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ROORKEE , or RURKr, a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

India, in the See also:

SAHARANPUR

Saharanpur See also:

DISTRICT

district of the See also:

UNITED

United Provinces, on the Oudh & See also:

ROHILKHAND

Rohilkhand railway, 22 M. E. of Saharanpur. Pop. (1901) 17,197. It is the headquarters of the workshops of the See also:

GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges See also:

canal, and also of the See also:

Bengal Sappers and Miners. Two heavy batteries of See also:

ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery are usually stationed in the See also:

CANTONMENT (Fr. cantonnement, from cantonner, to quarter; Ger. Ortsunterkunft or Quartier)

cantonment. The See also:

THOMASON, GEORGE (d. 1666)

Thomason See also:

CIVIL

Civil See also:

ENGINEERING

Engineering See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, founded in 1848, was transferred from the Public See also:

WORKS

Works to the See also:

EDUCATION

Education See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

Department in 1895 and reorganized. It was instituted in See also:

order to See also:

TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train natives in engineering, and students originally received stipends. After 1875 the emoluments were limited, and became in the nature of scholarships, but the education of all students, remained practically See also:

FREE

free till 1896, when fees began to be charged. The college works in co-operation with the workshops and foundry of the canal, and also trains in See also:

SURVEYING

surveying, See also:

photography and other subjects, having chemical, See also:

PHYSICAL

physical, See also:

electrical and See also:

MECHANICAL

mechanical laboratories and workshops.

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