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'''Kharagpur''' was the headquarters subdivision of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_333.gif Midnapore District] in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.  
'''Kharagpur''' was the headquarters subdivision of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_333.gif Midnapore District] in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.  
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur),  but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur),  but increased in importance when the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments.
 
See also
*[[Kharagpur Railway Workshops]]
*[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway Kharagpur Construction Monorail|BNR Workshops Construction, Kharagpur]]


==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Kharagpur<br>
Modern name: Kharagpur<br>
Variants: Kharakpur/Khargpur
Variants: Kharakpur / Khargpur  


==Recommended Reading==
==Recommended Reading==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_253.gif Kharakpur] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_253.gif Kharakpur] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharagpur_Railway_Settlement Kharagpur Railway Settlement] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 May 2016)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharagpur_Junction_railway_station Kharagpur Junction railway station] Wikipedia (retrieved 29 May 2016)
*[http://indianrail.wikia.com/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]Indianrail.wiki. Article includes photograph of railway station
*[http://indianrail.wikia.com/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]Indianrail.wiki. Article includes photograph of railway station
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited]  Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited]  Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.

Latest revision as of 01:56, 21 December 2017

Kharagpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.3310478°N, 87.1924589°E
Altitude: 61 m (200 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kharagpur
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
Transport links
Bengal-Nagpur Railway

Kharagpur was the headquarters subdivision of Midnapore District in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.

Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910

Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments.

See also

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kharagpur
Variants: Kharakpur / Khargpur

Recommended Reading

  • Lines of the Nation: Indian Railway workers, Bureaucracy, and the Intimate Historical Self Columbia University Press. New York, 2007 by Laura Bear. This book is reviewed in Transport and communications reading list

External links