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| − | Umballa is now known as Ambala and is a large town in the Punjab. The Umballa Cantonment was established in the year 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at [[Kurnaul]], following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42. The cantonment church is called St Paul's and it has a large graveyard and war memorial. | + | Umballa is now known as Ambala and is a large town in the Punjab. The Umballa Cantonment was established in the year 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at [[Kurnaul]], following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42. The cantonment church is called St Paul's and it has a large graveyard and war memorial. St Paul’s Church, ‘an edifice which has been much admired’ was designed by Captain George Atkinson of the Bengal Engineers, according to this [http://www.archive.org/stream/balladsofburmaan00oolarich#page/4/mode/2up Archives,org link] He was the author of'''Curry & rice' on forty plates : or, The ingredients of social life at 'our station' in India'', published 1860, refer [[Society reading list#Other aspects of society|Society reading list]], which may have been based on life in the cantonment at Umballa. |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala Ambala] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala Ambala] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment Ambala Cantonment]] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala_Cantonment Ambala Cantonment]] Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 16 January 2010
Umballa is now known as Ambala and is a large town in the Punjab. The Umballa Cantonment was established in the year 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at Kurnaul, following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42. The cantonment church is called St Paul's and it has a large graveyard and war memorial. St Paul’s Church, ‘an edifice which has been much admired’ was designed by Captain George Atkinson of the Bengal Engineers, according to this Archives,org link He was the author of'Curry & rice' on forty plates : or, The ingredients of social life at 'our station' in India, published 1860, refer Society reading list, which may have been based on life in the cantonment at Umballa.
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- Ambala Wikipedia
- Ambala Cantonment] Wikipedia
