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Cawnpore, in north central India, is now known as Kanpur. The nearest large city is [[Lucknow]]. [[Cawnpore]] was the scene of the infamous Cawnpore Massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down a well.
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|image=
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=26.460738,80.333405&spn=0.1,0.1&q=26.460738,80.333405 26° 27′ 38.66″ N, 80° 20′ 0.26″ E]
|altitude= 126 m (413 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore Kanpur]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport= [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]<br>[[East Indian Railway]]<br>[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]<br>[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]
}}
'''Cawnpore''', in north central India, is now known as Kanpur. The nearest large city is [[Lucknow]]. Cawnpore was the scene of the infamous Cawnpore Massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down a well.
The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the [[East Indian Railway|East Indian]] main trunk line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]] meeting spurs from the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|Bombay, Baroda and Central India]], [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|Great Indian Peninsula]] and [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway|Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways]].
== External links ==
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cawnpore "Cawnpore"] ''Love to Know 1911''.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore "Kanpur"] ''Wikipedia''.
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