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'''Muttra''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_068.gif Muttra District] in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
'''Muttra''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_068.gif Muttra District] in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA469 Muttra] page 469 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA469 Muttra] page 469 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bEsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA543 Muttra] page 543 ''The Baptist Magazine for 1843'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bEsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA543 Muttra] page 543 ''The Baptist Magazine for 1843'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/372/mode/2up Muttra] page  373 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mathurdistrict00growrich ''Mathura; a District Memoir''] by Frederic Salmon Growse, 1883 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/mathurdistrict00growrich ''Mathura; a District Memoir''] by Frederic Salmon Growse, 1883 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/mathurdistrict00growrich#page/158/mode/2up Chapter VII "The City of Mathura: The European Institutions and Museum"] page 159. Includes a photograph of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
**[https://archive.org/stream/mathurdistrict00growrich#page/158/mode/2up Chapter VII "The City of Mathura: The European Institutions and Museum"] page 159. Includes a photograph of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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Muttra
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 27.492739°N 77.666121°E
Altitude: 174 metres (570 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Mathura
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
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Muttra was the headquarters of Muttra District in the Agra Division of United Provinces during the British period. Today it is a city of some 2.5 million people on the right bank of the Jumna in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

A cantonment was established in 1804. The Royal Artillery Training Centre was established in 1935.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Mathura
Variants: Muttra

External links

Historical books online

  • The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate During the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny by Mark Thornhill 1884 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Also available as a current reprint by Cambridge University Press Preview Google Books. The author was the Magistrate at Muttra