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The town of '''Kolhapur''' or '''Karvir''' was the capital of [[Kolhapur State]] and the terminus of a branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]] 30 miles from the main line.
The town of '''Kolhapur''' or '''Karvir''' was the capital of [[Kolhapur State]] and the terminus of a branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]] 30 miles from the main line.
 
There was a cantonment for British troops located there c 1860s which was part of the Bombay Presidency.


== Spelling variants ==
== Spelling variants ==
Modern name: Kolhapur<br />
Modern name: Kolhapur<br />
Variants: Kolapoor/Calapur/Karvir
Variants: Kolapoor / Kolapore / Calapur / Karvir


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_386.gif "Kolhapur State"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 380. State in the Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Political Agency, Bombay
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_392.gif "Kolhapur City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 386.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/452/mode/2up "Kolapore"] page 453 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org




[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]

Revision as of 06:44, 5 April 2015

Kolhapur
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 16.700000°N, 74.233300°E

Altitude: 569 m (1,867 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kolhapur
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links
Kolhapur State Railway

The town of Kolhapur or Karvir was the capital of Kolhapur State and the terminus of a branch of the Southern Mahratta railway 30 miles from the main line.

There was a cantonment for British troops located there c 1860s which was part of the Bombay Presidency.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Kolhapur
Variants: Kolapoor / Kolapore / Calapur / Karvir

External links

"Kolhapur" Wikipedia

Historical books online

  • "Kolhapur State" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15, page 380. State in the Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Political Agency, Bombay
  • "Kolhapur City" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15, page 386.
  • "Kolapore" page 453 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org