Kharagpur

Kharagpur is a mechanical city in Paschim Medinipur area of West Bengal, India. It is the most populated, multi-social and cosmopolitan city of Paschim Medinipur region. The main Indian Institutes of Technology IIT, a gathering of Institutes of National Importance, was established in Kharagpur as right on time as in May 1950. It has one of the biggest railroad workshops in India, and the third longest rail route stage on the planet 1072.5 m.

Kharagpur, the fourth biggest city of West Bengal in territory after Kolkata, Durgapur and Asansol and fifth most populated city of West Bengal after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, Durgapur, covering a region of around 127 km² situated in south-western Midnapore. It has a normal height of 29 meters 95 ft. This sub-division town is framed with Dalma Pahar and alluvial tract of Midnapore. It is crossed by ious conduits, the essential streams being Subarnarekha, Keleghai and Kangsabati.

Kharagpur got its name from the twelfth lord of Mallabhum, Kharga Malla, when he vanquished it. Kharagpur was a piece of the Hijli Kingdom and led by Hindu Oriya rulers as a feudatory under Gajapati Kings of Orissa. Students of history guarantee that in the sixteenth century, Kharagpur was as yet a little town encompassed by thick timberlands. The town was on high rough infertile land. The main occupied settlement close Kharagpur was Hijli.