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'''Mirzapur''' is situated on the right bank of the Ganges and was on the {{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[East Indian RailwayBengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|image=|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co. It is about twenty miles west uk/maps?ll=25.15,82.58&z=12&t=h&hl=en 25.15°N 82.58 °E]|altitude= 80 m (upriver260 ft) from the famous fortress of )|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirzapur Mirzapur]|stateprovince= [Chunarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh Uttar Pradesh]|country= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]. Mirzapur is located between the more major centres of |transport= [[AllahabadEast Indian Railway]] which is further west on the Ganges, and <br>[[Benares-Mirzapur Railway]] which is east }}{{Places of Chunar. During the first half of the nineteenth century Interest|title=Mirzapur|name=Mirzapur was the most important trading centre in Upper India but its importance declined with the coming of the railway.|link=xxxxx}}
*[http://endsal.wikipediauchicago.orgedu/wikireference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_382.gif Mirzapur MirzapurCity] WikipediaImperial Gazetteer of India<br>
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'''BarkachaMirzapur''' is located about five miles south of Mirzapur and was the site headquarters of an Artillery camp c 1900. This [http://trovedsal.nlauchicago.gov.auedu/ndpreference/delgazetteer/article/19125697#pstart1536263 newspaper articlepager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_372.gif Mirzapur District] advises: <br>Barkacha had, previous to this year's work, been exclusively an artillery camp for in the annual practice of batteries and brigade divisions, a certain number of senior officers Benares Division of [[United Provinces]] during the other arms being detailed to attend for instructionBritish period... There It is no doubt that Barkacha is one situated on the right bank of the finest artillery practice grounds in India. ''The Brisbane Courier'' Ganges and is about twenty miles west (Qld.upriver) Saturday 16 March 1901 page 12 from trovethe famous fortress of [[Chunar]].nlaMirzapur is located between the more major centres of [[Allahabad]] which is further west on the Ganges, and [[Benares]] which is east of Chunar.gov During the first half of the nineteenth century Mirzapur was the most important trading centre in Upper India but its importance declined with the coming of the railway.au
'''Barkachha''', (Barkacha) located about five miles south of Mirzapur, was the site of an Artillery camp c 1900. Barkacha had been exclusively an artillery camp for the annual practice of batteries and brigade divisions, a certain number of senior officers of the other arms being detailed to attend for instruction... There is no doubt that Barkacha is one of the finest artillery practice grounds in India. <ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19125697#pstart1536263 ''The Brisbane Courier'' (Qld.) Saturday 16 March 1901 page 12 from trove.nla.gov.au] </ref> ==Spelling variantsVariants ==Modern name: Mirzapur, Mirzapore, Mirzapoor<br>Barkacha, BarkachhaVariants: Mirzapore/Mirzapoor
==External links==
====Historical books online==*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_382.gif Mirzapur City] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 17'', page 376.=
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-94RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q=Mirzapore&f=false Mirzapore] , page 81 ''The United Service Magazine,Part 3 1858'' Google Books
*Early sugar cultivation and the Honourable East India Company’s rum distillery at Mirzapur: [https://archive.org/stream/adictionaryecon00agrigoog#page/n183/mode/1up Page 175] ''A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India by George Watt Volume VI, Part II Sabadilla to Silica'' 1893 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.11539/page/n53/mode/2up "The Mirzapore Distillery and the Company's Trade in Rum (1796-1808)"] by Nikhil Sur, ''Calcutta Historical Journal'', 4:1 (1979), 51-61. Publisher: University of Calcutta.
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