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'''Muttra''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_068.gif Muttra District] in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
'''Muttra''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_068.gif Muttra District] in the Agra Division of [[United Provinces]] during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.


A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.
A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_078.gif Muttra City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_078.gif Muttra City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.cbmathura.org/History.aspx Cantt Board Mathura: History]  A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.
*[http://cbmathura.org/history/ Cantt Board Mathura: History]  A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.
*[http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/26th-october-1878/14/muttra-chapel-nwp-india Muttra Chapel, N.W.P. India]. Page 14, 26th October 1878 ''The Tablet'' The International Catholic News Weekly
*[http://beautifulindianchurches.blogspot.com/2016/11/christ-church-mathura-church-of-north.html Christ Church, Mathura (Church of North India)]  ''Beautiful Indian Churches.''
*First two pages of an article [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17513 Bridges on the Northern Section of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway]  by John Kerr Robertson, ICE ''Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 193, Issue 1913, 01 January 1913'' , pages 331 –346
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150918213847/http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/26th-october-1878/14/muttra-chapel-nwp-india Muttra Chapel, N.W.P. India]. Page 14, 26th October 1878 ''The Tablet'' The International Catholic News Weekly, now an archived webpage.
*First page of an article [http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17513 Bridges on the Northern Section of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway]  by John Kerr Robertson, ICE ''Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 193, Issue 1913, 01 January 1913'' , pages 331 –346
**The opening of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway to through traffic in October, 1909, marked the completion of an important addition to the railway system of India. Leaving the Godhra-Rutlam Nagda Railway at Nagda, the new railway runs almost due north, through Central India and the Rajputana States, to Muttra, where it forms a junction with the Agra-Delhi chord railway.
**The opening of the Nagda-Muttra State Railway to through traffic in October, 1909, marked the completion of an important addition to the railway system of India. Leaving the Godhra-Rutlam Nagda Railway at Nagda, the new railway runs almost due north, through Central India and the Rajputana States, to Muttra, where it forms a junction with the Agra-Delhi chord railway.
*Images of [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1400_1499/krishnabhakti/mathura/mathura.html Mathura] from Professor Pritchett’s website Indian Routes
*Images of [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1400_1499/krishnabhakti/mathura/mathura.html Mathura] from Professor Pritchett’s website Indian Routes
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*[http://en.brajdiscovery.org/index.php?title=Mathura_A_Gazetteer-1 Transcription of ''Mathura: A Gazetteer''],
 edited and compiled by D.L. Drake-Brockman 1911 brajdiscovery.org
*[http://en.brajdiscovery.org/index.php?title=Mathura_A_Gazetteer-1 Transcription of ''Mathura: A Gazetteer''],
 edited and compiled by D.L. Drake-Brockman 1911 brajdiscovery.org


*''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny'' by Mark Thornhill  1884 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1    Preview Google Books]. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra
*[https://archive.org/details/personaladventur00thor ''The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny''] by Mark Thornhill  1884 Archive.org. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=7ihP7E49bDYC&pg=PP1    Preview Google Books]. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra.
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/2864905upenn/2864905#page/n21/mode/1up "An Indian Incident"] page 18 ''The Wooden City; a Journal for British Prisoners of War''. 1915 Archive.org. A Shikar expedition from Muttra in 1907.
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 18 September 2019

Muttra
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 27.492739°N 77.666121°E
Altitude: 174 metres (570 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mathura
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway
Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway
Nagda-Mathura(Muttra) Railway
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places of interest during the British period
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Muttra was the headquarters of Muttra District in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Mathura
Variants: Muttra

External links

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