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'''Cossipore''' was the location of the East India Company's gun foundry.
'''Cossipore''', to the north of [[Calcutta]],  was the location of the East India Company's gun foundry.
 
In 1801 a Gun Carriage Agency at Cossipore, (presently known as Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore) was eatablished and production started from 18th March, 1802. This is the first Industrial establishment of  an Ordnance Factory which has continued in  existence until the present time.
 
A bicentennial history was published in 2002: ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India''  by Professor Arun Bandopadhyay (New Delhi, 2002)  (Department of History, University of Calcutta)
 
==External links==
*[http://baranagar.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/cossipore-gun-and-shell-factory-the-oldest-surviving-factory-in-the-indian-subcontinent-2/ Cossipore Gun and Shell Factory – the oldest surviving factory in the Indian subcontinent] by Jayanta Baksi
*[http://gsf.gov.in/index.php?id=64&pid=2 History and Development: Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore Kolkata]
*[http://ofbindia.gov.in/index.php?wh=history&lang=en History: Indian Ordnance Factories] Ordnance Factory Board
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
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[[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 02:55, 15 February 2014

Cossipore
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.61560°N, 88.37411°E
Altitude: 36 ft (11 m)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kashipur
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
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Cossipore, to the north of Calcutta, was the location of the East India Company's gun foundry.

In 1801 a Gun Carriage Agency at Cossipore, (presently known as Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore) was eatablished and production started from 18th March, 1802. This is the first Industrial establishment of an Ordnance Factory which has continued in existence until the present time.

A bicentennial history was published in 2002: History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India by Professor Arun Bandopadhyay (New Delhi, 2002) (Department of History, University of Calcutta)

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