Ranchi
| Ranchi | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 23.36°N, 85.33°E |
| Altitude: | 651 m (2,136 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Ranchi |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
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Ranchi was the headquarters of Ranchi District in the Chota Nagpur Division of the Bengal during the British period.
During the Second World War, Ranchi became an important Army and Royal Air Force base. It was the Headquarters for the Chindit campaign in Burma (for details see Second World War), and wounded were treated at Ranchi.
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Modern name: Ranchi
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External links
- Ranchi Imperial Gazetteer
- Ranchi War Cemetery contains graves from the Second World War, when Ranchi became an important base. The cemetery was begun on 1 June 1942 by the army, and used until the end of the war. Afterwards graves from isolated positions and small inaccessible cemeteries were brought in, and in 1952, more than 200 graves were transferred to the cemetery from twelve civil cemeteries. CWGC
- CWGC Video: Ranchi War Cemetery, India by Asiawargraves.com. YouTube video
- RAF Ranchi rafweb.org
- "Ranchi Headquarters of Chindits and 5 Div World War 2" by vigilantGeoffrey8. His mother Elsie Scott nursed the wounded. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar
- Locations of British General Hospitals during WW2. scarletfinders.co.uk. Some British General Hospitals spent some of their existence in India. Listed numerically, so information about India is scattered throughout the entries. '150 British General Hospital' was at Ranchi 1/46 to 21/5/46.