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Raniganj
| Raniganj | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 23.62°N, 87.13°E |
| Altitude: | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bardhaman |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| East Indian Railway | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Raniganj was a town in the Asansol subdivision of Burdwan District of the Bengal Districts during the British period. It was also the location of a cantonment c1863.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Raniganj
Variants: Raneegunge
External links
- Raniganj Wikipedia (retrieved 11 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Raniganj Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 233.
- Raneegunge page 357 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
