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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur Ghazipur] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur Ghazipur] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 12, page 230. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_236.gif Ghazipur Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 12, page 230. | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District, Part 1''] by Wilton Oldham 1870 Google Books | |||
*[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | *[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | ||
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Revision as of 13:43, 18 May 2012
Ghazipur is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the Bengal and North-Western Railway, and also connected by a steam ferry with the terminus of a branch of the East Indian Railway
"Ghazipur is the head-quarters of the Opium Agent for the United Provinces, and the opium factory is situated here... Its main function is to prepare opium for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium"
Spelling variants
Modern name: Ghazipur
Variants: Ghazipore, Ghazipoor, Ghazeepore, Ghazeepoor
External links
- Ghazipur Wikipedia
- Ghazipur Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12, page 230.
- North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District, Part 1 by Wilton Oldham 1870 Google Books
- “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory” by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956
