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{{Places of Interest|title=Bareilly|name=Bareilly |link=xxxxx}}
  
'''Bareilly''', or Bareli, is a city and district of British India in the Bareilly or Rohilkhand division of the [[United Provinces]]. The city is situated on the Ramganga river, 812 m. N.W. from [[Calcutta]] by rail.
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'''Bareilly''', situated on the Ramganga river 812 miles northwest of [[Calcutta]] by rail, was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_008.gif Bareilly District] in the Bareilly Division of United Provinces during the British period. There was a cantonment.
  
 
Bareilly was an important junction on the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] and a terminus for the metre gauge lines of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|Bombay, Baroda and Central India]] and [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway|Rohilkund and Kumaon Railways]].
 
Bareilly was an important junction on the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] and a terminus for the metre gauge lines of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|Bombay, Baroda and Central India]] and [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway|Rohilkund and Kumaon Railways]].
  
== History ==
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== Spelling variants==
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Modern name: Bareilly<br>
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Variants: Bareli
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== Military history ==
 
[[Battle of Bareilly]] 1858
 
[[Battle of Bareilly]] 1858
  
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==FIBIS Resources==
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[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_classes&source_class=334 Transcriptions of gravestones in Bareilly Cemetery] FIBIS Database
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==Churches==
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*Christ Church, consecrated  February 11, 1840<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LNEQCLbWoP4C&pg=PA447 "List of Churches in the Diocese of Calcutta"] page 443 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume I'' Google Books</ref>
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*Stephen's Church, consecrated in 1862 <ref> [https://archive.org/stream/handbookbengalp00eastgoog#page/n269/mode/1up Page 254] ''Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City'' by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org </ref>
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Bareilly "Bareilly"] ''Love to Know 1911''
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_018.gif  Bareilly City] Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 7, page 12<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareilly "Bareilly"] ''Wikipedia''
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/skydiver_7pm/1377533256/in/gallery-23268776@N03-72157629054551929/ Photograph: Church of North India at Bareilly, 2006], built 1856 flickr.com. Elsewhere labelled St Stephen's Church, Bareilly Cantonment.  [https://web.archive.org/web/20161020175235/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/58315557 Another photograph] Panoramio.com, now archived.
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*[http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/a-moffatt/ 1979 Audio recording  by Mrs Agnes Moffatt, wife of an officer 1st Kumaon Rifles] with [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077a.pdf Typescript Part 1] and [http://media.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/077b.pdf Typescript Part 2] s-asian.cam.ac.uk. She first joined her husband in Constantinople in 1921 and c 1922 was posted to Bareilly
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== References ==
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[[Category:Locations]]
 
[[Category:Locations]]
 
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
 
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 20:22, 8 March 2021

Bareilly
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 28.35323°N, 79.40937°E
Altitude: 166 m (545 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bareilly
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh
Country: India
Transport links
Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Bareilly]



Bareilly, situated on the Ramganga river 812 miles northwest of Calcutta by rail, was the headquarters of Bareilly District in the Bareilly Division of United Provinces during the British period. There was a cantonment.

Bareilly was an important junction on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway and a terminus for the metre gauge lines of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India and Rohilkund and Kumaon Railways.

Contents

Spelling variants

Modern name: Bareilly
Variants: Bareli

Military history

FIBIS Resources

Churches

  • Christ Church, consecrated February 11, 1840[1]
  • Stephen's Church, consecrated in 1862 [2]

External links

References

  1. "List of Churches in the Diocese of Calcutta" page 443 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume I Google Books
  2. Page 254 Handbook of the Bengal Presidency. With an account of Calcutta City by Edward E Eastwick, published by John Murray 1882 Archive.org