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Pat·na

 (pŭt′nə)
A city of northeast India on the Ganges River northwest of Kolkata. The capital of Asoka's empire in the 3rd century bc, it is now the capital of the state of Bihar.
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Patna

(ˈpætnə)
n
(Placename) a city in NE India, capital of Bihar state, on the River Ganges: founded in the 5th century bc; university (1917); centre of a rice-growing region. Pop: 1 376 950 (2001)
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Pat•na

(ˈpʌt nə, ˈpæt-, ˈpʌtˈnɑ)

n.
the capital of Bihar state, in NE India, on the Ganges. 917,243.
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The panorama passed before their eyes like a flash, save when the steam concealed it fitfully from the view; the travellers could scarcely discern the fort of Chupenie, twenty miles south-westward from Benares, the ancient stronghold of the rajahs of Behar; or Ghazipur and its famous rose-water factories; or the tomb of Lord Cornwallis, rising on the left bank of the Ganges; the fortified town of Buxar, or Patna, a large manufacturing and trading-place, where is held the principal opium market of India; or Monghir, a more than European town, for it is as English as Manchester or Birmingham, with its iron foundries, edgetool factories, and high chimneys puffing clouds of black smoke heavenward.
The policeman has been admitted in Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) and immediate treatment has been given to him.
Summary: Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 26 (ANI): On the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday, Takht Sri Patna Sahib Gurdwara in Bihar's Patna witnessed a heavy rush of devotees, who gathered to celebrate the 351st birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.
Summary: Patna (Bihar) [India] Dec 26 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said that the government had started preparations for 350th Prakash Parv of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh in 2010.
Summary: Patna (Bihar) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Patna has been decked up for 'Shukrana Samaroh', the concluding ceremony of Guru Gobind Singh's 350th birthday.
Summary: Patna (Bihar) [India], June 30 (ANI): All passengers have been safely evacuated from an IndiGo flight at Patna, after smoke was observed in cabin.
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