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There was a cantonment to the south-east of the town. However in 1874, owing to an outbreak of enteric fever which resulted in numerous deaths, the troops were withdrawn with the exception of a small detachment. | {{Locations_Infobox | ||
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|altitude= 610 m (2,000 ft) | |||
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'''Hazaribagh''' was the headquarters of the district of the same name during the British period. There was a cantonment to the south-east of the town. However in 1874, owing to an outbreak of enteric fever which resulted in numerous deaths, the troops were withdrawn with the exception of a small detachment. | |||
==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
Hazaribagh, | Modern name: Hazaribagh<br> | ||
Variants: Hazaribag/Hazareebagh/Hazareebaugh | |||
==Dublin University Mission at Chota Nagpur (DUMCN)== | |||
This Mission was based in Hazaribagh and was established in 1891. A dispensary and hospital were opened in 1892, and a girls’ and boys’ high school as well as a primary school followed by 1897. Over the next 70 years, the DU Mission community was well staffed by missionary clergy, doctors, nurses, teachers and lay people from Ireland and elsewhere. (Refer links below) | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http:// | *[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0216/1224311854249.html Rare images of missionaries who worked in Raj India] ''The Irish Times'' 16 February 2012 | ||
*[http:// | *[http://ireland.anglican.org/about/128 Details] of the DUMCN and its archives at the RCB (Representative Church Body) Library, Dublin. and [http://ireland.anglican.org/about/132 Photographs] ireland.anglican.org | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_105.gif "Hazaribagh Town"] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13, page 99. | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA295 The cantonment at Hazareebaugh], page 295 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/354/mode/2up Hazareebaugh] page 354 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org | |||
*''Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteers'' [https://archive.org/details/hazaribagh00list ''Hazaribagh''] by E Lister 1918 Archive.org | |||
[[Category:Locations]][[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Locations]][[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:00, 6 June 2016
| Hazaribagh | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 23.98°N 85.35°E |
| Altitude: | 610 m (2,000 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Hazaribagh |
| State/Province: | Jharkhand |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
Hazaribagh was the headquarters of the district of the same name during the British period. There was a cantonment to the south-east of the town. However in 1874, owing to an outbreak of enteric fever which resulted in numerous deaths, the troops were withdrawn with the exception of a small detachment.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Hazaribagh
Variants: Hazaribag/Hazareebagh/Hazareebaugh
Dublin University Mission at Chota Nagpur (DUMCN)
This Mission was based in Hazaribagh and was established in 1891. A dispensary and hospital were opened in 1892, and a girls’ and boys’ high school as well as a primary school followed by 1897. Over the next 70 years, the DU Mission community was well staffed by missionary clergy, doctors, nurses, teachers and lay people from Ireland and elsewhere. (Refer links below)
External links
- Rare images of missionaries who worked in Raj India The Irish Times 16 February 2012
- Details of the DUMCN and its archives at the RCB (Representative Church Body) Library, Dublin. and Photographs ireland.anglican.org
Historical books online
- "Hazaribagh Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 13, page 99.
- The cantonment at Hazareebaugh, page 295 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
- Hazareebaugh page 354 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
- Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteers Hazaribagh by E Lister 1918 Archive.org
