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Encyclopedia Britannica



BARRACKPUR

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 427 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BARRACKPUR , a town and magisterial subdivision of British India, in the
district
  of Twenty-four Parganas, Bengal. The town is the largest cantonment in Lower Bengal, having
accommodation
  for two batteries of artillery, the wing of a European
regiment
  and two native battalions. Its name is said to be derived from the fact of troops having been stationed here since 1772. It is a station on the Eastern Bengal railway. Job
426
Charnock, the founder of Calcutta, erected a bungalow and established a small bazaar here in 1689. The cantonment is situated on the left bank of the Hugh; it has also a large bazaar and several large tanks, and also a parade ground. To the
south
  of the cantonment is situated the park, created by the
taste
  and public spirit of Lord Wellesley. Within the park is situated the Government
House
 , a noble building begun by Lord Minto, and enlarged into its present state by the marquess of Hastings. The park is beautifully laid out, and contains a small menagerie. Its most interesting feature is now Lady Canning's tomb. Barrackpur played an important part in the two
Sepoy
  mutinies of 1824 and 1857, but the details of these belong to the general history of British
rule
  in India. North Barrackpur had a population in 1901 of 12,600 and
south
  Barrackpur of 19,307.
Barrackpur subdivision was formed in 1904. It contains an area of 190 sq. m., which, at the
census
  of 1901, had a population of 206,311, a large proportion being workers in the mills on the left bank of the Hugli.


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