१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

CHAPTER III
BEHAR
THE province of Behar and its capital, Patna,
did not remain aloof from the wave of Revolu-
tion which was sweeping over the North-
Western Provinces, Allahabad, Agra, and
Bengal. Of the different districts in the pro-
vince, the chief towns were Gaya, Arrah, Chapra,
Motihari, and Muzzafferpore. The army to control the
province was stationed near Patna, in the town of Dana-
pur. There were the 7th, 8th, and 40th native infantry
and, to keep these in check, there were the European
artillery and a European regiment, all under the command
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