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Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta,  a junction on the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta,  a junction on the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]
 
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur),  but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its 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 its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments


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*[http://www.kharagpurworkshop.org /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway]
*[http://www.kharagpurworkshop.org /Kharagpur Workshop, South Eastern Railway]
*[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 06:24, 23 August 2013

Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta, a junction on the Bengal Nagpur Railway

Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910

Originally it was the railway suburb of Midnapore (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments

Spelling variants

Kharagpur, Khargpur

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