Arrah

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Arrah
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 25.559827°N 84.667483°E
Altitude: 50 m (167 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ara
State/Province: Bihar
Country: India
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Arrah was the headquarters of Shahabad District in Patna Division of Bengal during the British period, twenty-four miles from Dinapore.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Ara
Variants: Arrah

Military history

Siege of Arrah 1857

External links

Historical books online

  • "Mofussil Stations: No X - Arrah" page 141 The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 13, New Series January-April 1834. Google Books.
  • Two Months in Arrah in 1857 by John James Hall, Assistant-Surgeon, Bengal Army, and late Assistant-Surgeon at the Civil Station of Arrah. 1860 Archive.org. A part of the Indian Mutiny. Includes a short account of life for the British in the Civil Station of Arrah prior to this period.
  • "Arrah subdivision and Arrah town" page 151 Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteers: Shahabad by L S S O Malley, revised edition by J F W James 1924 Archive.org