Santipur

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Settlement.name: Shantipur
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Shantipur station.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: India West Bengal#India3
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in West Bengal, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: West Bengal
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nadia
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.established_date: 1853
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Santipur Municipality
Settlement.leader_title: Chairperson
Settlement.leader_name: Subrata Ghosh
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Shantipur is a city and a municipality in the Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The fort area of this city, also known as Daak-Garh (calling or gathering room) is thought to have been built by Raja Krishnachandra of Nadia.

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