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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | |presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]] | ||
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|altitude= 427 metres (1,401 ft) | |altitude= 427 metres (1,401 ft) | ||
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal Bhopal] | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal Bhopal] | ||
| − | |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh Madhya Pradesh] |
|country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | |country=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | {{Places of Interest|title= | + | {{Places of Interest|title=Bhopal|name=Bhopal|link=xxxxx}} |
| − | ''' | + | '''Bhopal''' was a town in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_India_Agency Central Indian Agency] (Wikipedia) and was the junction of the Midland section of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway| Great Indian Peninsula]] and [[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]s, 521 miles from Bombay. |
== Spelling Variants == | == Spelling Variants == | ||
| − | Modern name: | + | Modern name: Bhopal<br> |
Variants:<br> | Variants:<br> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
====Military==== | ====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# Second World War| POW Camps in India]]. | ||
== Churches and missions == | == Churches and missions == | ||
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== Records == | == Records == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1. | + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V08_148.gif Bhopal] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br> |
| − | [http://www. | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Central_India_Agency_1909.jpg Map of Central India Agency 1909] Wikipedia |
| − | + | *[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-B.htm#Bhopal RAF Bhopal] rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014) | |
| − | ====Historical books | + | ====Historical books online==== |
| − | + | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA367 Bhopal] page 367 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books | |
| − | [ | + | *''Central India State Gazetteer Series''. Compliled by Captain C E Luard, Superintendent of Gazetteer in Central India.This series includes |
| − | [ | + | :[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.123735 ''Bhopal State Gazetteer Volume III Text and Tables''] 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection. |
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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:18, 10 June 2017
| Bhopal | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| 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 |
| Transport links | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Bhopal] |
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.
Contents
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Bhopal
Variants:
History
Military
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.
Churches and missions
Cemeteries
Places of interest
Education
Transport
Records
External links
- Bhopal Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Map of Central India Agency 1909 Wikipedia
- RAF Bhopal rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)
Historical books online
- Bhopal page 367 The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II Google Books
- Central India State Gazetteer Series. Compliled by Captain C E Luard, Superintendent of Gazetteer in Central India.This series includes
- Bhopal State Gazetteer Volume III Text and Tables 1908. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
