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|presidency= [[Madras]] | |presidency= [[Madras]] | ||
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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.3008,80.4428&spn=0.1,0.1&q=16.3008,80.4428 | |coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.3008,80.4428&spn=0.1,0.1&q=16.3008,80.4428 16.300800°N, 80.442800°E] | ||
|altitude= 30 m (98 ft) | |altitude= 30 m (98 ft) | ||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur Guntur] | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur Guntur] | ||
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'''Guntur''' was headquarters of the Guntur District in the [[Madras]] presidency during the British period. It was on the Bellary-Bezwada branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]]. | |||
==Spelling variants== | |||
Modern name: Guntur<br /> | |||
Variants; Guntoor | |||
==Cemeteries== | |||
*"Old Cemetery" at Guntoor, Hyderabad Residency. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guntur "Guntur"] Wikipedia "(retrieved 4 May 2016)" | |||
[http:// | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=lOI-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87 "The District of Guntoor and Guntoor Town"] ''A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Counties Volume 2'', page 87 by Walter Hamilton 1820 Google Books | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_395.gif "Guntur Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 12, page 389. "It was apparently founded in the second half of the eighteenth century by the [[French]]" | |||
*In 1868 there were [[French]] merchants in Guntoor, descendants of families from the past century [http://books.google.com/books?id=gQcFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA107 "The Total Solar Eclipse Of August 1868 Report of M. Janssen"] ''A List Of Anniversaries Of Remarkable Astronomical Discoveries And Occurrences'', page 107 by George Walker 1869 Google Books | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:54, 4 May 2016
| Guntur | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 16.300800°N, 80.442800°E |
| Altitude: | 30 m (98 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Guntur |
| State/Province: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Southern Mahratta Railway | |
Guntur was headquarters of the Guntur District in the Madras presidency during the British period. It was on the Bellary-Bezwada branch of the Southern Mahratta railway.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Guntur
Variants; Guntoor
Cemeteries
- "Old Cemetery" at Guntoor, Hyderabad Residency.
External links
- "Guntur" Wikipedia "(retrieved 4 May 2016)"
Historical books online
- "The District of Guntoor and Guntoor Town" A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical description of Hindostan, and the Adjacent Counties Volume 2, page 87 by Walter Hamilton 1820 Google Books
- "Guntur Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12, page 389. "It was apparently founded in the second half of the eighteenth century by the French"
- In 1868 there were French merchants in Guntoor, descendants of families from the past century "The Total Solar Eclipse Of August 1868 Report of M. Janssen" A List Of Anniversaries Of Remarkable Astronomical Discoveries And Occurrences, page 107 by George Walker 1869 Google Books
