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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.633333,85.05&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=25.633333,85.05 25.633333N633333°N, 85.05E05°E]
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|presentname=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danapur Danapur]
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'''Dinapore''' was a British garrison town in the 19th century. It is now called Danapur and is in Bihar state. It is about 10km north-west of [[Patna]], and 500km north-west of [[Calcutta]].It is the second oldest Cantonment in India<ref name= Din>Danapurians, refere External links above.</ref>
==Spelling variantsVariants ==Modern name: Danapur<br>Variants: Dinapore/Dinapur<br>
==Barracks==
Arrah Barracks was constructed in 1859-60 and Victoria Barracks was constructed during 1896-99.<ref name= Din/>
==Churches==
*St Luke (Anglican)
==Fibis Resources==
* Cemeteries
** [https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1214&s_id=375 Fibis Database of graves in Dinapore Cemetery]
**[https://search.fibis.org/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1216&s_id=375 FIBIS Database of graves in Dinapore 3 Cemetery]
==Transport==
==External links==
*[https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/bihar/of-cemetery-its-sorry-saga-slice-of-british-history-lies-buried-and-lost-in-absence-of-records/cid/292513 "Of cemetery & its sorry saga - Slice of British history lies buried and lost in absence of records"] by Piyush Kumar Tripathi 22 November 2014 ''The Telegraph''. St Stephen’s Catholic Cemetery in Danapur Cantonment. *[http://danapurians.com Danapurins] Includes images of St Luke's Church and the Arrah and Victoria Barracks. ===Historical books online===*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_361.gif Dinapore Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer''*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA293 The cantonment at Dinapore], page 293 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/358/mode/2up Dinapore] page 358 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org==References==<references/> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
