Sibpur, 1908
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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Southern suburb of HOWRAH CITY, Bengal, opposite Fort
William. During the last century the place has grown from a small
village into a nourishing town, possessing jute-mills, flour-mills, and
engineering and rope works. On the river side, to the south, are the
Royal Botanical Gardens, among the finest of their kind in the world.
A fort was erected here in the sixteenth century to defend the shipping
from the piratical incursions of the Maghs or Arakanese. A little above
the gardens stands the Sibpur Engineering College.