Alipore

Alipore

India
also spelled  Alipur 

      town, West Bengal state, northeastern India. A southern suburb of Kolkata (Calcutta) (Calcutta) included within the municipality, it has major industries including printing and bookbinding, cement manufacture, oilseed milling, and general engineering works. Alipore is the site of zoological-horticultural gardens and of Belvedere House, the onetime residence of the former British lieutenant governor of Bengal and now the location of the National Library. The town has a college affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

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