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	==History==		==History==
	According to an article in the ''International Journal of Current Research'', the river is in part the remnants of an artificial canal ordered dug by a 17th-century [[maharajah]] (king). Changes to a nearby distributary of the [[Jalangi River]] resulted partly from water diversion down the canal. Sedimentation eventually dried up the upper part of the distributary, called the ''Anjana'', while the canal and the lower Anjana formed the Churni. Another name for the Churni is ''Kata Kal'' or "dug river".{{Cn\|date=January 2021}}		According to an article in the ''International Journal of Current Research'', the river is in part the remnants of an artificial canal ordered dug by a 17th-century [[maharajah]] (king). Changes to a nearby distributary of the [[Jalangi River]] resulted partly from water diversion down the canal. Sedimentation eventually dried up the upper part of the distributary, called the ''Anjana'', while the canal and the lower Anjana formed the Churni. Another name for the Churni is ''Kata Kal'' or "dug river". {{Cn\|date=January 2021}}

	As recently as the 1930s, the river was an important route for water travel and trade. However, in the 21st century it has partly filled with silt, including many small islands, visible or submerged, and is no longer navigable.{{Cn\|date=January 2021}}		As recently as the 1930s, the river was an important route for water travel and trade. However, in the 21st century it has partly filled with silt, including many small islands, visible or submerged, and is no longer navigable.{{Cn\|date=January 2021}}

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{{short description|River in West Bengal, India}}
[[Image:Nadia Rivers.jpg|170px|right]]
[[File:River Churni - Halalpur Krishnapur - Nadia 2016-01-17 8762.JPG|thumb|River Churni at Halalpur Krishnapur, Nadia.]]
'''River Churni''' is a stream in the [[Nadia district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="Brief history of Nadia">{{cite web|title=Brief history of Nadia|url=http://nadia.nic.in/DICO/About%20Nadia.html|publisher=Nadia.nic.in|access-date=8 October 2012}}</ref> It is a [[distributary]] of the [[Mathabhanga River]], itself a distributary of the [[Padma River]] at Munshiganj in the [[Kushtia District]] of
Bangladesh. The Mathabanga divides into two rivers, the [[Ichamati River|Ichamati]] and the Churni near [[Majhdia]] in Nadia district.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

==Course==
The Churni flows through Shibnivas, [[Hanskhali]], [[Birnagar]], Aranghata, and [[Ranaghat]], and finally joins River Bhagirathi at Shivpur,Nadia-[[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] near [[Chakdaha]].{{Cn|date=January 2021}} Its length is almost {{convert|56|km|mi}}.{{Cn|date=January 2021}} The river's origin is at 23.40 North, 88.70 East and its confluence is at 23.13 North, 88.50 East.

==History==
According to an article in the ''International Journal of Current Research'', the river is in part the remnants of an artificial canal ordered dug by a 17th-century [[maharajah]] (king). Changes to a nearby distributary of the [[Jalangi River]] resulted partly from water diversion down the canal. Sedimentation eventually dried up the upper part of the distributary, called the ''Anjana'', while the canal and the lower Anjana formed the Churni. Another name for the Churni is ''Kata Kal'' or "dug river".{{Cn|date=January 2021}}

As recently as the 1930s, the river was an important route for water travel and trade. However, in the 21st century it has partly filled with silt, including many small islands, visible or submerged, and is no longer navigable.{{Cn|date=January 2021}}

== References ==
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{{Rivers in and around Bengal}}

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[[Category:Rivers of West Bengal|Churni]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]