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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)]]
|image=
|image=Human Face Rock, Bellary.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=15.15,76.9333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=15.15,76.9333 15° 9′ 0″ N, 76° 55′ 59.88″ E]
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=15.15,76.9333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=15.15,76.9333 15.150000°N, 76.933300°E]
|altitude= 444 m (1,457 ft)
|altitude= 444 m (1,457 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellary Bellary]
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellary Bellary]
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|transport= [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]
|transport= [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]
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"'''Bellary''', or Ballari, a city and district of British India, in the [[Madras]] presidency. The city is 305 m[iles] by rail from [[Madras]]."
'''Bellary''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_151.gif Bellary District] in the Southern Division of Madras during the British period.  
 
Latterly, a metre gauge branchline was constructed which ran south to [[Rayadrug]].
 


There was a School of Musketry located at Bellary c early 1890s.
== Cemeteries ==
== Cemeteries ==
*[[Bellary Cantonment Cemetery]]
*[[Bellary Cantonment Cemetery]]
*[[Ramandroog Cemetery]]
*[[Ramandroog Cemetery]]


==FIBIS Resources==
*[[:Category:Bellary images|Images of Bellary]]
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Category:Schools_of_Musketry_images Fibiwiki School of Musketry images]
==External links==
*[https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1970-10-30-6 Photograph: Indian Mounted Infantry on a range at the School of Musketry, Bellary, 1897] National Army Museum.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200402114134/https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/03/31/12/26628136-8171487-image-a-21_1585653291032.jpg Photograph: Bellary Railway Station] possibly c 1880s from (scroll down) [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8171487/Fascinating-photos-glimpse-India-days-Raj-including-general-inspired-Churchill.html "Life in the empire on which the sun never set: Fascinating photos..."] by Katie Weston 31 March 2020 dailymail.co.uk
=== Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/stream/atlasofsouthernp00phar#page/n109/mode/1up Plan of Bellary] ''An Atlas of the Southern Part of India'' 1854 Archive.org
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_181.gif Bellary]  Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.barry-lewis.com/docs/Cotton%20-%20Bellary%20Inscriptions.pdf ''List of European Tombs in the Bellary District with Inscriptions thereon'']  compiled by J J Cotton (1894).  Held on website of Barry Lewis. Also available [https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail.php?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI6kZIy&tag=List%20of%20European%20tombs%20in%20the%20Bellary%20district%20with%20inscriptions%20thereon#book1/ Tamil Digital Library]
*[https://archive.org/stream/sketchesofindia00sherrich#page/74/mode/2up Bellary c 1818] page 74 ''Sketches of India'' by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org. The author's  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moyle_Sherer Wikipedia] page indicates he was with the [[34th Regiment of Foot]].
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bVkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA410 Bellary  c 1827] page 410 ''The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle'' 1828 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SD1cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA13 Bellary October 1838] page 13 ''The Diary of Sergeant William Hall, …, late of Her Majesty’s Forty-First Regiment, containing The Incidents connected with two years campaign in Scinde and Affghanistan during the late War''. c 1848 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FZteAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA13 "Station of Bellary"] page 13, ‪''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Ceded Districts'': Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office ‬ 1844 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA70  Bellary] page 70, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''.  The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands"
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 74th Highlanders at Bellary] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/420/mode/2up Bellary] page  421 ''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
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3864349?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Manual of the Bellary District''] by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/manualbellarydi00kelsgoog/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207069/page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Bellary''] by W Francis, Indian Civil Service 1904 Archive.org


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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellary "Bellary"]  ''Wikipedia''.


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Latest revision as of 12:28, 2 April 2020

Bellary
Presidency: Madras (Presidency)
Coordinates: 15.150000°N, 76.933300°E
Altitude: 444 m (1,457 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Bellary
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Southern Mahratta Railway
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Bellary]



Bellary was the headquarters of Bellary District in the Southern Division of Madras during the British period.

There was a School of Musketry located at Bellary c early 1890s.

Cemeteries

FIBIS Resources

External links

Historical books online

  • Plan of Bellary An Atlas of the Southern Part of India 1854 Archive.org
  • Bellary Imperial Gazetteer
  • List of European Tombs in the Bellary District with Inscriptions thereon compiled by J J Cotton (1894). Held on website of Barry Lewis. Also available Tamil Digital Library
  • Bellary c 1818 page 74 Sketches of India by 'An Officer for Fire-Side Travellers At-Home' [Captain Moyle Sherer] 2nd edition, with additions 1824 Archive.org. The author's Wikipedia page indicates he was with the 34th Regiment of Foot.
  • Bellary c 1827 page 410 The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle 1828 Google Books
  • Bellary October 1838 page 13 The Diary of Sergeant William Hall, …, late of Her Majesty’s Forty-First Regiment, containing The Incidents connected with two years campaign in Scinde and Affghanistan during the late War. c 1848 Google Books
  • "Station of Bellary" page 13, ‪Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics of the Ceded Districts: Compiled from the Records of the Medical Board Office ‬ 1844 Google Books
  • Bellary page 70, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands"
  • 74th Highlanders at Bellary page 277 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
  • Bellary page 421 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
  • Manual of the Bellary District by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. HathiTrust Digital Library. Archive.org version.
  • Madras District Gazetteers: Bellary by W Francis, Indian Civil Service 1904 Archive.org

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