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Meston Road is a commercial street in city of Kanpur in India. The road is named after James Meston, Lieutenant Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1912 to 1918 and was later, in 1919 a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of British India along with Sir Satyendra Prasanno Sinha. Meston Road also known as 'gun bazaar' is the centre of arms and ammunition shops in Kanpur.
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