Kan·pur (kän p r) also Cawn·pore (kônpôr , -p r) A city of northern India on the Ganges River southeast of Delhi. The entire British garrison, including women and children, were massacred during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Population: 2,530,000. |
Kanpur [kɑːnˈpʊə]
n
(Placename) an industrial city in NE India, in S Uttar Pradesh on the River Ganges: scene of the massacre by Nana Sahib of British soldiers and European families and his later defeat by British forces in 1857. Pop.: 1 874 409 (1991) Former name Cawnpore
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