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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northeast India on the Ganges River northwest of Kolkata. The capital of Asoka's empire in the 3rd century BC, it is now the capital of the state of Bihar.

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  • proper noun The state capital of Bihar (India).

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Examples

  • PATNA: The Reserve Bank's to hold its Central Board meeting in Patna on February 18 has put bankers on their toes as far as improving the state's credit deposit (CD) ratio to the revised 35% during the next fiscal is concerned.

    The Times of India 2010

  • PATNA: The Reserve Bank's to hold its Central Board meeting in Patna on February 18 has put bankers on their toes as far as improving the state's credit deposit (CD) ratio to the revised 35% during the next fiscal is concerned.

    The Times of India 2010

  • PATNA: There seems to be no respite from woes for patients reaching Patna

    WN.com - Articles related to 2 more die of H1N1 in city, 10 test positive 2010

  • PATNA: City police on Saturday issued notices to several officials of State Bank of India (SBI) and Axis Bank to report to the Gandhi Maidan police station on Tuesday for interrogation in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 15 lakh from a senior citizen's account in the Patna secretariat branch of SBI.

    The Times of India 2010

  • PATNA: The people of the state had some respite from the cold wave condition on Saturday with the chilly westerly wind getting calm and the minimum temperature rising above six degree Celsius in Patna and other places in the state.

    The Times of India 2010

  • September 7th, 2009 PATNA - Dozens of handicapped students Monday blocked rail tracks at the Rajendra Nagar terminal near the Patna railway station Monday to protest the looting of handicapped passengers on a train late Saturday night, police said.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ians 2010

  • PATNA: The state home department has decided to go in appeal in the Patna high court against judgment of Patna Bench of the Central

    The Times of India 2010

  • PATNA: The Reserve Bank's to hold its Central Board meeting in Patna on February 18 has put bankers on their toes as far as improving the state's credit deposit (CD) ratio to the revised 35% during the next fiscal is concerned.

    The Times of India 2010

  • PATNA: The Patna district administration has made elaborate security arrangements for conducting free and fair

    WN.com - Articles related to Mango magic 2009

  • January 2nd, 2009 PATNA - Gautam Goswami, a former Patna district magistrate and a key accused in the Rs. 170 million ($3.86 million) Bihar flood relief scam of

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

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