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Hindmotor is a small town of Hooghly District, West Bengal, India, situated on the western bank of the river Ganges. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. The town is popular because Hindustan Motors Ltd. (HML) has been in the area since 1948. Part of the manufacturing sites of HML also belongs to neighboring Uttarpara and Konnagar. The famous Indian car Hindustan Ambassador, fondly called "The king of Indian roads" has its manufacturing plant here (〔Hindustan Ambassador〕). This car had its origins in on the Morris Oxford series III model, which was primarily a British car from 1956 to 1959. Uttarpara Kotrung is the municipality. Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality was established in 1853,〔http://uttarparamunicipality.com/Uttarpara_Municipality.aspx〕 much before the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (1876). ==Geography== Hindmotor is located at ,〔http://wikimapia.org/696784/Hindmotor-High-School〕 situated about 22 km. away from Esplanade, the central part of Kolkata, which is the capital of the state of West Bengal. It has an average elevation of 15 metres (52 feet). Located at the south-eastern tip of the Hooghly District, on the banks of the river Ganges, it is just across the Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Hindmotor has a local railway station called Hindmotor. The station lies in the Howrah-Bandel main line of Eastern Railway and is about 12 km from Howrah station. On the west of the station lies the motor factory, Hindustan Motors. The part owned by Birla has two schools (Hindmotor High School and H.M.Education Center), one hospital, a residential complex for factory staff and the factory premises. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hindmotor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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