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*[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/287854 Photograph: Dum Dum Church] by Captain R. B. Hill 1850s. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853. | *[http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/287854 Photograph: Dum Dum Church] by Captain R. B. Hill 1850s. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853. | ||
==Historical bools online== | |||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6d5PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166 "East India Stations No. IX: Dum Dum"], page 166 ''The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8'' 1836 Google Books.Taken from the ''Asiatic Journal'' and Bishop Heber’s ''Journal''. | |||
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Revision as of 12:08, 23 January 2014
| Dum Dum | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 22.62°N 88.42°E |
| Altitude: | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Dum Dum |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Eastern Bengal Railway | |
Dum Dum was a British cantonment town north of Calcutta that now constitutes a suburb of that city. It was the headquarters of the Bengal Artillery until this transferred to Meerut in 1853.
Churches
- St Stephen (Anglican)
External links
- Photograph: Dum Dum Church by Captain R. B. Hill 1850s. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. Probably Richard Barton Hill 1835-1873, who joined the Bengal Army in 1853.
Historical bools online
- "East India Stations No. IX: Dum Dum", page 166 The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8 1836 Google Books.Taken from the Asiatic Journal and Bishop Heber’s Journal.