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'''Gorakhpur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_337.gif Gorakhpur District] in the Gorakhpur Division of United Provinces during the British period.
'''Gorakhpur''' was the location of the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] (B&NWR) workshops .<br> ''See'' [[B&NWR Railway Workshops]]


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==Military history ==
==Military history ==
[[Battle of Goruckpore]] 1858
[[Battle of Goruckpore]] 1858
==External links==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_347.gif Gorakhpur City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5  ''Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Service in Bengal''] [by A. L. M. Phillips (Alfred Lisle March Phillips) 1878] Google Books.  He arrived in India in 1846 and retired 1873. He was appointed Judge at Goruckpore, close to the Himalayas, late 1870 (page 191).
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[[Category:Locations]]
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Latest revision as of 10:31, 28 February 2020

Gorakhpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 26.7588°N 83.3697°E
Altitude: 83 m (272 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Gorakhpur
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Bengal and North-Western Railway (B&NWR)
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Gorakhpur]



Gorakhpur was the headquarters of Gorakhpur District in the Gorakhpur Division of United Provinces during the British period.

Gorakhpur was the location of the Bengal and North-Western Railway (B&NWR) workshops .
See B&NWR Railway Workshops



Spelling Variants

Modern name: Gorakhpur
Variants: Goruckpore

Military history

Battle of Goruckpore 1858

External links

Gorakhpur City Imperial Gazetteer

Historical books online

  • Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Service in Bengal [by A. L. M. Phillips (Alfred Lisle March Phillips) 1878] Google Books. He arrived in India in 1846 and retired 1873. He was appointed Judge at Goruckpore, close to the Himalayas, late 1870 (page 191).