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THE INDUSTRIAL
CAPITAL OF UTTAR PRADESH
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Kanpur is situated on
the bank of river Ganges and has been an important place in the history of
modern India.
It played a vital role during the first war of Independence of India in 1857.
Sh. Ganesh Shanker Vidhayarthi and Sh. Chandra Shekhar Azad made Kanpur as their field of
work against the British Colonialism . During the
Freedom Struggle of 1857, Col. O. Neel, Commanded British India Army from Kanpur Cantt.
Kanpur has also played a
vital role in the field of education in general and technical in particular. Chirst
Church College
was established in 1896 A.D. The fist College of Commerce in India- B.N.S.D
College, was established in the year 1914 A.D.The
first agricultural College of Asia-Government College, was established in the
year 1941 A.D. and Hart Court Butler Technological Institute (H.B.T.I.) was
established in the year 1926 A.D. After the independence of India, a number of technical and research
institutes such as I.I.T., Kanpur, National Sugar Institute, Leather
Institute and Textile Institute were established at Kanpur.
Kanpur was one of the
main centers of industrial revolution in India. Towards the end of 19th
Century, Sir John Burney Allens established a group
of companies such as Kanpur Textiles, Cawnpore Wollen
Mills (Lal Imli), Flex
Shoes Company, Elgin Mills and North Tannery under the banner of British
India Corporation having headquarter at Kanpur. In the beginning of 20th
Century, Lala Kamlapat
established a group of companies such as; J.K. Cotton Mills and J.K. Iron
etc. under the banner of J.K. During the same period Sir J.P. Srivastava established New Victoria Mills. British
Government also established a number of factories like; Ordnance Factory, Kanpur and Parachute
Factory in 1886 to supplement their defence
requirements. This was the time when Kanpur
was known as the Manchester of India.
At present it is
rightly called as the industrial Capital of U.P. having the headquarters of
many important State Government Departments, such as; Directorate of
Industries, State Financial Corporation, U.P.S.I.D.C., U.P. Stock Exchange,
Handloom Development Directorate and Directorate of Labour
etc. connected with the industrial development of the State.
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CUSTOMS &
CENTRAL EXCISE COMMISSIONERATE, KANPUR
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The
Commissionerate of Central Excise & Customs, Kanpur was created bifurcating
the erstwhile Commissionerate of Allahabad w.e.f. 7th
Jan.1963. Further re-organisation of the Central
Excise Commissionerates in Uttar Pradesh took place
in 1979 when Meerut Commissionerate for North Region of U.P. was formed w.e.f. 1.6.79. The Kanpur Commissionerate was again
bifurcated into Kanpur
and Lucknow Commissionerate in the year 1997.
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JURISDICTION AND
ORGANISATIONAL SET UP
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The jurisdiction
of the Commissionerate extends over the districts of Kanpur,
Kanpur(Dehat), Unnao,
Jhansi, Jalaon, Mahoba, Hamirpur, Lalitpur, Agra,
Ferozabad and Etawah of
the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Hdqrs. Office of
the Commissionerate is situated in the centre of the city and is headed by
the Commissioner.
At present there
are 5 Divisions in this Commissionerate i.e. Division-I, Division-II and
Division-III (All are situated at Kanpur) Agra and Jhansi.
The Divisions are headed by the Assistant / Deputy Commissioners. The
Divisions have been further divided into Ranges, which are headed by the
Superintendents.
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DIVISIONWISE FIELD
FORMATION
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Division - I Kanpur
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6 Ranges
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R-I, R-IA, R-II, R-III, R-IV, R-V
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Division - II Kanpur
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6 Ranges
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R-XII, R-XIII, R-XIIIA, R-XIIIB - Kanpur
Range - I, Range -II Unnao
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Division - III Kanpur
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6 Ranges
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R-VI, R-VII, R-VIII, R-IX, R-XI Kanpur
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Division - Agra
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6 Ranges
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R-I, R-II, R-III Agra
R-Firozabad, R-Shikohabad, R-Pata
(Distt. Oraiya)
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Division - Jhansi
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5 Ranges
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R-I, R-II, R-III Jhansi
R-Orai, R-Hamirpur
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