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Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj. Farakka Barrage Township is located in Farakka in Murshidabad district. Construction of the barrage started in 1962, and was completed in 1970 at a cost of 1 billion dollars. It became operational on 21 April 1975. The barrage is about 2,304 metres (7,559 ft) long. The Feeder Canal (Farakka) from the barrage to the Bhagirathi-Hooghly River is about 42 km (26 mi) long.
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Built in 1866 and later popularised by Satyajit Ray's film Jalsaghar, the neoclassical palace represents the heydays of the zamindar era, now in shambles.
খেরুর মসজিদ Kherur Mosjid
Ruins of a mosque built by Rafat Khan in 1495, during the reign of sultan Alauddin Hussain Shah.