Kharagpur

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Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta, a junction on the Bengal Nagpur Railway

Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910

Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments

Spelling variants

Kharagpur, Khargpur

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