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See also: town and See also: ancient fortress of See also: India, in the See also: district of See also: Mirzapur, in the See also: United Provinces, situated on the See also: south See also: bank of the See also: Ganges
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Pop
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(1901) 9926
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The fort occupies a conspicuous site on the See also: summit of an abrupt See also: rock which commands the See also: river
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It was at one See also: time a place of See also: great strength, and still contains a See also: magazine, and is fortified with batteries
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In the old citadel on the height, the remains of a See also: Hindu palace with some interesting carvings indicate the former importance of the place
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The town, which consists of one or two straggling streets, contains a handsome See also: English See also: church
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See also: Chunar is first mentioned in the 16th century, when in possession of Sing Joanpore
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In 1530 it became the residence of Shere Shah the Afghan, and See also: forty-five years later was recovered by the emperor See also: Akbar after sustaining a siege of six months
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It See also: fell into the
hands of the English under General See also: Carnac in 1763 after a prolonged resistance which caused considerable loss to the assailants
.
A treaty with the See also: nawab of Oudh was signed here by See also: Warren Hastings on behalf of the See also: East India See also: Company in See also: September 1781
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