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Poona was an important junction where the metre gauge [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] met the broad gauge of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]].
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Poona "Poona"] ''LoveToKnow 1911''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poona "Pune"] ''Wikipedia''
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'''Poona''' is a city about 100km south-east of [[Bombay]] (now Mumbai), which was a popular social retreat for residents of Bombay as well as formerly the largest garrison town in the Deccan for the [[British Army]]. The British comedian, [http://www.spikemilligan.co.uk/ Spike Milligan], spent his childhood there (his father was in the [[Royal Artillery]]). There was also another cantonment nearby, at [[Kirkee]]. Poona was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_171.gif Poona District] in the Central division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. It was an important junction where the metre gauge [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] met the broad gauge of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]].
Modern Pune lies on the west side of the Deccan plateau beneath the Western Ghats (Sahyadri mountain range) at the confluence of the Mula and Mutha rivers. Known for its textiles and metal working, it is now the sixth largest city in India, with India's largest student population, and site of the ashram of the Orange People (followers of Sri Rajneesh).
== History ==
The arrival of the railways opened up communication routes to Bombay, previously constrained by the terrain.
Poona Municipality was established in 1858. Poona and was at one time the "monsoon capital" of the [[Bombay Presidency]], and was the headquarters of the British District of the Central Division (District Officers and Commissioners).
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Pune<br>
Variants: Puna/Poona; /Poonah<br>
[[Image:Western India Club Poona.jpg|300px|thumb|Western India Club, Poona]]
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=20&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_187.gif Poona City] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Poona Poona] LoveToKnow 1911
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ourtroublesinpoo00crawuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Our Troubles in Poona and the Deccan] A Crawford 1897. A colourful account of local characters and their relationships with the English
*[http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/495 ''Deccan Queen: A Spatial Analysis of Poona in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries''] by Wayne Thomas Mullen. Sydney University Digital Theses 26 March 2006. A thesis which is “structured around the analysis of a model that describes the Cantonment, the Civil Lines, the Sadr Bazar and part of the Native City of the Western Indian settlement of Poona in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”
*[http://www.punediary.com/html/churches.html "Churches"] ''punediary: churches''
