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{{Places of Interest|title=Ghazipur|name=Ghazipur |link=xxxxx}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Ballia|name=Ballia |link=xxxxx}}
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'''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]]
'''Ballia''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=6&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_256.gif Ballia District] in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period.  
 
"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<br>
Modern name: Ballia<br>
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor
Variants: Baliya


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_263.gif Ballia Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Azamgarh Ghazipur] Love to Know 1911<br>
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*''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://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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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

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Ballia
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.762639°N 84.149094°E
Altitude: 159 m (522 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ballia
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
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places of interest during the British period
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Ballia was the headquarters of Ballia District in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Ballia
Variants: Baliya

External links

Ballia Town Imperial Gazetteer of India

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