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Banda
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