Santipur, Guwahati

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Santipur is a locality in Guwahati, Assam, India, near the south bank of the river Brahmaputra. It is near Bharalumukh.

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Zip code is 781009.

There are temples, Namghar and a mosque located in the area. Santipur is well known for the Pragjyotish College. [1]

Education

Sonaram High School, Pragjyotish College, Sun Flower English School, Santipur L.P. School are located here. [2]

Famous personality

Arnab Goswami is an Indian journalist, the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of the Indian news channel Times Now and ET Now, hails from this locality.

Sports club

The famous Santipur Athletic Club is located here.

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References

  1. "Santipur PinCode". getpincode.info. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  2. "Sonaram High School". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

Coordinates: 26°16′N91°7′E / 26.267°N 91.117°E / 26.267; 91.117