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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kharagpur is situated about 120km west of Calcutta, +West+Bengal+721301-721306,+India/@22.3310478,87.1924589,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a1d44143b5c99a1:0xf37ae5b844180ec4!8m2!3d22.34601!4d87.2319753?hl=en 22.3310478°N, 87.1924589°E] |altitude= 61 m (200 ft)|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur] a junction on the |stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]|country= India|transport=[[Bengal -Nagpur Railway]] }}=====THIS PAGE IS WAITING FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION===== '''Kharagpur''' was the headquarters subdivision of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_333.gif Midnapore District] in the Burdwan Division of Bengal during the British period.
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Photograph of the Kharagpur Loco Running Staff 1910]]
Originally it was the railway suburb of [[Midnapore]] (Medinipur), but increased in importance when BNR made it the headquarters, with workshops, of its Locomotive, Carriage and Wagon Departments
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Kharagpur, <br>Variants: Kharakpur/Khargpur
==Recommended Reading==
==External links==
*[http://endsal.wikipediauchicago.orgedu/wikireference/Kharagpur,_West_Bengal Kharagpur, West Bengalgazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_253.gif Kharakpur] WikipediaImperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://indianrail.wikia.com/wiki/Kharagpur Kharagpur]Indianrail.wiki. Article includes photograph of railway station
*[http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/ Kharagpur’s Diaspora Reunited] Website of Corinne Joy Baxter née Crampton for “friends of BNR people”. Her father was a Foreman in the Boiler Dept until they left in 1950. The website contains many photographs.
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]]
