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*Umballa is mentioned in  [http://www.archive.org/stream/aroundworldonbic02stevrich#page/298/mode/2up/search/Umballa  ''Around the world on a bicycle Volume 2: From Teheran to Yokohama''], page 299 by Thomas Stevens 1888 Archive.org
*Umballa is mentioned in  [http://www.archive.org/stream/aroundworldonbic02stevrich#page/298/mode/2up/search/Umballa  ''Around the world on a bicycle Volume 2: From Teheran to Yokohama''], page 299 by Thomas Stevens 1888 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=55 "Ambala District"] page 33 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=55 "Ambala District"] page 33 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/115692 ''Gazetteer Of Ambala District, 1883-84'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.115692 Archive.org version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/115692 ''Gazetteer Of Ambala District, 1883-84'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.115692 Archive.org version].
**[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.115692/2015.115692.Gazetteers-Of-Ambala-District-1883-84#page/n81/mode/2up/search/Cantonment The cantonment], page 64
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Revision as of 08:15, 15 March 2017

Ambala
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 30.38°N 76.78°E
Altitude: 264 m (866 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ambala
State/Province: Haryana
Country: India
Transport links
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places of interest during the British period
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Ambala was the headquarters of Ambala District in the Delhi Division of Punjab Province during the British period.The Ambala Cantonment was established in 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at Karnal, following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42.

Spelling Variants

Modern spelling: Ambala
Variants: Umballa

FIBIS resources

Churches

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, and Historical books online, below which may have been based on life in the cantonment at Umballa.

St Paul's Church was bombed in 1965 and is now in ruins.

Cemeteries

List and images of graves at Ambala Christian cemetery www.gravestonephotos.com (Scroll down for list)

Also see "Historical books online", below.

External Links

  • Ambala City Imperial Gazetteer of India
  • Ambala Wikipedia
  • Ambala Cantonment Wikipedia
  • Gazetteers Of Haryana, previously part of Bengal. Haryana Government website. Includes Ambala District 1883-84, 1892, 1923-24, the latter available as a searchable pdf. revenueharyana.gov.in
  • Paul’s Church Ambala by Ramesh Lalwani 4 December 2005 mangalorean.com
  • "A peep into the history of Ambala" by Lt Gen Ranjit Singh (retd) April 6, 2014. tribuneindia.com (retrieved 21 April 2014). The Ambala Cantt with tree-lined roads and open spaces owes its origin to Capt Robert Napier, a Bengal Sappers officer
  • RAF Ambala rafweb.org (retrieved 1 July 2014)

Historical books online