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Bhopal
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Bhopal | |
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Presidency: Bengal | |
Coordinates: | 23.259933°N 77.412615°E |
Altitude: | 427 metres (1,401 ft) |
Present Day Details | |
Place Name: | Bhopal |
State/Province: | Madhya Pradesh |
Country: | India |
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Bhopal was a town in the Central Indian Agency (Wikipedia) and was the junction of the Midland section of the Great Indian Peninsula and Bhopal-Ujjain Railways, 521 miles from Bombay.
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History
Military
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POW Camp at Bairagarh
During the Second World War, there was a large Prisoner of War Camp for Italian prisoners at Bairagarh, then a locality near Bhopal, now a part of Bhopal. See POW Camps in India.
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External links
- Bhopal Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Map of Central India Agency 1909 Wikipedia
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