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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_108.gif Burdwan Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_108.gif Burdwan Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | ||
*[http://www.burdwanccb.in/about_burdwan.asp#about About Burdwan (Bardhaman)] The Burdwan Central Co-operative Bank Ltd<br> | |||
[http://www.burdwanccb.in/about_burdwan.asp#about About Burdwan (Bardhaman)] The Burdwan Central Co-operative Bank Ltd<br> | *The second image from the [http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/eir_gallery.html EIR Picture Gallery] (irfca.org) depicts the official opening ceremony of the [[East Indian Railway]] at Burdwan in February 1855 | ||
The second image from the [http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/eir_gallery.html EIR Picture Gallery] (irfca.org) depicts the official opening ceremony of the [[East Indian Railway]] at Burdwan in February 1855 | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA412 "East Burdwan"] page 412 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books | |||
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Revision as of 07:55, 4 March 2014
| Burdwan | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 23.238333°N, 87.860833°E |
| Altitude: | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bardhaman |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| East Indian Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Burdwan was the headquarters of Burdwan District in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Bardhaman
Variants: Burdwan/Bardwan/Barddhaman
Also see
External links
- Burdwan Town Imperial Gazetteer
- About Burdwan (Bardhaman) The Burdwan Central Co-operative Bank Ltd
- The second image from the EIR Picture Gallery (irfca.org) depicts the official opening ceremony of the East Indian Railway at Burdwan in February 1855
Historical books online
- "East Burdwan" page 412 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books