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| Place Name: | Baharampur |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
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Berhampore is situated on the Hooghly River, around 120 miles upstream of Calcutta. It was a British cantonment.
Alternative spellings
Berhampur, Brahmapur
History
After the Battle of Plassey in June 1757, Berhampore was chosen as the site "of the chief military station for Bengal; and a huge square of brick barracks was erected in 1767".1 The town continued as a cantonment until 1870.
One of the first acts of the Indian Mutiny, the 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry mutinied here in 1857.
References
- Berhampur, Murshidabad, India Lovetoknow 1911 encyclopedia