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Jumna

British

/ ˈdʒʌmnə /

noun

a river in N India, rising in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas and flowing south and southeast to join the Ganges just below Allahabad (a confluence held sacred by Hindus). Length: 1385 km (860 miles)

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Some of his films - Mela, Naya Daur, Ganga Jumna, Devdas and Mughal-e-Azam - were superhits and won him legions of fans.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021

You are the Ganges of my heart, and I am the Jumna of your heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

His friends dug a grave, 6 ft. deep, in the sandy banks of the Jumna.

From Time Magazine Archive

This week Indira will first travel to Allahabad, where the ashes of Lal Bahadur Shastri will be strewn on the mingling waters of the Ganges and Jumna.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below us the Jumna, flowing silently, seemed like an image of human life as it glided by.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

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