Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern India east of Lucknow. It was founded c. 1400.
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Manish Swarup/Associated Press A crowd was covered in dust as a helicopter carrying Ms. Mayawati took off after an election rally in Gorakhpur, Feb. 6.
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Pictured, Ms. Mayawati at a rally in Gorakhpur, Monday.
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He visits the Indian border town of Gorakhpur, where at least 17 emaciated people were held captive for years in brick-and-tin sheds on a local dairy farm, so that their blood could be siphoned and sold to local blood banks.
The Price of What's Priceless Carl Elliott 2011
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In November of 2000, Asha Devi was elected mayor of Gorakhpur, a post reserved for a woman.
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At left, boxes that will be used to store electronic voting machines sat on the ground in the northern city of Gorakhpur.
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The Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group has been running 12 such farmer schools in two blocks of Gorakhpur district since the last five years.
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In November 2000, Asha Devi was elected mayor of Gorakhpur, a post reserved for a woman.
Archive 2009-07-01 photographerno1 2009
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Sonia trained her guns on Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh when she told a gathering in Bansgaon that Rahul's visit to flood-ravaged Gorakhpur had revealed that the state did not spend central grants for repair and relief.
India News Digest: 'Rajus Gave Fake Papers to Auditors' 2009
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He did his post-graduation and Bachelor of Education form Gorakhpur.
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He did his post-graduation and Bachelor of Education form Gorakhpur.
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