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Ghazipur | {{Locations_Infobox | ||
|presidency=[[Bengal]] | |||
|image= | |||
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.58,83.57&z=10&t=h&hl=en 25.58°N 83.57°E] | |||
|altitude= 73 metres (240 ft) | |||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur Ghazipur] | |||
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh] | |||
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | |||
|transport=[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]] | |||
}} | |||
{{Places of Interest|title=Ghazipur|name=Ghazipur |link=xxxxx}} | |||
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"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare [[Opium trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium" | '''Ghazipur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_160.gif Ghazipur District] in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]. It also connected by a steam ferry with the terminus of a branch of the [[East Indian Railway]] | ||
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare [[Opium trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium". | |||
== Spelling variants== | == Spelling variants== | ||
Modern name: Ghazipur | Modern name: Ghazipur<br> | ||
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor | |||
Variants: Ghazipore | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] | *[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Azamgarh Ghazipur] Love to Know 1911<br> | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books | ||
*''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham | *''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 29 June 2012
| Ghazipur | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 25.58°N 83.57°E |
| Altitude: | 73 metres (240 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Ghazipur |
| State/Province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Bengal and North-Western Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Ghazipur] |
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Ghazipur was the headquarters of Ghazipur District in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the Bengal and North-Western Railway. It also connected by a steam ferry with the terminus of a branch of the East Indian Railway
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare opium for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium".
Spelling variants
Modern name: Ghazipur
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor
External links
- Ghazipur Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Ghazipur Love to Know 1911
- Ghazepore, page 74 The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858 Google Books
- North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District by Wilton Oldham
- Part I 1870 Google Books Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D 1876 Archive.org
- “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory” by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956