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*[http://mahandisyoanata.multiply.com/photos/album/120/THE_OLD_BRITISH_CEMETERY_IN_BENCOOLEN_A_MEMORY_FOR_WEST_SUMATRA_GARRISON_ Bencoolen Cemetery] mahandisyoanata.multiply.com
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A settlement originally estalished established in 1685 by the [[East India Company]] on the south side of the island of [[Sumatra]], following the expulsion of the EIC from [[Bantam]] by the [[Dutch]]. In 1714, the EIC built [[Fort Marlborough]] to protect its interests.
In 1825, the EIC exchanged Benkulen with the Dutch for [[Malacca]] which was more strategically useful to the British. Benkulen remained a Dutch possession until after World War 2.
*[http://mahandisyoanata.multiply.com/photos/album/120/THE_OLD_BRITISH_CEMETERY_IN_BENCOOLEN_A_MEMORY_FOR_WEST_SUMATRA_GARRISON_ The Old British Cemetery in Bencoolen] Blog by Mahandisyoanata. Photographs of some of the gravestones and inscriptions 1775-1858
*[http://historyofbengkulu.blogspot.com/search/label/Treaty The Anglo-Dutch 1824 Treaty] History of Bengkulu website
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