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Sealdah
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Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Sealdah is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
==Etymology== Jackals (sheal in Bengali) howled around Sealdah. Antiquarians identify it as Shrigaldwipa (Jackal Island). Nearby Beliaghata was a port in the Salt Lakes.
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