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'''Dacca''' was a city the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_108.gif Dacca District] in the division of the same name in Bengal Presidency until Province during the British period. It was part of Eastern Bengal and Assam Province during the temporary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_Bengal_(1905) the Partition of Bengal] in 1905. It is now the capital of the independent state of [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html Bangladesh].
== Spelling Variants ==
Variants: Dacca<br>
== History Cemeteries ======Military====*[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publications is:''Bangladesh Burials : Monumental Inscriptions in Dhaka and other Cemeteries'' by Susan Farrington, 2012, 205ppAdd internal links to Fibiwiki pages :The third volume of the author’s trilogy on WarsEuropean graves in Bangladesh, with numerous illustrations, Campaigns cemetery plans and Battles.2 maps
== Interactive Map ==:See [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books].
== Churches :[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] have put the indexes to these cemetery books online and missions ==these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service
== Cemeteries External links==*[http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2277738 Details] of the book ''Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India: Dacca 1722-1977'' by Liz Chater 2011<br>*[http://www.churchofbangladesh.org/index.php/about/foundation Church of Bangladesh] has its headquarters in Dhaka*[http://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/weekend/2014/dec/20 "The Christian Community"] by Reema Islam. Christianity in Bangladesh .Select page 6. ''The Weekend Tribune: The Dhaka Tribune'' Volume 2, Issue 31, December 19, 2014== Places *[http://www.academia.edu/5121053/Glimpses_of_the_Greek_Community_from_the_Dhaka_University_Gravestones "Glimpses of interest ==the Greek Community from the Dhaka University Gravestones"] by Helen AbadzI academia.edu.
== Education ==Historical books online====*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_122.gif Dacca City] Imperial Gazetteer*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_112.gif Dacca District] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 11'', page 106.*[https://archive.org/details/romanceofeastern00brad/page/n9 ''The Romance of an Eastern Capital''] by F B Bradley-Birt, Indian Civil Service 1906 Archive.org. Also available [https://www.wdl.org/en/item/2385 World Digital Library] Library of Congress with different coloured images. Click on image to read online.
== Transport ==
 
== Records ==
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==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacca Dhaka] Wikipedia
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_112.gif Dacca City] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 11'', page 106.
*[http://zymaislam19.wordpress.com/ Narinda Christian Cemetery, Dacca], contains many photographs. Blog called Revisiting the Past – Zyma Islam. Scroll down to the oldest blog which is at the bottom of the page.
*This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2010-10/1285980879 post] details some BACSA records for Dacca.
*[http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2277738 Details] of the book ''Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India: Dacca 1722-1977'' by Liz Chater 2011
====Historical books on-line====
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
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