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Ordnance Department

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*[[Conductors]]
*[[Unattached List]]
*[[Cossipore]], the location of a gun factory
*[[Dum Dum]], the location of an ammunition factory
*[[Ishapore]], the location of a gunpowder factory, and later a rifle factory
==Occupations==
*"The Origin of "the Pusa Experiment" : The East India Company and Horse-Breeding in Bengal, 1793-1808" by Garry John Adler, ''Bengal Past & Present'', 98 (1979), 10-32. Publisher: Calcutta Historical Society. ISSN 00058807. Also refer [[Veterinary Surgeon]] for details of William Moorcroft who was the first English Veterinary Surgeon at Pusa.
*[http://www.indiapicks.com/stamps/Forces/759_AOC.htm Army Ordinance Corps] indiapicks.com
*[http://www.enfield-stuff.com/regimentals/rifles/enfield_queue/Queue_India.htm Enfield Rifles from Ishapore] from Enfield-Stuff.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924030697688#page/n5/mode/2up ''Sketch of the mode of manufacturing gunpowder at the Ishapore mills in Bengal''] by William Anderson 1862 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=n1ABAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA164 ''Strength, Organisation and Composition of the Army of Great Britain''], Martin Petrie (1864) gives details of the Ordnance Department factories, pp164-167.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_391.gif  The Ordnance Department] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume  4'', page 362. Mentions the various factories.
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