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'''Bhopal''' was a town in the Bengal Presidency and headquarters of the Balasore District.
'''Bhopal''' was a town in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_India_Agency  Central Indian Agency] (Wikipedia) and was the junction of the Midland section of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway| Great Indian Peninsula]] and [[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]s, 521 miles from Bombay.


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== History ==
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====Military====
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=====POW Camp at Bairagarh=====
During the Second World War, there was a large Prisoner of War Camp for Italian prisoners  at Bairagarh, then a locality near Bhopal, now a part of Bhopal.  See [[POW Camps in India# Second World War| POW Camps in India]].


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== Records ==
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==External links==
==External links==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_148.gif Bhopal] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_148.gif Bhopal] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bhopal Bhopal] 1911 Love to Know
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_India_Agency_1909.jpg Map of Central India Agency 1909] Wikipedia
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-B.htm#Bhopal  RAF Bhopal] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
====Historical books online====
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA367 Bhopal] page 367 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books
*''Central India State Gazetteer Series''. Compliled by Captain  C E Luard, Superintendent of Gazetteer in Central India.This series includes
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.123735 ''Bhopal State Gazetteer Volume III Text and Tables''] 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
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Latest revision as of 08:18, 10 June 2017

Bhopal
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 23.259933°N 77.412615°E
Altitude: 427 metres (1,401 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bhopal
State/Province: Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
FibiWiki Maps
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Bhopal]



Bhopal was a town in the Central Indian Agency (Wikipedia) and was the junction of the Midland section of the Great Indian Peninsula and Bhopal-Ujjain Railways, 521 miles from Bombay.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Bhopal
Variants:

History

Military

POW Camp at Bairagarh

During the Second World War, there was a large Prisoner of War Camp for Italian prisoners at Bairagarh, then a locality near Bhopal, now a part of Bhopal. See POW Camps in India.

Churches and missions

Cemeteries

Places of interest

Education

Transport

Records

External links

Historical books online

  • Bhopal page 367 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
  • Central India State Gazetteer Series. Compliled by Captain C E Luard, Superintendent of Gazetteer in Central India.This series includes
Bhopal State Gazetteer Volume III Text and Tables 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.