Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India
E255008
Shaoratoli, in Dhaka District of the former Bengal Presidency in British India, is a village historically noted as the birthplace of eminent Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2325511 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India Context triple: [Meghnad Saha, birthPlace, Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India]
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A.
Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Kamarpukur, in the former Bengal Presidency of British India, is a rural village historically notable as the birthplace of the mystic Ramakrishna and an important site in the early lives of key figures of the Ramakrishna movement.
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B.
Ziradei, Saran district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Ziradei, in the Saran district of the former Bengal Presidency in British India, is a village historically noted as the birthplace of India’s first President, Rajendra Prasad.
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C.
Sagardari, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Sagardari in the Jessore District of the former Bengal Presidency (British India) is a village best known as the birthplace of the pioneering Bengali poet and dramatist Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
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D.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar is a prominent government and architectural complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, best known for housing the National Parliament Building designed by architect Louis Kahn.
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E.
Banga, Punjab, British India
Banga, Punjab, British India was a town in colonial-era Punjab notable as the birthplace of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India Target entity description: Shaoratoli, in Dhaka District of the former Bengal Presidency in British India, is a village historically noted as the birthplace of eminent Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha.
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A.
Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Kamarpukur, in the former Bengal Presidency of British India, is a rural village historically notable as the birthplace of the mystic Ramakrishna and an important site in the early lives of key figures of the Ramakrishna movement.
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B.
Ziradei, Saran district, Bengal Presidency, British India
Ziradei, in the Saran district of the former Bengal Presidency in British India, is a village historically noted as the birthplace of India’s first President, Rajendra Prasad.
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C.
Sagardari, Jessore District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Sagardari in the Jessore District of the former Bengal Presidency (British India) is a village best known as the birthplace of the pioneering Bengali poet and dramatist Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
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D.
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Sher-e-Bangla Nagar is a prominent government and architectural complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, best known for housing the National Parliament Building designed by architect Louis Kahn.
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E.
Banga, Punjab, British India
Banga, Punjab, British India was a town in colonial-era Punjab notable as the birthplace of Indian revolutionary Bhagat Singh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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village ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| hasNotablePersonBornHere | Meghnad Saha ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Bengal Presidency
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Dhaka District ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Dhaka District
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surface form:
Dhaka District, Bangladesh
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| locatedInPresentDayCountry |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
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surface form:
Bangladesh
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| notableAs | birthplace of Meghnad Saha ⓘ |
| occupation | astrophysicist ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bengal
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surface form:
Bengal region
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| placeOfBirth | Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India Description of subject: Shaoratoli, in Dhaka District of the former Bengal Presidency in British India, is a village historically noted as the birthplace of eminent Indian astrophysicist Meghnad Saha.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Meghnad Saha (collaborator and contemporary Indian physicist)
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birthPlace
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Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India
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subject surface form:
Meghnad Saha
Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India
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placeOfBirth
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Shaoratoli, Dhaka District, Bengal Presidency, British India
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Meghnad Saha