Singur

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Singur is a town in West Bengal, India, known nationally for its role in a major land acquisition and industrialization controversy involving the proposed Tata Nano car factory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeDivision community development block
associatedCompany Tata Motors
associatedProduct Tata Nano
blockHeadquartersOf Singur community development block
category Cities and towns in Hooghly district
Economic history of West Bengal
Industrial disputes in India
Land acquisition in India
connectedBy Durgapur Expressway
Howrah–Bardhaman chord line
controversy Tata Nano small car project land acquisition
farmland acquisition for industrial use
country India
courtCase Singur land acquisition case
courtCaseOutcome Supreme Court of India quashed land acquisition
distanceFromKolkata approximately 40 kilometres
district Hooghly district
economicActivity agriculture
small-scale industry
governingBody Singur police station jurisdiction
hasNearbyUrbanCenter Chandannagar
Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
knownFor industrialization controversy
land acquisition controversy
proposed Tata Nano car factory
landReturnedTo original landowners
legislativeConstituency Singur Assembly constituency
locatedIn Hooghly district
India
West Bengal
majorHighwayNearby National Highway 2
officialLanguage Bengali
English
parliamentaryConstituency Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency
partOf Kolkata metropolitan area
politicalSignificance major issue in West Bengal state politics in the 2000s
symbol of land rights movement in West Bengal
railwayDivision Howrah railway division
railwayLine Howrah–Bardhaman chord line
railwayStation Singur railway station
railwayZone Eastern Railway zone
region eastern India
state West Bengal
timeZone Indian Standard Time
UTCOffset +5:30

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