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== Military history ==
[[Battle of Cuttack]] 1803
==John Beames, Collector==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Beames John Beames] (Wikipedia) served as Collector of Cuttack from 1875 to 1878 and earlier as Collector of Balasore district from 1869 to 1873. He wrote ''Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian'', which describes his work "defending powerless peasants against rapacious planters, improvising fifteen-gun salutes for visiting dignitaries, and presiding over the blissful coast of Orissa". Available to buy through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0907871097 FIBIS Shop]. Also available at the [[British Library]]
==False Point (Batighar)==
Approximately 60 km from Cuttack and the site of a lighthouse, operational from 1838 and a port, operational c 1860
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttack_district Cuttack District] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_Point False Point] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendrapara Kendrapara] Wikipedia
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100509/spectrum/main6.htm True story of False Point] Sunday, 9 May 9 2010 tribuneindia.com
*[http://news24online.com/British-Cemetery-in-Orissa-in-ruins_News24_40428.aspx British Cemetery in Orissa in ruins] News 24, 22 February 2012. The False Point Lighthouse cemetery.
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