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Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcuttaa junction on the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
{{Locations_Infobox
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|image=
|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kharagpur,+West+Bengal+721301-721306,+India/@22.3310478,87.1924589,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a1d44143b5c99a1:0xf37ae5b844180ec4!8m2!3d22.34601!4d87.2319753?hl=en 22.3310478°N, 87.1924589°E]
|altitude= 61 m (200 ft)
|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]  
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]
|country= India
|transport=[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]  
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'''Kharagpur''' was the headquarters subdivision of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_333.gif Midnapore District] in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur),  but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur),  but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments


==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Kharagpur, Khargpur
Modern name: Kharagpur<br>
Variants: Kharakpur/Khargpur


==Recommended Reading==
==Recommended Reading==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharagpur,_West_Bengal Kharagpur, West Bengal] Wikipedia
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_253.gif Kharakpur] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://indianrail.wikia.com/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]Indianrail.wiki. Article includes photograph of railway station
*[http://indianrail.wikia.com/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]Indianrail.wiki. Article includes photograph of railway station
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited]  Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited]  Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]  
 
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 17:01, 29 May 2016

Kharagpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 22.3310478°N, 87.1924589°E
Altitude: 61 m (200 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kharagpur
State/Province: West Bengal
Country: India
Transport links
Bengal-Nagpur Railway
THIS PAGE IS WAITING FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION

Kharagpur was the headquarters subdivision of Midnapore District in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.

Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910

Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kharagpur
Variants: Kharakpur/Khargpur

Recommended Reading

  • Lines of the Nation: Indian Railway workers, Bureaucracy, and the Intimate Historical Self Columbia University Press. New York, 2007 by Laura Bear. This book is reviewed in Transport and communications reading list

External links