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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
'''Monghyr''' on the Ganges in [[Bihar]] was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_395.gif Monghyr District] in Bhagalpur Division of Bengal during the British period. It is 140km east of the state capital [[Patna]].
C 1834<ref> See the ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', 1834 in Historical books online.</ref> it was the one of the four locations of invalided European Veterans in Bengal (the others being [[Buxar]], [[Chunar]] and [[Murshidabad|Moorshedabad]].) These men probably belonged to a Veterans' Battalion, similar to the [[Carnatic European Veteran Battalion]] in Madras Presidency.
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Munger<br>
==External links==
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_407.gif Monghyr] ''Imperial Gazetteer''<br>
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CBAoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA119 "Mofussil Stations: No XII - Monghyr"] page 119 ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany'', Volume 14, New Series May-August 1834. Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA450 Monghyr] page 450 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II '' Google Books
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