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'''Allahabad''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_235.gif Allahabad District] in the Allahabad Division of United Provinces during the British period.
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_430.gif Allahabad Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
 
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Allahabad Allahabad] Love to Know 1911
 
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Allahabad Allahabad] Love to Know 1911
 
*[http://www.studygroup.org.uk/Articles/Content/THE%20WORLD.html  The World's First Official Post By Aeroplane Allahabad, India, Saturday 18th February 1911] by Ken Harman www.studygroup.org
 
*[http://www.studygroup.org.uk/Articles/Content/THE%20WORLD.html  The World's First Official Post By Aeroplane Allahabad, India, Saturday 18th February 1911] by Ken Harman www.studygroup.org

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Allahabad
Allahabadmap.jpg
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.432248°N 81.870215°E
Altitude: 98 m (322 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Allahabad
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Allahabad]


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

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Allahabad
Variants: Ilahabad

History

Allahabad became the capital of the newly formed United Provinces after the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58. The High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces was located in Allahabad.

The High Court of Judicature for the North-Western Provinces was transferred to Allahabad from Agra in 1869. In 1887, the University of Allahabad was founded and All Saints Cathedral was consecrated.

Military history

Churches and missions

All Saints Cathedral
Anglican
  • All Saints Cathedral, Cannington
  • Holy Trinity, Church Road
  • St David's, Cantonment
Roman Catholic
  • St Joseph's, Thornhill Road
Other denominations
  • St Andrew's, Church of Scotland, Elgin Road
  • Baptist Church, Elgin Road
Missions
  • Church Mission Society, St Paul's Church
  • Divinity College
  • The Baptist, American Methodist Episcopal and Zenana

Railways

The railway station at Allahabad

Allahabad was an important junction on the main line of the East Indian Railway. Here, the line from Calcutta bifurcated with one line running north to Delhi and the other south-west to Jubbulpore where there was an end-to-end connection with the Great Indian Peninsula Railway's main line from Bombay. In 1925, when both the EIR and GIPR became state railways, the section from Jubbulpore to Allahabad was transferred to the GIPR. The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway had a terminus at Allahabad.

Map of Allahabad

External links