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Nagina

Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Place details

Region: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Population: 76,593
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Nagina
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Bijnor
Settlement.leader_title: MLA
Settlement.leader_name: Manoj Kumar Paras
Settlement.government_type

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human settlement
Country: India
Located in: Bijnor district
Area: +10.3
Elevation: +282
Time zone: UTC+05:30

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Nagina is a town and a municipal board in Bijnor district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

==Name== According to Paul Whalley, the name Nagīnā may ultimately come from Sanskrit nāga-ina, meaning "snake lord", via a regularly-derived intermediate form *Nāgena. Nagina is also the word for "Jewel" (See Negin), it was named by Syed's who received this place as jagir by the Mughals.