KHULNA


Meaning of KHULNA in English

City (pop., 1991: metro. area, 877,388), southwestern Bangladesh.

Located northeast of Kolkata (Calcutta), India, it is an important river port and trade centre and is connected by road and rail to the major cities of the southern Ganges delta . It became a municipality in 1884 and it is the seat of a university.

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