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| | ipedia.com: Birmingham Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | The town grew rapidly during the industrial revolution, going from 75,000 inhabitants in 1800 to 650,000 inhabitants in 1900. |
 | | The Industrial Revolution flourished in Birmingham and the surrounding Midlands towns, allowing many factories, foundries and businesses, including sword, gun and pistol manufacturers, watchmakers, jewellers, goldsmiths, attorneys, physicians, surgeons, apothecaries and chemists to prosper. |
 | | Bhangra Rap evolved in Handsworth in the early 1990s with Apache Indian who later went on to host his own radio show on BBC Radio 1. |
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