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**''Kacheri Cemetery, Kanpur : a complete list of inscriptions with notes on those buried there'' by Zoe Yalland 1985 | **''Kacheri Cemetery, Kanpur : a complete list of inscriptions with notes on those buried there'' by Zoe Yalland 1985 | ||
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] have put the indexes to this cemetery book online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service. | |||
This cemetery was open 1781-1865 and up to 1846 was known as the Officers’ Burial Ground, as mainly military officers and their families were buried there. It became known as Kacheri Cemetery in 1857. [[Cemeteries#Inscriptions in online books|Blunt]] has some entries under Kachahri Cemetery. Private soldiers were buried at Hiramun-Ku –Purwa (open 1796-1818). The New Cantonment Cemetery was open 1818-1943.<ref>[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Ij5dojANAG0J:www.rcueslko.org/jnnurm/Kanpur/10%2520Chapter%252010%2520Heritage%2520and%2520Tourism.pdf+Kacheri+Cemetery&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiaO2TnCC6QoI29ymzo1XEalKdCKMMGUXKt3NI2AH-ucD1I2SpIXGzYLPpMz4n8THV71O5FMeuAh6Uwa3-UT_-D_668Te91A7L3tuaJm8iAcyu1pINievxjno5bBLVK0RT3V5dP&sig=AHIEtbRdkoY_o3LJAPK55CJVt3yhqTJZfA Kanpur Heritage and Tourism], page 4 and details from BACSA Archive at the British Library, Mss F370.</ref> | |||
*Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery from ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series'' | *Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery from ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series'' | ||
**Volume 1 1906. This is a Preview Google Books and unfortunately only part of the data is shown. This book is available at the [[British Library]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA54 Page 54],[http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA114 page 114], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA145 page 145], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA172 page 172], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA218 page 218] | **Volume 1 1906. This is a Preview Google Books and unfortunately only part of the data is shown. This book is available at the [[British Library]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA54 Page 54],[http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA114 page 114], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA145 page 145], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA172 page 172], [http://books.google.com/books?id=m0VJJ6SHMWUC&pg=PA218 page 218] | ||
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*[http://www.christchurchcollegekanpur.com/about.htm Christ Church College, Kanpur]. The College began as an S.P.G. [Society for the Propogation of the Gospel] Mission School in the 1840’s. First called Mission School, then Christ Church School, it grew into a College affiliated to the Calcutta University in 1866. | *[http://www.christchurchcollegekanpur.com/about.htm Christ Church College, Kanpur]. The College began as an S.P.G. [Society for the Propogation of the Gospel] Mission School in the 1840’s. First called Mission School, then Christ Church School, it grew into a College affiliated to the Calcutta University in 1866. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_High_School,_Kanpur Girls’High School], (Wikipedia), known as Methodist High School since 1952. Established 1874. It also admitted some boys. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodist_High_School,_Kanpur Girls’High School], (Wikipedia), known as Methodist High School since 1952. Established 1874. It also admitted some boys. | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 01:37, 2 March 2011
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 26.460738°N, 80.333405°E |
| Altitude: | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Kanpur |
| State/Province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway East Indian Railway Great Indian Peninsula Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | |
Cawnpore, in north central India, is now known as Kanpur. The nearest large city is Lucknow. Cawnpore was the scene of the infamous Siege of Cawnpore and subsequent massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down the Bibighar well.
The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the East Indian main trunk line from Calcutta to Delhi meeting spurs from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India, Great Indian Peninsula and Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways.
History
Siege of Cawnpore Jun 1857
Cawnpore (Bibigarh)
Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857
Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Kanpur
Variants: Cawnpore, Cawnpur
Modern name:Bibigarh
Variants: Bibigurh/Bibigahr/Bibighar
Cemeteries
- A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication, but currently (10/2010) out of print, is
- Kacheri Cemetery, Kanpur : a complete list of inscriptions with notes on those buried there by Zoe Yalland 1985
BACSA have put the indexes to this cemetery book online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
This cemetery was open 1781-1865 and up to 1846 was known as the Officers’ Burial Ground, as mainly military officers and their families were buried there. It became known as Kacheri Cemetery in 1857. Blunt has some entries under Kachahri Cemetery. Private soldiers were buried at Hiramun-Ku –Purwa (open 1796-1818). The New Cantonment Cemetery was open 1818-1943.[1]
- Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery from Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series
- Volume 1 1906. This is a Preview Google Books and unfortunately only part of the data is shown. This book is available at the British Library. Page 54,page 114, page 145, page 172, page 218
- Volume 2 1908 Archive.org Page 21, page 61, page 138, page 164. It appears the data continues, probably in Fourth Series, Volume 3, available at the British Library
Education
- Christ Church College, Kanpur. The College began as an S.P.G. [Society for the Propogation of the Gospel] Mission School in the 1840’s. First called Mission School, then Christ Church School, it grew into a College affiliated to the Calcutta University in 1866.
- Girls’High School, (Wikipedia), known as Methodist High School since 1952. Established 1874. It also admitted some boys.
References
- ↑ Kanpur Heritage and Tourism, page 4 and details from BACSA Archive at the British Library, Mss F370.
External links
- Cawnpore Love to Know 1911
- Kanpur Wikipedia
- Cawnpore City Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9, page 315.
- Cawnpore map 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 26 Atlas
