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'''Cawnpore''', in north central India, is now known as '''Kanpur'''. The nearest large city is [[Lucknow]]. Cawnpore was the scene headquarters of the infamous [[Siege of http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_235.gif CawnporeDistrict]] and subsequent massacre in 1857, when dozens the Allahabad Division of United Provinces during the British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down the Bibighar wellperiod.
The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the [[East Indian Railway|East Indian]] main trunk line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]] meeting spurs from the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|Bombay, Baroda and Central India]], [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|Great Indian Peninsula]] and [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway|Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways]].
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kanpur<br>
Variants: Cawnpore, /Cawnpur <br>
Modern name:Bibigarh<br>
== External links ==
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cawnpore Cawnpore] Love to Know 1911
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_321.gif Cawnpore City] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 9, page 315.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=69 Cawnpore map 1909] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Volume 26 Atlas
