Ben:জঙ্গিপুর jaṅgipura
‘Military City’ City, West Bengal
From Ben: jaṅgi, ‘military’; and Skt: pura, ‘fort’, ‘city’.
Jangipur is on a strategic ‘island’ between the Padma and Hooghly rivers.
It has an interesting military history: (1) Jahanagir (1569–1627), the Mughal Emperor, had a military camp here – it is even possible that the town was named after him; (2) The Battle of Giria (1740) was fought here when Alivardi Khan overthrew Sarfaraz Khan to become Nawab of Bengal.
Jangipur Bridge Robi jangipur