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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_007.gif Berhampore] Imperial Gazetteer | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=8&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_007.gif Berhampore] ''Imperial Gazetteer'' | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA290 The cantonment at Berhampore], page 290 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 07:12, 4 June 2012
| Berhampore (Bengal Presidency) | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 24.1°N 88.25°E |
| Altitude: | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Baharampur |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Berhampore (Bengal Presidency) |
Berhampore is situated on the Hooghly River, around 120 miles upstream of Calcutta. It was one of the early HEIC factories and a British cantonment. It is the principal town in Murshidabad District.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Baharampur
Variants: Berhampur/Brahmapur/Burhanpore
History
After the Battle of Plassey in June 1757, Berhampore was chosen as the site "of the chief military station for Bengal; and a huge square of brick barracks was erected in 1767".[1] The town continued as a cantonment until 1870.
In one of the first acts of the Indian Mutiny, the 19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry mutinied here in 1857.
Military history
Mutiny at Berhampore 1857
External links
- Berhampore Imperial Gazetteer
- The cantonment at Berhampore, page 290 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
References
- ↑ Berhampur, Murshidabad, India Lovetoknow 1911 encyclopedia (Accessed 05/01/2010)