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Modern name: Raniganj<br> | Modern name: Raniganj<br> | ||
Variants: Raneegunge | Variants: Raneegunge | ||
==Industries== | |||
[[Raniganj, Samla Collieries Ltd]] | |||
<br>[[Raniganj Pottery Works Railway|Raniganj Pottery Works]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Latest revision as of 06:28, 26 August 2017
| Raniganj | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 23.62°N, 87.13°E |
| Altitude: | 91 m (299 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Bardhaman |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| East Indian Railway | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Raniganj was a town in the Asansol subdivision of Burdwan District of the Bengal Districts during the British period.
The railway line to Raniganj was opened early in 1855.[1]
Raniganj was also the location of a cantonment c 1863.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Raniganj
Variants: Raneegunge
Industries
Raniganj, Samla Collieries Ltd
Raniganj Pottery Works
External links
- Raniganj Wikipedia (retrieved 11 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Raniganj Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 233.
- Raneegunge page 357 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
- History Of The East Indian Railway by G Huddleston, Chief Superintendent, E I Ry. 1906 Archive.org.
References
- ↑ Page 15, History Of The East Indian Railway by G Huddleston, refer above.