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