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'''Jhansi''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_141.gif Jhansi District] in the Allahabad Division of United Provinces during the British period.
'''Jhansi''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_141.gif Jhansi District] in the Allahabad Division of United Provinces during the British period.


The city was the centre of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] system, whence four lines diverged to [[Agra]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Bhopal]].
The city was the centre of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] system, whence four lines diverged to [[Agra]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Bhopal]]. This line later became the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR).


== History ==
== History ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_154.gif Jhansi City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_154.gif Jhansi City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160405221439/http://www.cwgc.org/news-events/news/2012/1/jhansi-(lynchgate)-cantonment-cemetery.aspx Jhansi (Lynchgate) Cantonment Cemetery]  News item dated 01 January 2012 Commonwealth War Graves Commission, now an archived webpage
:[https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/5001720/JHANSI%20CANTONMENT%20CEMETERY Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery] cwgc.org
:[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/cemetery_details.asp?town=Jhansi&cem=Cantonment%20Cemetery  Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery] indian-cemeteries.org
*[http://davidgibbins.com/journal/2014/2/13/murder-in-jhansi-1915 Murder In Jhansi, 1915: Major Marmaduke Henry Littledale Gale, 8th (Indian) Cavalry]
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml 1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 2] by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. WW2People’s War.  The author was posted to Jhansi  in October 1941.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a4427958.shtml 1941-1945 Eastern Travels Part 2] by Cecil John Callis, [[Royal Corps of Signals]]. WW2People’s War.  The author was posted to Jhansi  in October 1941.
*[http://forpakistan.org/fpdata/bhowani-junction-a-brief-but-memorable-encounter-with-hollywood Bhowani Junction – a brief but memorable encounter with Hollywood] by Hamid Hussain April 12, 2013 forpakistan.org. "The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi"
*[http://forpakistan.org/fpdata/bhowani-junction-a-brief-but-memorable-encounter-with-hollywood Bhowani Junction – a brief but memorable encounter with Hollywood] by Hamid Hussain April 12, 2013 forpakistan.org. "The geographic location of fictional Bhowani Junction was most likely Jhansi"

Latest revision as of 10:56, 16 November 2017

Jhansi
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.433300°N 78.583300°E
Altitude: 285 m (935 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Jhansi
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Indian Midland Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Jhansi]



Jhansi was the headquarters of Jhansi District in the Allahabad Division of United Provinces during the British period.

The city was the centre of the Indian Midland Railway system, whence four lines diverged to Agra, Cawnpore, Allahabad and Bhopal. This line later became the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR).

History

External links

Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery cwgc.org
Jhansi Cantonment Cemetery indian-cemeteries.org

Historical books online

  • Jhansi page 369 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