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==Churches==
 
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*[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/287854 Photograph: Dum Dum Church] by Captain R. B. Hill 1850s. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853.
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Revision as of 06:18, 23 December 2013

Dum Dum
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.62°N 88.42°E
Altitude: 11 m (36 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Dum Dum
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
Transport links
Eastern Bengal Railway

Dum Dum was a British cantonment town north of Calcutta that now constitutes a suburb of that city. It was the headquarters of the Bengal Artillery until this transferred to Meerut in 1853.

Churches

  • St Stephen (Anglican)

External links

  • Photograph: Dum Dum Church by Captain R. B. Hill 1850s. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853.