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{{Places of Interest|title=Howrah|name=Howrah|link=xxxxx}}
'''Howrah''' is situated across the river from [[Calcutta]], on the west bank of the Hugli River. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_212.gif Howrah District] in the division of the same name in the [[Bengal Districts]] during the British period.
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_219.gif Howrah City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117073242/http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/skchhowrahdoc.html A view of the Howrah Dockyard] , now archived from the website of the [http://www.victoriamemorial-cal.org/index2.html home/content/en Victoria Memorial Hall, Calcutta]<br>
*[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2261676/Cliff-Richards-India-How-singers-career-actually-began-Calcutta.html Cliff's Calcutta: How Richard's singing career actually began in the British Raj] by Steve Turner 13 January 2013 dailymail.co.uk. The singer Cliff Richards once lived in Howrah
===Historical books online===
*[http://nlirepository.nvli.in//handle/123456789/9096 ''An Account of Howrah, Past and Present''] by C D Banerjei 1872. Pdf download from National Library of India.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/howrahomalley01omal#page/n5/mode/2up ''Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrah''] 1909 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/bengalobituaryo00calgoog#page/n345/mode/2up List of burials at Howrah] (Bengal Obituary) archive.org
