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'''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''' 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]] | ||
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[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 | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA221 "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal"] by JW Fleming, FRCS, Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861) Google Books | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/360/mode/2up Ghazeepore] page 360 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org | |||
*''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 | ||
:[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Part I''] 1870 Google Books [http://archive.org/stream/historicalstatis02oldhuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D''] 1876 Archive.org | :[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CMYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Part I''] 1870 Google Books [http://archive.org/stream/historicalstatis02oldhuoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Part II- History of Ghazeepoor and the Benares Province from 1781 A.D. to 1795 A.D''] 1876 Archive.org | ||
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/772 ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 29: Ghazipur''] 1908 may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]. Also available to read online on the[[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, where it is catalogued as ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume XXIX'' | *[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/772 ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 29: Ghazipur''] 1908 may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]. Also available to read online on the[[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, where it is catalogued as ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume XXIX'' | ||
*[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | *[http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1956-01-01_2_page009.html “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory”] by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956 | ||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Revision as of 02:40, 4 April 2015
| 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 | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Ghazipur] |
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
Historical books online
- Ghazepore, page 74 The United Service Magazine, Part 3 1858 Google Books
- "Topographical Report on the District and Station of Ghazeepore, North-West Province, Bengal" by JW Fleming, FRCS, Surgeon 37th Regiment, page 221 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859 (published 1861) Google Books
- Ghazeepore page 360 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
- 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
- District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 29: Ghazipur 1908 may be downloaded as a pdf from Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee. Also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, where it is catalogued as District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume XXIX
- “The manufacture and sale of opium and opium alkaloids at the Ghazipur factory” by S. K. Vardhan Manager, Government Opium and Alkaloids Factory, Ghazipur (U.P.). written in 1956