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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.492739,77.666121&z=14&t=h&hl=en 27.492739°N 77.666121°E] | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=27.492739,77.666121&z=14&t=h&hl=en 27.492739°N 77.666121°E] | ||
|altitude=174 metres (570 feet) | |altitude=174 metres (570 feet) | ||
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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh] | |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh] | ||
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | |country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | ||
|transport= | |transport=[[Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway]]<br>[[Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway]]<br>[[Nagda-Mathura(Muttra) Railway]] | ||
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'''Muttra''' | '''Muttra''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_068.gif 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<br> | |||
Variants: Muttra | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_078.gif Muttra City] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | ||
*[http://cbmathura.org/history/ Cantt Board Mathura: History] A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935. | |||
*[http://beautifulindianchurches.blogspot.com/2016/11/christ-church-mathura-church-of-north.html Christ Church, Mathura (Church of North India)] ''Beautiful Indian Churches.'' | |||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150918213847/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/26th-october-1878/14/muttra-chapel-nwp-india Muttra Chapel, N.W.P. India]. Page 14, 26th October 1878 ''The Tablet'' The International Catholic News Weekly, now an archived webpage. | |||
*First page of an article [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17513 Bridges on the Northern Section of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway] by John Kerr Robertson, ICE ''Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 193, Issue 1913, 01 January 1913'' , pages 331 –346 | |||
**The opening of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway to through traffic in October, 1909, marked the completion of an important addition to the railway system of India. Leaving the Godhra-Rutlam Nagda Railway at Nagda, the new railway runs almost due north, through Central India and the Rajputana States, to Muttra, where it forms a junction with the Agra-Delhi chord railway. | |||
*Images of [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1400_1499/krishnabhakti/mathura/mathura.html Mathura] from Professor Pritchett’s website Indian Routes | |||
*[http://trochronicles.blogspot.com/2010/03/hog-sticking-raj-style-pt-ii.html Hog Sticking Raj Style! Part II] mentions the Muttra Tent Club. | |||
*[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/the-mutra-cup-meeting-aka-the-muttra-cup-meeting/query/cup Video: The Muttra Cup Meeting India’s Largest Pig-Sticking Contest] 1 min 33sec preview British Pathe | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA469 Muttra] page 469 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bEsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA543 Muttra] page 543 ''The Baptist Magazine for 1843'' Google Books | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/372/mode/2up Muttra] page 373 ''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 | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/mathurdistrict00growrich ''Mathura; a District Memoir''] by Frederic Salmon Growse, 1883 Archive.org | |||
**[https://archive.org/stream/mathurdistrict00growrich#page/158/mode/2up Chapter VII "The City of Mathura: The European Institutions and Museum"] page 159. Includes a photograph of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church | |||
*[https://archive.org/details/reportonsettlem00whitgoog ''Report on the Settlement of the Muttra District, North-Western Provinces (1879)''] by R. S. Whiteway Bengal Civil Service 1879 Archive.org | |||
*[http://en.brajdiscovery.org/index.php?title=Mathura_A_Gazetteer-1 Transcription of ''Mathura: A Gazetteer''],
edited and compiled by D.L. Drake-Brockman 1911 brajdiscovery.org | |||
*[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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Latest revision as of 13:05, 18 September 2019
| Muttra | |
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| 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 | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing 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
- Muttra City Imperial Gazetteer
- Cantt Board Mathura: History A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.
- Christ Church, Mathura (Church of North India) Beautiful Indian Churches.
- Muttra Chapel, N.W.P. India. Page 14, 26th October 1878 The Tablet The International Catholic News Weekly, now an archived webpage.
- First page of an article Bridges on the Northern Section of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway by John Kerr Robertson, ICE Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 193, Issue 1913, 01 January 1913 , pages 331 –346
- The opening of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway to through traffic in October, 1909, marked the completion of an important addition to the railway system of India. Leaving the Godhra-Rutlam Nagda Railway at Nagda, the new railway runs almost due north, through Central India and the Rajputana States, to Muttra, where it forms a junction with the Agra-Delhi chord railway.
- Images of Mathura from Professor Pritchett’s website Indian Routes
- Hog Sticking Raj Style! Part II mentions the Muttra Tent Club.
- Video: The Muttra Cup Meeting India’s Largest Pig-Sticking Contest 1 min 33sec preview British Pathe
Historical books online
- Muttra page 469 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
- Muttra page 543 The Baptist Magazine for 1843 Google Books
- Muttra page 373 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
- Mathura; a District Memoir by Frederic Salmon Growse, 1883 Archive.org
- Chapter VII "The City of Mathura: The European Institutions and Museum" page 159. Includes a photograph of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
- Report on the Settlement of the Muttra District, North-Western Provinces (1879) by R. S. Whiteway Bengal Civil Service 1879 Archive.org
- Transcription of Mathura: A Gazetteer, edited and compiled by D.L. Drake-Brockman 1911 brajdiscovery.org
- 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 Preview Google Books. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra.
- "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.