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 Khamaria
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Information on Ordnance Factory Ambarnath (OFA)
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Information on Ordnance Factory Project Nalanda
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Information on Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBH)
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Information on Engine Factory Avadi
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Information on Ordnance Factory Kanpur (OFC)
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Information on Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi
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Information on Ordnance Factory Dum Dum (OFDC)
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Information on Machine Tool Prototype Factory Ambarnath
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Information on Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFDUN)
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Information on Vehicle Factory Jabalpur
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Information on Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK)
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Information on Field Gun Factory Kanpur
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