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Information
about Barrackpore Cantonment
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| Barrackpore Cantonment is
situated on the banks of the River Hooghly at a distance
of 25K.M. of Kolkata, 30K.M. of Howrah and 16K.M of
Barasat and falls within the district of North 24 Parganas.
Nearest Railway Station is Barrackpore, which is 2 K.M.
from Barrackpore Cantonment. This Cantt is situated
in between two Municipalities i.e. Barrackpore and North
Barrackpore. |
Boundaries : |
North - North Barrackpore Municipality
South - River Hooghly
East - Barrackpore Municipality
West - North Barrackpore Municipality
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Population : |
24,541 as per 2001 census.
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Places of Interest : |
- Mangal Pandey Park
- Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
- Aurobindo Ashram
- Ferry on River Hooghly
- Bindee Baba Temple
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| Offices
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- 64 Mtn Bde HQrs
- Cantonment Board Office
- Station Headquarters, Barrackpore
- Military Hospital, Barrackpore
- Military Engineering Service, Barrackpore
- Commander Works Engineers, Barrackpore
- Air Force, Barrackpore
- Hindustan Aeraunotic Limited ( H.A.L)
- Cantonment General Hospital
- Zonal Health Office, Barrackpore
- Cantt Board Primary School.
- Rastraguru Surendra Nath College
- Kendriya Vidyalaya
- Army Central School
- Debiprosad Higher Secondary School
- Barrackpore Cantonment Girls Higher Secondary
School
- Barrackpore Sub Jail
- Administrative Building of Sub Divisional
Officer, Barrackpore
- State Bank of India, Barrackpore
- United Bank, Bar Court, Barrackpore
- U.Co. Bank Barrackpore
- Barrackpore Head Post Office
- Barrackpore P.S
- Sales Tax Office, Barrackpore
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| Bibliography
on Cantt History : |
- NATIONAL LIBRARY reference Books:
- Calcutta past and Present, Kathleen Blechynder,
1905
- Calcutta Old and New, H.E.A.Cotton, 1907
- Letter- Rural Life in Bengal, Colesworthy
Grant, 1859 ( Personal book dated 31st May 1895
of Sir Ashutosh Mukerjee)
- Calcutta - 1st Capital of British India -1920,
Herbent Andrens Newell.
- Glimpses of Bengal, A Claude Campbell, 1907
- ASIATIC SOCIETY reference Books:
- Bengal, Ram Gopal
- Bengal District Gazetteer - 24 Parganas, Malley
- Statistical Account of Bengal, W.W.Hunter
- Notes on Old Calcutta
- Barrackpore Park, Rai Sahib A.C.Pal.
- The Siege of Delhi, Alexander Liewellyn
- The Indian Mutiny, Richard Collier
- The College of Material Management , Jabalpore
(Court martial Proceedings of 1857 Mutiny)
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