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==External links==
 
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[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_122.gif Dacca City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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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.<br>
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Dacca Dacca] 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia<br>
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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.<br>
[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.<br>
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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<br>
[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.<br>
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*[http://www.churchofbangladesh.org/index.php/about/foundation Church of Bangladesh] has its headquarters in Dhaka
This  India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-10/1285980879  post] details some BACSA records for Dacca.<br>
 
[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<br>
 
  
 
====Historical books on-line====
 
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_122.gif Dacca City] Imperial Gazetteer
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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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Dacca
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 23.709923°N 73.330059°E
Altitude: 4 m (13.12 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Dhaka
State/Province: Dhaka District
Country: Bangladesh
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Dacca was the headquarters of Dacca District in the division of the same name in Bengal Province during the British period. It was part of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province during the temporary Partition of Bengal in 1905. It is now the capital of the independent state of Bangladesh.

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Modern name: Dhaka
Variants: Dacca

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External links

  • 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.
  • This India List post details some BACSA records for Dacca.
  • Details of the book Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India: Dacca 1722-1977 by Liz Chater 2011
  • Church of Bangladesh has its headquarters in Dhaka

Historical books on-line