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The first Arms Manufacturing facility on the site was a gunpowder factory, which was started in 1787 and began production in 1791. In 1904, a Rifle Factory was established at Ishapore, and began production of the Lee-Enfield rifle.
Kukris ( or ‘khukuri’) , Nepalese knives used by the [[Gurkha Rifles|Gurkha Regiments]] were also manufactured at Ishapore<ref>Thread from Sword Forum , archived page, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140216035210/http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showthread.php?110281-1927-RFI-MKII-Kukri 1927 RFI MKII Kukri] with images. Images are also available on [http://s250.photobucket.com/user/Finnarm/media/RFIfactory.gif.html Photobucket]</ref>, in 1927 when a small high quality batch was made<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180603050815/http://www.swordforumikrhs.com/forums/showthreadviewtopic.php?77657-The-20th-Century-British-Military-Pattern-Gurkha-Issue-Kukri f=4&p=12542 The 20th Century British Military Pattern Gurkha Issue Kukri [with images<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Jonathan R SSpiral 1 February 2015. Sword Forumikrhs.com</ref>
==Spelling variants==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichapore Ichapore] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishapore_Rifle_Factory Ishapore Rifle Factory] Wikipedia
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140120123113if_/http://ihr.sagepub.com/content/39/1/19.full.pdf+html "Working at the Ichapur Gunpowder Factory in the 1790s (Part I)"] by Jan Lucassen International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ''Indian Historical Review 39'' (2012-1) 19-56, archived page.**:[https://web.archive.org/web/20200714121512/http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.998.1656&rep=rep1&type=pdf "Working at the Ichapur Gunpowder Factory in the 1790s (Part II) "] by Jan Lucassen ''Indian Historical Review '' December 2012 39(2): 251-271 is available free only as an [http://ihr, archived page.sagepub.com/content/39/2/251.abstract abstract]
*[http://rfi.nic.in/history.htm Rifle Factory Ishapore : History]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150330212729/http://www.msf.gov.in/about_us.htm Metal & Steel Factory Ishapore]msf.gov.in, archived webpage.
*[http://barry-lewis.com/ishapore/ Ishapore .303 Enfield] barry-lewis.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130218080449/http://enfield-stuff.com/regimentals/rifles/enfield_queue/Queue_India.htm Enfield Rifles from Ishapore] from Enfield-Stuff.com, now an archived website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200116183140/http://www.allaboutenfields.co.nz/smle/ishapore-mkiii/ Ishapore MkIII*] allaboutenfields.co.nz, now archived.
==Historical books online==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030697688#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sketch of the mode of manufacturing gunpowder at the Ishapore mills in Bengal''] by William Anderson 1862 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/8 Ishapore] page 8 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India'' by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at Ishapore and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].
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