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'''Barrack Square or Square Field''' is a historical ground situated in the central of [[Berhampore]], [[India]] in [[Murshidabad district]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gabaccia |first1=Donna R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvYNwyhZZykC&dq=Square+Field+Berhampore&pg=PT391 |title=Gender History Across Epistemologies |last2=Maynes |first2=Mary Jo |date=2013-02-19 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-118-50822-0 |language=en}}</ref> Barrack Square was established as the new cantonment of Suba Bengal on 1767 covering an area of about 40 acres.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barrack Square |url=https://wbhc.in/home/place_details/YjY2YTdiYmFkNWI0YzM3ZGUwMzc5NTQ2MmM0YzU0MTIzOGYyNmRhNWZjNDRiZTIzMjMwMmVkZDcyNDlmMTRhNTYxMDk2ZjdlOTFlZTY3ZjU0YzA3MmQyYzY4YTg3YjBjMzc4ZmVhMGQxN2MzNGMwOGFhMmRiOWE5YWZkZDVjNjRJZ1NqVTFRSmsxWDVWaWZISTJlUTU1VUJOSy9SYnZTSUdxUFhLWUdhWDFFPQ== |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=West Bengal Heritage Commission, Government of West Bengal |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625024000/https://wbhc.in/home/place_details/YjY2YTdiYmFkNWI0YzM3ZGUwMzc5NTQ2MmM0YzU0MTIzOGYyNmRhNWZjNDRiZTIzMjMwMmVkZDcyNDlmMTRhNTYxMDk2ZjdlOTFlZTY3ZjU0YzA3MmQyYzY4YTg3YjBjMzc4ZmVhMGQxN2MzNGMwOGFhMmRiOWE5YWZkZDVjNjRJZ1NqVTFRSmsxWDVWaWZISTJlUTU1VUJOSy9SYnZTSUdxUFhLWUdhWDFFPQ== |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=সিপাহি বিদ্রোহের সূত্রভূমি বহরমপুরের 'ব্যারাক স্কোয়ার ফিল্ড' এবার নতুন সাজে |work=[[Aajkaal]] |url=https://aajkaal.in/news/state/decoration-at-behrampur-barrack-square-field-gssu |access-date=24 June 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029123027/https://aajkaal.in/news/state/decoration-at-behrampur-barrack-square-field-gssu |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are several old bungalows and barracks, presently used as Government offices.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mitra |first=Asok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hc0MUqbodgIC&dq=Square+Field+Berhampore&pg=PA32 |title=The New India, 1948-1955: Memoirs of an Indian Civil Servant |date=1991 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-691-6 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Historical significance ==<br />
The [[East India Company|British East India Company]] leased a total of 400 bighas land from the Nawab [[Mir Jafar]] in 1767 to establish a new cantonment. The cantonment was designed by [[Archibald Campbell (British Army officer, born 1739)|Archibald Campbell]] and overseen by the architect Captain John Brohier where from the first major war of [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Rebellion]] or Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 took place.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abedin |first=Anal |date=26 January 2015 |title=অনাদরে ধুঁকছে ব্যারাক স্কোয়ার |work=[[Anandabazar Patrika]] |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/nadia-murshidabad/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A7-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9B-%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%95-%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B0-1.108872 |access-date=24 June 2022}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Maidans in India]]<br />
[[Category:Berhampore]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Murshidabad]]</div>JOVFinlay2