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Cooch Behar

 
Dictionary: Cooch Be·har   (kūch' bə-här') pronunciation
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A former princely state of northeast India. Once a powerful part of Assam, it came under British rule in 1772.

 

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Cooch Behar (kūch bĭhär'), former princely state, now part of West Bengal state, E India. It lies in a low, poorly drained plain. Rice, tobacco, corn, oilseeds, and jute are grown. Big-game hunting is practiced. The chief town, Koch Bihar or
Cooch Behar
(1991 pop. 71,028), is a district administrative center with road and rail connections and an airport.

 
 

 

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