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Berhampore (Bengal Presidency)

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'''Berhampore''' is situated on the Hooghly River, around 120 miles upstream of [[Calcutta]]. It was one of the early HEIC factories and a British cantonment. It is was the headquarters of the principal town in [[Murshidabad District]]in the Rajshahi division of Bengal during the British period.
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Baharampur<br>
Variants: Berhampore/Berhampur/Brahmapur/Burhanpore
==History==
==External links==
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Berhampur%2C_Murshidabad%2C_India] 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia<br>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_007.gif Berhampore] ''Imperial Gazetteer''<br>*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA290 The cantonment at Berhampore], page 290 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
==References==

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