how can we locate the poles of the bar magnet?

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Suspend the bar magnet with a thin thread and let it hang freely for sometime from its mid point. The bar magnet will slowly align itself along earth’s North-South direction. The end of the bar magnet pointing the north of earth is the north pole of the bar magnet.

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