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[[Category:Locations]]
Buxar was the location of an ancient fort, commanding the reaches of the Ganges, in a position of strategic importance. The land around the fort was used as a cantonment from 1770 to 1842.
C 1834<ref>[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CBAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA119 "Mofussil Stations: No XII - Monghyr"] page 119 ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Volume 14, New Series May-August 1834. Google Books</ref> it was the one of the four locations of invalided European Veterans in Bengal (the others being [[Chunar]], [[Monghyr]] and [[Murshidabad|Moorshedabad]]). These men probably belonged to a Veterans' Battalion, similar to the [[Carnatic European Veteran Battalion]] in Madras Presidency.
After the land around the fort ceased being used as a cantonment, it was handed over to the Stud Department. Later, in 1875, the land was handed over to civil authorities.
== History ==
[[Battle of Buxar]]
==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxar Buxar] Wikipedia
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxar_Fort Buxar Fort] Wikipedia.
*[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=9&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_253.gif "Buxar Subdivision and Buxar Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 9, p. 247, published 1908. dsal.uchicago.edu
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2976/page/n173/mode/2up "Buxar Subdivision and Buxar Town'] page 162 ''Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteers: Shahabad'' by L S S O Malley, revised edition by J F W James 1924 Archive.org
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