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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=26.460738,80.333405&spn=0.1,0.1&q=26.460738,80.333405 26.460738°N, 80.333405°E]
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'''Cawnpore''', in north central India, is now known as '''Kanpur'''. The nearest large city is [[Lucknow]]. Cawnpore was the scene of the infamous [[Siege of Cawnpore Massacre ]] and subsequent massacre in 1857, when dozens of British women and children were slaughtered and their bodies thrown down a the Bibighar well.
The city was (and remains) an important railway junction, with the [[East Indian Railway|East Indian]] main trunk line from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]] meeting spurs from the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|Bombay, Baroda and Central India]], [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|Great Indian Peninsula]] and [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway|Oudh and Rohilkhand Railways]].
== History ==
[[Siege of Cawnpore]] June 1857<br>Cawnpore (Bibigarh)<br>Recapture of Cawnpore July 1857<br>[[2nd Siege of Cawnpore]] Nov 1857
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Kanpur<br>
Modern name:Bibigarh<br>
Variants: Bibigurh/Bibigahr/Bibighar<br>
== External links ==
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Cawnpore "Cawnpore"] ''Love to Know 1911''. *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore "Kanpur"] ''Wikipedia''.
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
