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Chunar is situated  on the right bank of the Ganges,  and was  on the [[East Indian Railway]]. The historic Chunar Fort is located here.
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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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'''Chunar''' is situated  on the right bank of the Ganges, approximately twenty five miles to the west of [[Benares]] (Varanasi) (ie  upriver) and was  on the [[East Indian Railway]]. The historic Chunar Fort is located here.
 
C 1834<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CBAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA119 "Mofussil Stations: No XII - Monghyr"] page 119 ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Volume 14, New Series May-August 1834. Google Books</ref>  it was the one of the four locations of invalided European Veterans in Bengal (the others being [[Buxar]], [[Monghyr]] and [[Murshidabad|Moorshedabad]].) These men probably belonged to a Veterans' Battalion, similar to  the [[Carnatic European Veteran Battalion]] in Madras Presidency.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunar  Chunar] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunar  Chunar] Wikipedia (retrieved 22 May 2016)
*[http://www.google.com.au/search?q=chunar+fort+varanasi&start=10&hl=en&sa=N&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=P5-3T_XBMnZigefubHwCA&ved=0CHUQsAQ4Cg&biw=1355&bih=677    Images of the Chunar Fort] Google
*[http://www.google.com.au/search?q=chunar+fort+varanasi&start=10&hl=en&sa=N&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=P5-3T_XBMnZigefubHwCA&ved=0CHUQsAQ4Cg&biw=1355&bih=677    Images of the Chunar Fort] Google


==Historic Books online==
==Historical books online==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_339.gif "Chunar Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10'', page 333.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_339.gif "Chunar Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10'', page 333.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chunar%20Fort&pg=PA80 Chunar and Chunar Fort] , page 80 ''The United Service Magazine,Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&dq=Chunar%20Fort&pg=PA80 Chunar and Chunar Fort] , page 80 ''The United Service Magazine,Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/392/mode/2up  Chunar] page  393 ''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
==References==
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Chunar
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.13°N 82.9°E
Altitude: 84 m (276 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chunar
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
East Indian Railway

Chunar is situated on the right bank of the Ganges, approximately twenty five miles to the west of Benares (Varanasi) (ie upriver) and was on the East Indian Railway. The historic Chunar Fort is located here.

C 1834[1] it was the one of the four locations of invalided European Veterans in Bengal (the others being Buxar, Monghyr and Moorshedabad.) These men probably belonged to a Veterans' Battalion, similar to the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion in Madras Presidency.

External links

Historical books online

  • "Chunar Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 10, page 333.
  • Chunar and Chunar Fort , page 80 The United Service Magazine,Part 3 1858 Google Books
  • Chunar page 393 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

References

  1. "Mofussil Stations: No XII - Monghyr" page 119 The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 14, New Series May-August 1834. Google Books