Massacre Ghat
Satti Chaura ghat on the Ganga at Kanpur, which took its English name from what happened here in 1857.
- Where
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.4588, 80.3809
Get the Massacre Ghat stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Massacre Ghat. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Massacre Ghat
Kanpur Zoological Park 9.1 km
Allen Forest, a hundred and ten hectares and the largest piece of green Kanpur has.
Bithoor 20 km
Valmiki's ashram, and Nana Sahib's ghat.
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary 32 km
A shallow lake on the Kanpur-Lucknow road where the Siberian birds stop.
Chota Imambara 70 km
Built in 1838 as a mausoleum, hung with Belgian chandeliers, and lit for Muharram as it always was.
Bara Imambara 70 km
A hall built in a famine year to give work to the starving, with a roof that stands on no beams and a labyrinth above it.
Rumi Darwaza 70 km
A sixty foot gateway of the Awadh court, built when the nawabs could no longer afford stone and worked in brick and plaster instead.
Sikandar Bagh 70 km
A garden and villa where the 1857 siege ended in a massacre, now a botanical institute.
The Residency 70 km
Left in ruins on purpose, shot through with cannon fire from the 1857 siege, as a memorial to both sides.
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Questions
Where is Massacre Ghat?
Massacre Ghat is in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kanpur Zoological Park (9.1 km), Bithoor (20 km), Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (32 km).
How do I get the Massacre Ghat stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Massacre Ghat and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Massacre Ghat before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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