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Cawnpore

British  
/ ˌkɔːnˈpɔː, ˌkɔːnˈpʊə /

noun

  1. the former name of Kanpur

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The play was set in the Anglo-Indian community in 1980s Calcutta, and she inhabited a room full of busts of viceroys and royal portraits, reliving the Indian Mutiny with blood-curdling cries of "Remember Cawnpore".

From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2011

Last week 100,000 Cawnpore workers were still out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The worst recent labor flare-up came last fortnight at Cawnpore, where militant Communist-and Socialist-led workers have developed some new bargaining techniques.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before leaving Manipur in 1881, I had sent off some Manipuris to Cawnpore to learn carpet making and leather work.

From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de

For that reason too, the native officers of the first regiments in revolt at Cawnpore made him swear, even at the twelfth hour, that he would lead them to Delhi.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis