Murshidabad
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 24.18°N 88.27E |
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| Place Name: | Murshidabad |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| Country: | India |
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Murshidabad was a large town in Murshidabad District in the Rajshahi division of Bengal during the British period.
It was the old capital of Bengal, before Calcutta became the capital.
C 1834[1] it was the one of the four locations of invalided European Veterans in Bengal (the others being Buxar, Chunar and Monghyr.) These men probably belonged to a Veterans' Battalion, similar to the Carnatic European Veteran Battalion in Madras Presidency.
Spelling variants
- Murshidabad
- Moorshedabad
- Muxadabad
External links
- Murshidabad of the Past May 18, 2012. livelystories.com, now archived.
Historical books online
- Murshidabad Town Imperial Gazetteer
- Moorshedabad page 437 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
- Murshidabad by L.S.S. O'Malley 1914 Archive.org . A book in the series Bengal District Gazetteers
References
- ↑ "Mofussil Stations: No XII - Monghyr" page 119 The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 14, New Series May-August 1834. Google Books