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Futteguhr
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| Futteguhr | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 27.366667°N, 79.629167°E |
| Altitude: | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Fatehgarh |
| State/Province: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
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Fatehgarh was the headquarters of the Farrukhabad District in [[United Provinces during the British period. It was a cantonment town contiguous with Farrukhabad.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Fatehgarh
Variants: Futtehgurh/Futtehghur/Futteguhr/Futteghur/Futteyghur/Fathgarh
Military history
Battle of Futteguhr - Indian Mutiny 1858
Also see Events at Cawnpore
External Links
Fatehgarh Town Imperial Gazetteer
Historical books online
- Fatehgarh Camp 1777-1857 by C.L Wallace MC. ICS. Magistrate and Collector of Farrukhabad (pub 1934). - This is an interesting account which also includes lists of army personnel, residents and tomb/memorial inscriptions. Archive.org/DLI collection
- Fatehgarh and the Mutiny by F R Cosens and C L Wallace 1933 Archive.org/DLI Collection.
- A memorial of the Futtehgurh mission and her martyred missionaries: with some remarks on the mutiny in India by the Rev. J. Johnston Walsh 1859 Google Books
- "More Monumental Inscriptions (Nos. 1116-1405)" by Captain H. Bullock pages 74-90 Bengal Past and Present, Vol. 46 1933 July-Dec. Archive.org. Includes many from the district of Purnea in Bihar from the old indigo factories; and others from Fatehgarh, United Provinces, a cantonment.