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Ghazipur | {{Locations_Infobox | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.58,83.57&z=10&t=h&hl=en 25.58°N 83.57°E] | |||
|altitude= 73 metres (240 ft) | |||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur Ghazipur] | |||
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh] | |||
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | |||
|transport=[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] | |||
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{{Places of Interest|title=Ghazipur|name=Ghazipur |link=xxxxx}} | |||
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare [[Opium trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium" | '''Ghazipur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_160.gif Ghazipur District] in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]. It also connected by a steam ferry with the terminus of a branch of the [[East Indian Railway]] | ||
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare [[Opium trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium". | |||
== Spelling variants== | == Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name: Ghazipur | Modern name: Ghazipur<br> | ||
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||
== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[ | *[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=rCsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA73 "Mofussil Stations: No VIII Ghazeepore"] page 73 ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Vol 12, New Series, Sept-Dec 1833. Google Books. | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221 "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal"] by JW Fleming, FRCS, Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861) Google Books | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/360/mode/2up Ghazeepore] page 360 ''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 | |||
*''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham | *''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham | ||
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Part I''] 1870 Google Books [http://archive.org/stream/historicalstatis02oldhuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D''] 1876 Archive.org | :[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Part I''] 1870 Google Books [http://archive.org/stream/historicalstatis02oldhuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D''] 1876 Archive.org | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2954 ''Ghazipur : a Gazetteer being Volume XXIX of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh''] by H R Nevill 1909 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.90992/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org | |||
*[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | *[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:49, 2 October 2020
| Ghazipur | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 25.58°N 83.57°E |
| Altitude: | 73 metres (240 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Ghazipur |
| State/Province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Bengal and North-Western Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Ghazipur] |
Ghazipur was the headquarters of Ghazipur District in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the Bengal and North-Western Railway. It also connected by a steam ferry with the terminus of a branch of the East Indian Railway
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare opium for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium".
Spelling variants
Modern name: Ghazipur
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor
External links
- Ghazipur Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
Historical books online
- "Mofussil Stations: No VIII Ghazeepore" page 73 The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Vol 12, New Series, Sept-Dec 1833. Google Books.
- Ghazepore, page 74 The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858 Google Books
- "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal" by JW Fleming, FRCS, Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859 (published 1861) Google Books
- Ghazeepore page 360 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
- North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District by Wilton Oldham
- Part I 1870 Google Books Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D 1876 Archive.org
- Ghazipur : a Gazetteer being Volume XXIX of the District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh by H R Nevill 1909 Archive.org. 2nd file Archive.org
- “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory” by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956