Nafis Ahmad
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LOCATION: Dacca, Bangladesh
Professor of Geography, University of Dacca, Bangladesh. Author of Economic Geography of East Pakistan; editor of Oriental Geographer.
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Ganges River, great river of the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. Although officially as well as popularly called the Ganga in Hindi and in other Indian languages, internationally it is known by its conventional name, the Ganges. From time immemorial it has been the holy river of…
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