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*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cawnpore Cawnpore] Love to Know 1911 | *[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cawnpore Cawnpore] Love to Know 1911 | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore Kanpur] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore Kanpur] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1909/fullscreen.html?object=69 Cawnpore map 1909] Imperial Gazetteer of India | *[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 | |||
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| Cawnpore | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 26.460738°N, 80.333405°E |
| Altitude: | 126 m (413 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Kanpur |
| State/Province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway East Indian Railway Great Indian Peninsula Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | |
Cawnpore, in north central India, is now known as Kanpur. The nearest large city is Lucknow. Cawnpore was the scene of the infamous Siege of Cawnpore and subsequent massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down the Bibighar well.
The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the East Indian main trunk line from Calcutta to Delhi meeting spurs from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India, Great Indian Peninsula and Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways.
History
Siege of Cawnpore Jun 1857
Cawnpore (Bibigarh)
Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857
Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Kanpur
Variants: Cawnpore
Modern name:Bibigarh
Variants: Bibigurh/Bibigahr/Bibighar
Cemeteries
A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication, but currently (10/2010) out of print, is
- Kacheri Cemetery, Kanpur : a complete list of inscriptions with notes on those buried there by Zoe Yalland 1985
BACSA have put the indexes to this cemetery book online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
External links
- Cawnpore Love to Know 1911
- Kanpur Wikipedia
- Cawnpore City Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 9, page 315.
- Cawnpore map 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume 26 Atlas
