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'''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. | '''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. | ||
==The Bengal Artillery and ammunition factory== | |||
The Bengal Artillery were at Dum Dum from 1775 and an ammunition factory was established in 1846. | The Bengal Artillery were at Dum Dum from 1775 and an ammunition factory was established in 1846. | ||
Bandopadhyay's ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' explains that the small arms cartridges known as 'Dum Dum' bullets were made at the Dum Dum factory and that the pre-Indian Mutiny trouble regarding greased cartridges started in this area. By 1858, the workshops at Dum Dum had merged to become the Cartridge and Precision Cap factory.<ref> Professor Arun Bandopadhyay ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' (New Delhi, 2002) </ref> HIS Kanwar's ''Memories of Dum Dum'' provides further information on this topic.<ref>Hari Inder Singh Kanwar, ''Memories of Dum Dum (Reprinted from Bengal: Past and Present)'' (1961) The articles originally appeared 1953-1959.</ref> | Bandopadhyay's ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' explains that the small arms cartridges known as 'Dum Dum' bullets were made at the Dum Dum factory and that the pre-Indian Mutiny trouble regarding greased cartridges started in this area. By 1858, the workshops at Dum Dum had merged to become the Cartridge and Precision Cap factory.<ref> Professor Arun Bandopadhyay ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' (New Delhi, 2002) </ref> HIS Kanwar's ''Memories of Dum Dum'' provides further information on this topic.<ref>Hari Inder Singh Kanwar, ''Memories of Dum Dum (Reprinted from Bengal: Past and Present)'' (1961) The articles originally appeared 1953-1959.</ref> | ||
==Churches== | |||
*St Stephen (Anglican) | |||
==Second World War== | ==Second World War== | ||
There was an RAF Base at Dum Dum during WW2. It is now an Indian Air Force Station in Western Air Command and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, which serves nearby Kolkata | There was an RAF Base at Dum Dum during WW2. It is now an Indian Air Force Station in Western Air Command and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, which serves nearby Kolkata | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 10:58, 20 February 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.
The Bengal Artillery and ammunition factory
The Bengal Artillery were at Dum Dum from 1775 and an ammunition factory was established in 1846.
Bandopadhyay's History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India explains that the small arms cartridges known as 'Dum Dum' bullets were made at the Dum Dum factory and that the pre-Indian Mutiny trouble regarding greased cartridges started in this area. By 1858, the workshops at Dum Dum had merged to become the Cartridge and Precision Cap factory.[1] HIS Kanwar's Memories of Dum Dum provides further information on this topic.[2]
Churches
- St Stephen (Anglican)
Second World War
There was an RAF Base at Dum Dum during WW2. It is now an Indian Air Force Station in Western Air Command and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, which serves nearby Kolkata
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.
- Ordnance Factory Dum Dum: History
- RAF Stations- Letter D Scroll down to RAF Dum Dum. Lists the main units based there during WW2
Historical bools online
- "East India Stations No. IX: Dum Dum", p166 The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8 1836 Google Books.Taken from the Asiatic Journal and Bishop Heber’s Journal.
References