The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . ^ fi. Berhampore Cantonments. Site of old Enghsh Residency. MAJUMDARS MURSHIOABAD. FANCY PRESS. § I [ ^11 ] g-overnment mig-ht in future conceive ag-ainst them,wrote to Mr. Manning-ham, then at Murshidabad, toubtain a grant from Meer Jaffer of the Berhamporeplain and a perwana to build a factory and fortify heard from Mr. Scrafton that a sanad had beensealed for four hundred bighas of land in Berh
The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . ^ fi. Berhampore Cantonments. Site of old Enghsh Residency. MAJUMDARS MURSHIOABAD. FANCY PRESS. § I [ ^11 ] g-overnment mig-ht in future conceive ag-ainst them,wrote to Mr. Manning-ham, then at Murshidabad, toubtain a grant from Meer Jaffer of the Berhamporeplain and a perwana to build a factory and fortify heard from Mr. Scrafton that a sanad had beensealed for four hundred bighas of land in Berhamporebut work was deferred till the citadel at Calcutta wasfinished or, at least, till Captain Brohier was in a30sition to be sent to Cossimbazar to supervise theivork. The plan of a fort was subsequently abandoned,:he importance of Murshidabad sinking with the rise)f Calcutta. The construction of the Barracks, how-iver, was completed in 1767, at a cost of ^ 302, 270. The cantonments of Berhampore will always be•emembered as the scene of the first overt act of thendian mutiny of 1857. They were vacated on account)f the malarial condition of Berhampore, which now,lowever, is a healthy st
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