Kharagpur

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Kharagpur (Bengali: [kʰɔɽɔɡɔpuɾ] ) is a semi-planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is located 116 kilometres (72 mi) west of Kolkata. Kharagpur is home to IIT Kharagpur, the oldest and largest Indian Institute of Technology. The Kharagpur Junction railway station is the headquarters of the Kharagpur Division of the South Eastern Railways. Founded by Kharga Malla of the Mallabhum Dynasty in 832 AD, Kharagpur was integrated into Hijli Kingdom and ruled by the Mallabhum Odia kings. During the reign of Mughal Empire's Shaista Khan in 1687, Kharagpur developed into a port town. In February 1687, Job Charnock of the East India Company (EIC) with his English forces captured Hijli from the Mughals and later that year, the town was recaptured from the EIC with an ambush siege laid by Abdus Samad, a lieutenant serving under Shaista...

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