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Bengal and North-Western Railway (B&NWR) added to transport links infobox and workshops in text
{{Locations_Infobox
|presidency=Bengal
|image=
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.7588,83.3697&z=12&t=h&hl=en 26.7588°N 83.3697°E]
|altitude=83 m (272 ft)
|presentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorakhpur Gorakhpur]
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport= [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] (B&NWR)
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Gorakhpur|name=Gorakhpur |link=xxxxx}}
'''Gorakhpur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_337.gif Gorakhpur District] in the Gorakhpur Division of United Provinces during the British period.
'''Gorakhpur''' was the location of the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] (B&NWR) workshops .<br> ''See'' [[B&NWR Railway Workshops]]
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Gorakhpur<br>
Variants: Goruckpore<br>
==Military history ==
[[Battle of Goruckpore]] 1858
==External links==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_347.gif Gorakhpur City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9HkOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Anecdotes and Reminiscences of Service in Bengal''] [by A. L. M. Phillips (Alfred Lisle March Phillips) 1878] Google Books. He arrived in India in 1846 and retired 1873. He was appointed Judge at Goruckpore, close to the Himalayas, late 1870 (page 191).
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