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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]]
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|presidency=[[Bengal]]
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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=25.58,83.57&z=10&t=h&hl=en 25.58°N 83.57°E]
|altitude= 73 metres (240 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazipur Ghazipur]
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh]
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]
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{{Places of Interest|title=Ghazipur|name=Ghazipur |link=xxxxx}}
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"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 trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium"
'''Ghazipur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_160.gif Ghazipur District] in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]. It 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 trade|opium]] for the Chinese market, where it is known as Benares opium".


== Spelling variants==
== Spelling variants==
Modern name: Ghazipur
Modern name: Ghazipur<br>
 
Variants: Ghazipore/Ghazipoor/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor
Variants: Ghazipore, Ghazipoor, GhazeporeGhazeeporeGhazeepoor


==External links==
==External links==
*[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
*[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://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Azamgarh Ghazipur] Love to Know 1911<br>
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA74 Ghazepore], page 74 ''The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham  
*''North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District'' by Wilton Oldham  

Revision as of 16:09, 29 June 2012

Ghazipur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.58°N 83.57°E
Altitude: 73 metres (240 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ghazipur
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Bengal and North-Western Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Ghazipur]


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Ghazipur was the headquarters of Ghazipur District in the Benares Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is situated on the left bank of the Ganges and was on a branch of the Bengal and North-Western Railway. It 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/Ghazepore/Ghazeepore/Ghazeepoor

External links

  • Ghazipur Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
  • Ghazipur Love to Know 1911
  • Ghazepore, page 74 The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858 Google Books
  • North-Western Provinces: Historical and Statistical Memoir of the Ghazeepoor District by Wilton Oldham
Part I 1870 Google Books Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D 1876 Archive.org