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==British Library holdings==
''Memories of Dum Dum (Reprinted from Bengal: Past and Present)'' by Hari Inder Singh Kanwar 1961 The articles originally appeared 1953-1959<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/09/08/stories/2008090850080200.htm Four stalwarts Delhi has lost] by R.V. Smith September 08, 2008 The Hindu Delhi</ref>
There is also an article of the same name in the Journal of ''The United Service Institution of India'' Volume LXXXXI No 384 : July 1961
'British Library holdings' should not be used to refer to works that may be found in many libraries - should be kept for archival sources only, ie mostly those from the IOR (which is a better heading) see talk page
The Bengal Artillery were at Dum Dum from 1775 and an ammunition factory was established in 1846.
Bandopadhyay's ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' explains that the small arms cartridges known as 'Dum Dum' bullets were made at the Dum Dum factory and that the pre-Indian Mutiny trouble regarding greased cartridges started in this area. By 1858, the workshops at Dum Dum had merged to become the Cartridge and Precision Cap factory.<ref> Professor Arun Bandopadhyay ''History of Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore: Two Hundred Years of Ordnance Factories Production in India'' (New Delhi, 2002) </ref> HIS Kanwar's ''Memories of Dum Dum'' provides further information on this topic.<re>Hari Inder Singh Kanwar, ''Memories of Dum Dum (Reprinted from Bengal: Past and Present)'' (1961) The articles originally appeared 1953-1959.<ref>
There was an RAF Base at Dum Dum during WW2. It is now an Indian Air Force Station in Western Air Command and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, which serves nearby Kolkata
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==Historical bools online==
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6d5PAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA166 "East India Stations No. IX: Dum Dum"], page 166 p166 ''The Saturday Magazine, Volume 8'' 1836 Google Books.Taken from the ''Asiatic Journal'' and Bishop Heber’s ''Journal''.
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