles W. of Calcutta by road and canal. There are some manufactures, and an American mission to the Santals. Pop. 33,560.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 185
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