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*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill  1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1    Preview Google Books]. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra.
*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill  1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1    Preview Google Books]. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra.
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/2864905upenn/2864905#page/n21/mode/1up "An Indian Incident"] page 18 ''The Wooden City; a Journal for British Prisoners of War''. 1915 Archive.org. A Shikar expedition from Muttra in 1907.
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Muttra
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 27.492739°N 77.666121°E
Altitude: 174 metres (570 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mathura
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway
Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway
Nagda-Mathura(Muttra) Railway
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Muttra]



Muttra was the headquarters of Muttra District in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Mathura
Variants: Muttra

External links

Historical books online