Saidpur

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Saidpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25°47′N 88°54′E
Altitude: 43 metres (141 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Saidpur
State/Province: Rangpur Divison
Country: Bangladesh
Transport links
Eastern Bengal Railway

Saidpur was a town in the Rangpur District of Eastern Bengal and Assam during the British period. There was another Saidpur in United Provinces.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Saidpur
Variants: Saidpore/Syedpur

Railways

The Saidpur Railway Workshop, established in 1870 was the major railway workshop for the Eastern Bengal Railway. Saidpur Railway Station was one of the stops on the Eastern Bengal Railway section of the route from Calcutta to Darjeeling.

Post and Telegraphs

During British rule the telephone exchange for the whole Assam-Bengal District was situated in Saidpur.

Military

In 1901 Saidpur was the location of one of the companies of the Eastern Bengal Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps

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