Cuttack

Cuttack
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Presidency:
Coordinates:	20.27°N 85.52°E
Altitude:	36 metres (118 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Cuttack
State/Province:	Orissa
Country:	India
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Cuttack was the headquarters of the Cuttack District in Orissa Division of Bengal during the British period.

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Cuttack
Variants: Kataka

Military history

Battle of Cuttack 1803

John Beames, Collector

John Beames (Wikipedia) served as Collector of Cuttack from 1875 to 1878 and earlier as Collector of Balasore district from 1869 to 1873. He wrote Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian, which describes his work "defending powerless peasants against rapacious planters, improvising fifteen-gun salutes for visiting dignitaries, and presiding over the blissful coast of Orissa". Available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop. Also available at the British Library

False Point (Batighar)

Approximately 60 km from Cuttack and the site of a lighthouse, operational from 1838 and a port, operational c 1860

External links

Cuttack City Imperial Gazetteer
Cuttack 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia
Cuttack District Wikipedia
False Point and Kendrapara Wikipedia
True story of False Point Sunday, 9 May 9 2010 tribuneindia.com
British Cemetery in Orissa in ruins News 24, 22 February 2012. The False Point Lighthouse cemetery.