Murshidabad
Murshidabad
Mavis Taillieu
<catset>Category="Cities and towns in West Bengal"</catset><catset>Category="Districts of West Bengal"</catset><b>Murshidabad</b> is a district of the <a href="States and territories of India">state</a> of <a href="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="India">India</a>. It is located on the southern bank of the <a href="Ganges River">Ganges River</a>, approxmately 200 <a href="Kilometre">kilometres</a> north of <a href="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, with its district headquaters at Baharampur.<p>Murshidabad (also locally known as <i>Ingrez Bazaar</i>) served as the capital of the last independent <a href="Bengali language">Bengali</a> speaking <a href="Muslim">Muslim</a> <a href="Nawab">princes</a> of <a href="Afghan people">Afghan</a> and <a href="Turkic peoples">Turkish</a> descent before the advent of the <a href="Company rule in India">British</a>.<p><p><table style="margin:0 auto; width:85%;"><tr><td align=center bgcolor=bfd7ff><b><a href="West Bengal">Districts of West Bengal</a></b> - <span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:smaller"></span></td></tr><tr><td align=center> <a href="Bankura">Bankura</a> - <a href="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a> - <a href="Birbhum">Birbhum</a> - <a href="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a> - <a href="Darjeeling district">Darjeeling</a> - <a href="North Dinajpur">North Dinajpur</a> - <a href="South Dinajpur">South Dinajpur</a> - <a href="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a> - <a href="Howrah district">Howrah</a> - <a href="Jalpaiguri district">Jalpaiguri</a> - <a href="Kolkata district">Kolkata</a> - <a href="Malda">Malda</a> - <a href="Midnapore East">Midnapore East</a> - <a href="Midnapore West">Midnapore West</a> - Murshidabad - <a href="Nadia district">Nadia</a> - <a href="North 24 parganas">North 24 parganas</a> - <a href="South 24 Parganas">South 24 Parganas</a> - <a href="Purulia district">Purulia</a></td></tr></table><p>