Cossipore

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Cossipore
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.61560°N, 88.37411°E
Altitude: 36 ft (11 m)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kashipur
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
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Cossipore, to the north of Calcutta, was the location of the East India Company's gun foundry.

In 1801 a Gun Carriage Agency at Cossipore, (presently known as Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore) was eatablished and production started from 18th March, 1802. This is the first Industrial establishment of an Ordnance Factory which has continued in existence until the present time.

A bicentennial history was published in 2002: History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India by Professor Arun Bandopadhyay (New Delhi, 2002) (Department of History, University of Calcutta)

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