In 1979, the state of Haryana created Gurgaon by dividing a longstanding political district on the outskirts of New Delhi.
In the shantytown of Sonagachi, one of Kolkata's most infamous and longstanding red light districts, women sell their bodies for as little as £1.
A rural school district's longstanding practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
The decision came after a year of study, in which a committee weighed the district's longstanding tradition and American Indian heritage with the objections of those who felt the use of the mascot was insulting.
In the decision, issued last week, Justice James P. Griffin of State Supreme Court in Queens revealed flaws in a longstanding practice within the district attorney's office that has allowed prosecutors to keep information that could be valuable to the defense from emerging during trial.
Both men have longstanding ties to their districts.
The resolution's first part, which called for withholding the school budget from the voters until the state budget is passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor, grew out of longstanding complaints about why districts were expected to meet deadlines when the state was not.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg isn't the only district to end longstanding desegregation plans -- court actions in Denver and, last year, Kansas City, Mo., have ended decades-old integration efforts.
It has been the longstanding practice of the Manhattan district attorney's office to present all fatal police shooting cases to a grand jury to determine whether the officers acted appropriately.
Moving to a district with a longstanding program is a popular strategy for families like the Lombardis, creating what seem like autism clusters in places like Ardsley; Guilford, Conn.; and Naperville, Ill.
