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'''Berhampore''' is situated on the Hooghly River, around 120 miles upstream of [[Calcutta]]. It was a British cantonment. It is the principal town in [[Murshidabad]] District.
==Alternative spellings==
==History==
After the [[Battle of Plassey]] in June 1757, Berhampore was chosen as the site "of the chief military station for Bengal; and a huge square of brick barracks was erected in 1767".<ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Berhampur,_Murshidabad,_India Berhampur, [[Murshidabad]], India] Lovetoknow 1911 encyclopedia (Accessed 05/01/2010)</ref> The town continued as a cantonment until 1870.
One of the first acts of the [[Indian Mutiny]], the [[19th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry]] mutinied here in 1857.
