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DINAPUR , a See also: town and military station of See also: British See also: India, in the See also: Patna See also: district of See also: Bengal, on the right See also: bank of the See also: Ganges, 12 M
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W. of Patna city by See also: rail
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Pop
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(1901) 33,699
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It is the largest military cantonment in Bengal, with accommodation for two batteries of artillery, a See also: European and a native See also: infantry regiment
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In 1857 the See also: sepoy garrison of the place initiated the See also: mutiny of that See also: 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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