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3 unusual facts about Barrackpore


93rd Burma Infantry

In 1910, the Burma Battalions were delocalised from Burma and in 1913, the 93rd Burma Infantry moved to Barrackpore in India.

Benedict Cayenne

Benedict Cayenne (born 22 March 1944 in Barrackpore) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay.

Wireless Experimental Centre

There were three outstations, the Wireless Experimental Depot in Abbottabad, the Western Wireless sub centre at Bangalore and the Eastern Wireless sub centre at Barrackpore.


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Barrackpore Government High School

’ –Letter dated 26th March 1837, Barrackpore, 'Letters from India' By Emily Eden, Vol – 1, page -338 Edited by her niece Eleanor Eden, November 1871, Published by Richard Bentely & Sons, London, 1872.

Belgharia

Feeder road connects Belghoria to B.T. Road (i.e. Barrackpore Trunk Road) to the west and through Madhusudan Banerjee (MB) Road to Birati and consequently to Jessore Road in the east.

Dakshineswar

Mourigram - Barrackpore via Andul, Alampur, Bally Halt, Dunlop, Sodepore

Dharmatala

A three-horse omnibus plied briefly between Dharmatala and Barrackpore in November 1830 but the truly successful horse-drawn public transport was the tramcar.

Fishing in India

Most fishery training is provided by the Central Institute for Fishery Education in Mumbai, which has ancillary institutions in Barrackpore, Agra (Uttar Pradesh), and Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh).

Pratham Swatrantata Sangrm Express

It was first introduced between Barrackpore and Jhansi, commemorating the first independence movement of India, which started in two places by Mangal Pandey and Rani Laxmi Bai.


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