The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia
|
| Previous: Saharanpur | Table of Contents | Next: Sai Toshio |
Sahibganj (87.63E
25.24N) is a town and rail junction on the south
bank of the Ganges River
in eastern India, located about
190 miles (300 km) north northeast of Calcutta. The Ganges passes
just north of a cluster of rugged hills here, and the fortress of Teliagarhi
was established here by 645 C.E.to command the river.
The district had an unusually large European population,
which may account for its name "place of masters" but became a
center of the "Quit India" movement of August 1942 organized by
the Indian
National Congress.
References
Sahibganj.nic.in (accessed 2011-4-1)The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2008, 2011 by Kent G. Budge. Index
