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==Churches== | ==Churches== | ||
*St Luke (Anglican) | *St Luke (Anglican) | ||
==Fibis Resources== | |||
* Cemeteries | |||
** [https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1214&s_id=375 Fibis Database of graves in Dinapore Cemetery] | |||
**[https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1216&s_id=375 FIBIS Database of graves in Dinapore 3 Cemetery] | |||
==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:01, 27 June 2021
| Dinapore | |
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| [[Image:{{{image}}}|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 25.633333°N, 85.05°E |
| Altitude: | |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Danapur |
| State/Province: | Bihar |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| East Indian Railway | |
Dinapore was a British garrison town in the 19th century. It is now called Danapur and is in Bihar state. It is about 10km north-west of Patna, and 500km north-west of Calcutta. It is the second oldest Cantonment in India[1]
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Danapur
Variants: Dinapore/Dinapur
Barracks
Arrah Barracks was constructed in 1859-60 and Victoria Barracks was constructed during 1896-99.[1]
Churches
- St Luke (Anglican)
Fibis Resources
- Cemeteries
Transport
The East Indian Railway had a locomotive workshop at Dinapore.
External links
- "Of cemetery & its sorry saga - Slice of British history lies buried and lost in absence of records" by Piyush Kumar Tripathi 22 November 2014 The Telegraph. St Stephen’s Catholic Cemetery in Danapur Cantonment.
- Danapurins Includes images of St Luke's Church and the Arrah and Victoria Barracks.
Historical books online
- Dinapore Town Imperial Gazetteer
- The cantonment at Dinapore, page 293 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
- Dinapore page 358 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
References