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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacca Dhaka]
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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangabad,_Maharashtra Aurangabad]
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|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangabad_district,_Maharashtra Maharashtra]
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{{Places of Interest|title=Aurangabad|name=Aurangabad |link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ll=19.876165,75.343314&spn=0.264754,0.308647&t=m&z=12&vpsrc=6&msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004be9837bf75a5aed2c}}
  
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'''Dacca''' was a city in the Bengal Presidency until [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905) the Partition of Bengal] in 1905. It is now the capital of the independent state of [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html Bangladesh].
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'''Aurangabad''' was a city in the Bombay Presidency and headquarters of the Aurangabad district.
  
 
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Modern name: Dhaka<br>
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Modern name: Aurangabad<br>
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Variants: Dacca<br>
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Variants: Aurungabad<br>
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==FIBIS resources==
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*FIBIS database [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=2340&s_id=1035 Aurangabad Cantonment Cemetery]. Inscriptions have  been transcribed from gravestones at the cemetery. Images are also available, which are part of the [https://www.fibis.org/about-2/cemeteries/cemeteries-project/ FIBIS Cemeteries Project], and may be ordered for a modest donation.
  
 
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== Churches and missions ==
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*Trinity Church
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*St Philip's Church
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*Christchurch
  
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Trinity, Christhurch and St Philip's Churches are all about 150 years old (2012). Trinity Church, the oldest, was originally called Garrison's Church and was attended by British troops. It was closed briefly after Independence and opened again later. <ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-24/aurangabad/35992139_1_churches-british-troops-midnight-mass Churches ready to welcome Christmas] Times of India </ref>
  
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacca Dhaka] Wikipedia
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====Historical books online====
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_112.gif Dacca City] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 11'', page 106.
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_154.gif Aurangabad] Imperial Gazetteer of India
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*[http://zymaislam19.wordpress.com/ Narinda Christian Cemetery, Dacca], contains many photographs.  Blog called Revisiting the Past – Zyma Islam. Scroll down to the oldest blog which is at the bottom of the page.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/gazetteerofauran031184mbp#page/n5/mode/2up Gazetteer Of Aurangabad (1884)] archive.org
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*This  India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-10/1285980879  post] details some BACSA records for Dacca.
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*[https://archive.org/stream/b20407373#page/22/mode/2up "Aurungabad"] page 22 ''Report on the medical topography and statistics of the Nizam's military cantonments and army'' 1852 Archive.org
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*[http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2277738 Details] of the book ''Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India: Dacca 1722-1977'' by Liz Chater 2011
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*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8927/page/n1/mode/2up ''Our Last Years in India''] by Mrs John B Speid 1862. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. The author’s husband was in command of the 2nd Regiment of the Hyderabad Contingent Infantry. She left England 27 October 1858 and the book  appears  to covers the period to 19 May 1861 (although the final date given is 19 May 1859). She also includes an account of the Mutiny at Aurangabad in 1857.
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Aurangabad
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 19.876165°N 75.343314°E
Altitude: 513 metres (1,683 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Aurangabad
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
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Aurangabad



Aurangabad was a city in the Bombay Presidency and headquarters of the Aurangabad district.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Aurangabad
Variants: Aurungabad

FIBIS resources

History

Military

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Churches and missions

  • Trinity Church
  • St Philip's Church
  • Christchurch

Trinity, Christhurch and St Philip's Churches are all about 150 years old (2012). Trinity Church, the oldest, was originally called Garrison's Church and was attended by British troops. It was closed briefly after Independence and opened again later. [1]

Cemeteries

Places of interest

Education

Transport

Records

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External links

Historical books online

  • Aurangabad Imperial Gazetteer of India
  • Gazetteer Of Aurangabad (1884) archive.org
  • "Aurungabad" page 22 Report on the medical topography and statistics of the Nizam's military cantonments and army 1852 Archive.org
  • Our Last Years in India by Mrs John B Speid 1862. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. The author’s husband was in command of the 2nd Regiment of the Hyderabad Contingent Infantry. She left England 27 October 1858 and the book appears to covers the period to 19 May 1861 (although the final date given is 19 May 1859). She also includes an account of the Mutiny at Aurangabad in 1857.

References

  1. ↑ Churches ready to welcome Christmas Times of India
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