Barrackpore

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Barrackpore is a historic cantonment town in West Bengal, India, notable as an early British military base and a key site in the events leading up to the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantonment
historic place
town
administrativeDivision Barrackpore subdivision
linked to: Barrackpore
climate tropical wet and dry climate
colonialPower British Empire
country India
distanceFromKolkata approximately 23 km north
establishedAsCantonmentBy British East India Company
governingBody Barrackpore Municipality
linked to: Barrackpore
hasEducationalInstitution Rashtraguru Surendranath College
hasMemorial statue of Mangal Pandey
hasPlaceOfInterest Flagstaff House
Gandhi Ghat
Indira Gandhi Memorial Botanical Garden
Mangal Pandey Park
hasRole cantonment town
hasTransport Barrackpore railway station
historicalEvent Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824
Mangal Pandey incident of 1857
historicalSignificance early center of British administration in Bengal
knownFor early British military base in India
role in events leading to the Indian Rebellion of 1857
legislativeConstituency Barrackpore Assembly constituency
locatedIn North 24 Parganas district
locatedNear Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
locatedOn Hooghly River
namedAfter military barracks
nearbyCity Kolkata
linked to: Calcutta
nearbyTown Panihati
Titagarh
officialLanguage Bengali
English
parliamentaryConstituency Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency
partOf Kolkata Metropolitan Area
policeJurisdiction Barrackpore Police Commissionerate
linked to: Barrackpore
postalCodeType PIN
railwayLine Sealdah–Ranaghat line
region Ganges Delta
riverBank east bank of the Hooghly River
state West Bengal
timeZone IST
urbanAgglomeration Kolkata Urban Agglomeration
utcOffset +05:30

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Bengal Army garrisonLocation Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey deathPlace Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey associatedWith Barrackpore
West Bengal containsTown Barrackpore
Barrackpore administrativeDivision Barrackpore subdivision
linked to: Barrackpore
Barrackpore governingBody Barrackpore Municipality
linked to: Barrackpore
Barrackpore policeJurisdiction Barrackpore Police Commissionerate
linked to: Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey placeOfActivity Barrackpore
subject linked to: Mangal
Barrackpore incident of 1857 relatedTo Barrackpore Cantonment
linked to: Barrackpore
Surendranath Banerjee placeOfDeath Barrackpore
subject linked to: Surendranath
Naihati subdivision Barrackpore subdivision
linked to: Barrackpore
Naihati locatedNear Barrackpore
Naihati belongsTo Barrackpore industrial belt
linked to: Barrackpore
Halisahar locatedNear Barrackpore
Halisahar locatedInSubregion Barrackpore industrial belt
linked to: Barrackpore
Dum Dum connectsTo Barrackpore
North 24 Parganas district containsTown Barrackpore Cantonment
linked to: Barrackpore
Kanchrapara locatedNear Barrackpore
Gandhi Ghat, Barrackpore locatedIn Barrackpore
subject linked to: Gandhi Ghat
Gandhi Ghat, Barrackpore partOf Barrackpore riverfront
subject linked to: Gandhi Ghat
linked to: Barrackpore
Barrackpore railway station serves Barrackpore
Barrackpore railway station locatedNear Barrackpore city centre
linked to: Barrackpore
Sealdah–Ranaghat line serves Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey Park locatedInCity Barrackpore
Flagstaff House, Barrackpore locatedIn Barrackpore
subject linked to: Flagstaff House
Flagstaff House, Barrackpore locatedIn Barrackpore Cantonment
subject linked to: Flagstaff House
linked to: Barrackpore
Barrackpore Assembly constituency abbreviation Barrackpore AC
linked to: Barrackpore
34th Bengal Native Infantry associatedWith Barrackpore Cantonment
linked to: Barrackpore