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

The next day Shastri's body was lifted onto a gun carriage for the final five-mile drive through the dusty city to the Jumna, a tributary of the sacred Ganges.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Jumna River at Agra, India, abounds with cholera germs.

From Time Magazine Archive

All that remained of Lai Bahadur Shastri was a small pile of ashes on the bank of New Delhi's Jumna River.

From Time Magazine Archive

The town stands on a tongue of land near the confluence of the Betwa and Jumna, 893 110 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

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