Kalpi

Kalpi, a town in the North-western Provinces of India, stands among rugged ravines near the bank of the Jumna, 50 miles SW. of Cawnpore. It figured prominently in the wars waged against the Mogul empire, came definitively into British hands in 1806, and was one of the principal agencies of the East India Company. Here on 23d May 1858 Sir Hugh Rose defeated 12,000 of the rebels. The town is mean in appearance, the houses being chiefly mud huts. The population is decreasing—18,514 in 1865; 12,713 in 1891. They manufacture sugar-candy and paper, and export grain, cotton, &c. to Cawnpore and to Calcutta.