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Howrah or Haora is an industrial city, a municipal corporation in the Howrah district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the district, and of the Howrah Sadar subdivision of the district. Located on the west bank of the Hoogli River, it is a twin city to Kolkata. Howrah is the second smallest district after Kolkata. The two cities are connected by four bridges on the river Ganges, these being the Howrah Bridge (also known as Rabindra Setu), the Vidyasagar Setu (also known as the second Hooghly Bridge), the Vivekananda Setu (also known as Bally Bridge), the Nivedita Setu (also known as Second Vivekananda Setu) and ferry services between various jetties.
Howrah Station serves as a terminal for two railway zones of India: the Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway. There are six other railway stations with the city, including the railway junction at Santragachhi and the terminal at Shalimar Station—all the six are part of the South Eastern Railway network. Dinabandhu Institution, an Institute of National Importance and a premier research institution, is also situated in Shibpur, Howrah. Two national highways— NH 2 and NH 6—are connected to Vidyasagar Setu via Kona Expressway. One endpoint of the Grand Trunk Road is at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden here, where the Great Banyan tree stands. Bengal Engineering & Science University, over 150 years old, is a prestigious engineering university located in the city.
Howrah can be the following places:
- Howrah, a city in India
- Howrah station, a major railway station serving the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) and Howrah, India
- Howrah district, district of the state of West Bengal which contains the above city
- Howrah, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Howrah (ship), a ship of the 19th century
Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Howrah in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 25 Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) are in Howrah district.
Usage examples of "howrah".
But the shipping clerk at the Howrah train station was evidently a man both befuddled and diligent.
He had captured repeated glimpses of the Howrah Bridge, but he could never seem to get closer to it.
At the Radakhrishna General Hospital in Howrah in Calcutta is that excellent man, K.
I turned automatically to the left fully expecting him to lead toward Park Street or perhaps, since he was so obviously an American, toward one of the big cosmopolitan hotels on the other side of the Howrah Bridge.
Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura, Midnapore, Hugli and Howrah, with a total area of 13,949 sq.
By the time I had disembarked from my first-class coach at Howrah Station, I had acknowledged the imperative of that great truth.
I was very much at peace with myself and the universe that evening as I watched the lights of Howrah Station through the window of my first-class coach.
Yes, I left the station and walked to the marvelous structure we call the Howrah Bridge.
His body was found stuffed in a trunk at Howrah Station last Thursday afternoon.
The Howrah Bridge loomed above me in that last twilight before true darkness.
Their homes ranged from Howrah of the railway people to abandoned cantonments like Monghyr and Chunar.