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Variants: Vizagapatam/Vaisakhapattanam | Variants: Vizagapatam/Vaisakhapattanam | ||
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| + | *Regimental lines Cemetery - also known as Mors Janua Vitae | ||
| + | *Waltair Cemetery. | ||
| − | + | *[[BACSA]] have published the book ''Vizagapatam and Waltair (from 1699)'' by David Cooke, 1992. An index of names is included in the free search facility on their website. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service. | |
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| + | * Also see external links below | ||
==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_343.gif Vizagapatam Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_343.gif Vizagapatam Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | ||
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| + | === Cemetery Inscriptions online=== | ||
| + | [https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n287/mode/2up Inscriptions on tombs in Vizagapatam District] Section from ''Tombs and Monuments in Madras possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest'' vol 2 (1845) by J J cotton. Archive.org | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
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| Vizagapatam | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 17.688378°N, 83.218758°E |
| Altitude: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Visakhapatnam |
| State/Province: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Vizagapatam] |
Contents
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Vizagapatam was the headquarters of the Vizagapatam District of Madras during the British period. The HQ is sometimes found as Waltair now a suburb.
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Visakhapatnam
Variants: Vizagapatam/Vaisakhapattanam
Cemeteries
- Old Cemetery
- Regimental lines Cemetery - also known as Mors Janua Vitae
- Waltair Cemetery.
- BACSA have published the book Vizagapatam and Waltair (from 1699) by David Cooke, 1992. An index of names is included in the free search facility on their website. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
- Also see external links below
Also see
External links
Vizagapatam Town Imperial Gazetteer
Cemetery Inscriptions online
Inscriptions on tombs in Vizagapatam District Section from Tombs and Monuments in Madras possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest vol 2 (1845) by J J cotton. Archive.org
Historical books online
- A Manual of the District of Vizagapatam, in the Presidency of Madras by D. F. Carmichael 1869 Google Books
- Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam 1907 Archive.org
