Ordnance department was assigned the task of creating facilities at Ishapore for turning out 25,000 rifles and carbines annually on the lines of an existing factory at Sparkbrook near Birmingham. The site of gun powder factory was selected for setting up this factory.
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Information on Ordnance Factory Chandigarh
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Information on Ordnance Factory Institute of Learning, Ichapore (OFILIS)
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Information on Ordnance Factory Dehradun
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Information on Ammunition Factory Khadki
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Information on Ordnance Factory Institute of Learning, Medak (OFILMK)
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Information on Field Gun Factory Kanpur (FGK)
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