Cawnpore

Cawnpore
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	26.460738°N, 80.333405°E
Altitude:	126 m (413 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Kanpur
State/Province:	Uttar Pradesh
Country:	India
Transport links
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway East Indian Railway Great Indian Peninsula Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway

Cawnpore, in north central India, is now known as Kanpur. The nearest large city is Lucknow. Cawnpore was the scene of the infamous Siege of Cawnpore and subsequent massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down the Bibighar well.

The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the East Indian main trunk line from Calcutta to Delhi meeting spurs from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India, Great Indian Peninsula and Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways.

History

Siege of Cawnpore June 1857
Cawnpore (Bibigarh)
Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857
2nd Siege of Cawnpore Nov 1857

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Kanpur
Variants: Cawnpore

Modern name:Bibigarh
Variants: Bibigurh/Bibigahr/Bibighar

External links

• "Cawnpore" Love to Know 1911
• "Kanpur" Wikipedia