Banda

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Banda
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.48°N 80.33°E
Altitude: 123 m (403 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Banda
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Great Indian Peninsula Railway
Indian Midland Railway

Banda used to be a military cantonment of British India. It was a town and district in the Allahabad division of the United Provinces. Banda is around 60 miles south of Cawnpore. Treasure captured there during the Indian Mutiny formed part of what became known as the Banda and Kirwee Prize Money.

Cemeteries

Memorial inscriptions at St Georges Church, Banda - Chilla Road, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India - Michael Greenwood's flickr page with many photographs of monument inscriptions from St George's Church, Banda

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