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Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of their 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 their Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments | ||
==Spelling variants== | |||
Kharagpur, Khargpur | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*[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. | ||
*"Highlights In The Shadows" by Owen Clement includes memories of Kharagpur [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/04/4_my_fathers_sc_1.php#more Part 4 His father’s appreniceship], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/05/10_early_life.php#more Part 10 Early Life], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/06/15_kharagpur.php Part 15 Kharagpur], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/07/16_railway_inst_1.php#more Part 16 Railway Institute] | *"Highlights In The Shadows" by Owen Clement includes memories of Kharagpur [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/04/4_my_fathers_sc_1.php#more Part 4 His father’s appreniceship], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/05/10_early_life.php#more Part 10 Early Life], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/06/15_kharagpur.php Part 15 Kharagpur], [http://www.openwriting.com/archives/2006/07/16_railway_inst_1.php#more Part 16 Railway Institute] | ||
*[http://www.farewellthewinterline.com/HTMLBook/Chapter2-39-42.html "Bengal Nagpur Railway picnics and outings"] from ''Farewell the Winterline, Memories of a Boyhood in India'' by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925 | |||
*[http://www.kharagpurworkshop.org /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway] | *[http://www.kharagpurworkshop.org /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway] | ||
*[http://cris-ser.cris.org.in/CRIS/general/book_rrb/preserving_bnr_heritage.htm Preserving BNR Heritage]. Includes details of the photographic archive at Kharagpur. | *[http://cris-ser.cris.org.in/CRIS/general/book_rrb/preserving_bnr_heritage.htm Preserving BNR Heritage]. Includes details of the photographic archive at Kharagpur. | ||
*[http://www.topix.com/album/detail/in/kharagpur/M4AR3GHFPP9ST8VJ Photograph of the Railway Workshop in 1909] | *[http://www.topix.com/album/detail/in/kharagpur/M4AR3GHFPP9ST8VJ Photograph of the Railway Workshop in 1909] | ||
*[http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/id22.html BNR Khargpur: Photograph of the Loco Running Staff 1910] from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com) | |||
*India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2000-07/0965037924 post] with details of the history of Kharagpur | *India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2000-07/0965037924 post] with details of the history of Kharagpur | ||
Revision as of 12:17, 3 February 2012
Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta, a junction on the Bengal Nagpur Railway
Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of their Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments
Spelling variants
Kharagpur, Khargpur
External links
- Kharagpur, West Bengal Wikipedia
- 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.
- "Highlights In The Shadows" by Owen Clement includes memories of Kharagpur Part 4 His father’s appreniceship, Part 10 Early Life, Part 15 Kharagpur, Part 16 Railway Institute
- "Bengal Nagpur Railway picnics and outings" from Farewell the Winterline, Memories of a Boyhood in India by Stanley Elwood Brush, born 1925
- /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway
- Preserving BNR Heritage. Includes details of the photographic archive at Kharagpur.
- Photograph of the Railway Workshop in 1909
- BNR Khargpur: Photograph of the Loco Running Staff 1910 from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com)
- India List post with details of the history of Kharagpur