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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Bengal]]|image=|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/23°37'12.0%22N+87°07''Raniganj''' was a "town in the Asansol subdivision of Burdwan District48.0%22E/@23.62, Bengal87.13, situated in 23° 36' N12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d23.62!4d87. and 87° 6' E13?hl=en 23.62°N, on the north bank of 87.13°E] |altitude= 91 m (299 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdwan Bardhaman] the Damodar river|stateprovince= [http://en. The town, which has a station on the wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal West Bengal]|country= India|transport= [[East Indian Railway and was the head-quarters ]]}}{{Places of the subdivision until 1906, owes its importance to the development of the coal industry and is one of the busiest places in Bengal".Interest|title=Burdwan|name=Burdwan |link=xxxxx}}
'''Raniganj''' was a town in the Asansol subdivision of Burdwan District of the [[Bengal Districts]] during the British period. It was also the location of a cantonment c 1863c1863.
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Raniganj, <br>Variants: Raneegunge
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raniganj Raniganj] Wikipedia(retrieved 11 June 2016)
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_239.gif Raniganj] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 21, page 233.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/356/mode/2up Raneegunge] page 357 ''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
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