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DINAPUR

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DINAPUR  , a

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town and military station of
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British India, in the
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Patna
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district of Bengal, on the right
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bank of the Ganges, 12 M . W. of Patna city by
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rail . Pop . (1901) 33,699 . It is the largest military cantonment in Bengal, with accommodation for two batteries of artillery, a
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European and a native
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infantry regiment . In 1857 the
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sepoy garrison of the place initiated the mutiny of that
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year in Patna district, but after a conflict with the European troops were forced to retire from the town, and subsequently laid siege to Arrah .

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