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== Military history == | == Military history == | ||
| − | [[Siege of Nagpore]] 1817 | + | *[[Battle of Seetabuldee]] November 1817 |
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== Spelling Variants == | == Spelling Variants == | ||
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*[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] | *[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] | ||
*[[Nagpur Rifles]] | *[[Nagpur Rifles]] | ||
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| + | *All Saints Church, Seetabuldee. In existence in 1869.<ref>Malone, Heather. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/1999-11/0943654431 Baptisms in Kamptee and Seetabuldee] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 26 November 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2016.</ref> | ||
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*[https://archive.org/details/reportuponmilit00commgoog ''Report upon the military cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee''] by J L Ranking, Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/details/reportuponmilit00commgoog ''Report upon the military cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee''] by J L Ranking, Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Archive.org | ||
*[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1908/home.html ''Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur District''] Transcription of 1908 edition. nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer | *[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1908/home.html ''Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur District''] Transcription of 1908 edition. nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer | ||
| + | *[https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:244669/ The Battle of Seetabuldee, Nagpore, East India] Coloured aquatint by Orme, after Bayley. Brown University Library. Shows the landscape of the surrounding area. | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 03:32, 17 July 2016
| Nagpur | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 21.07°N, 79.27°E |
| Altitude: | 310 metres (1,020 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Nagpur |
| State/Province: | Maharashtra |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bengal-Nagpur Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Nagpur] |
Nagpur was the headquarters of Nagpur District in the Nagpur Division of Central Provinces during the British period. It was the capital of Central Provinces and the leading industrial & commercial town in the centre of India. It was the terminus station for both the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and the Bengal-Nagpur Railway
The cantonment at Nagpur was at Seetabuldee (Sitabardi, Sitabuldi) and there was a major cantonment in the vicinity at Kamptee.
Contents
Military history
- Battle of Seetabuldee November 1817
- Siege of Nagpore December 1817
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Nagpur
Variants: Nagpore, Nagpoor.
Also see
- Nagpur District
- Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
- Bengal-Nagpur Railway
- Great Indian Peninsula Railway
- Nagpur Rifles
Churches
- All Saints Church, Seetabuldee. In existence in 1869.[1]
External links
- Ajni Nagpur Railway Colony Railways of the Raj
- Sydney Lobo’s Nagpur Kamptee Blog
Historical books online
- An Atlas of the Southern Part of India 1854 Archive.org
- Nagpur City Imperial Gazetteer of India v18 p318
- Nagpore page 298 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
- The Wild Sports of India; with remarks on the breeding and rearing of horses, and the formation of light irregular cavalry by Captain Henry Shakespear, Commandant Nagpore Irregular Force. 1860 Google Books
- Report upon the military cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee by J L Ranking, Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Archive.org
- Central Provinces District Gazetteers: Nagpur District Transcription of 1908 edition. nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer
- The Battle of Seetabuldee, Nagpore, East India Coloured aquatint by Orme, after Bayley. Brown University Library. Shows the landscape of the surrounding area.
References
- ↑ Malone, Heather. Baptisms in Kamptee and Seetabuldee Rootsweb India Mailing List 26 November 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
