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{{Places of Interest|title=Belgaum |name=Belgaum |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004bbd7683511e0192a1&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=1}} | {{Places of Interest|title=Belgaum |name=Belgaum |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004bbd7683511e0192a1&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=15&vpsrc=1}} | ||
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'''Belgaum''' came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the [[3rd Maratha War]] when the Maratha empire was broken up. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=7&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_151.gif Belgaum District] in the Southern division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. | '''Belgaum''' came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the [[3rd Maratha War]] when the Maratha empire was broken up. It was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=7&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_151.gif Belgaum District] in the Southern division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://diksoochi.blogspot.com/2012/01/st-marys-church-cantonment-belgaum.html St. Mary’s church – Cantonment Belgaum] diksoochi.blogspot.com |
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860a.jpg Photograph: Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum 1860] and [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860b.jpg another view of the Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website. Elsewhere these photographs are dated to between 1867 and 1870.<ref>Frogsmile [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9898#p48901 Barrack Room Belgaum] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014</ref> | *[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860a.jpg Photograph: Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum 1860] and [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860b.jpg another view of the Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website. Elsewhere these photographs are dated to between 1867 and 1870.<ref>Frogsmile [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9898#p48901 Barrack Room Belgaum] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014</ref> | ||
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/postingspicsind.html Postcard: The Cantonment Garden, Belgaum] The Army Children Archive (TACA). A [http://www.stamps-auction.com/show-lot-print.php?lot_id=101200 slightly larger version] advising that the bandstand is shown. www.stamps-auction.com | *[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/postingspicsind.html Postcard: The Cantonment Garden, Belgaum] The Army Children Archive (TACA). A [http://www.stamps-auction.com/show-lot-print.php?lot_id=101200 slightly larger version] advising that the bandstand is shown. www.stamps-auction.com | ||
*[http://www.nhpendall.webspace.virginmedia.com/fpdiary.htm The Diary of Frederick Pendall], a member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 | *[http://www.nhpendall.webspace.virginmedia.com/fpdiary.htm The Diary of Frederick Pendall], a member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 | ||
====Historical books on-line==== | ====Historical books on-line==== | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_162.gif Belgaum Town] Imperial Gazetteer | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924070623727#page/n5/mode/2up Belgaum] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol XXI 1884 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924070623727#page/n5/mode/2up Belgaum] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol XXI 1884 | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bVkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412 Belgaum c 1827] page 412 ''The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle'' 1828 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bVkoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412 Belgaum c 1827] page 412 ''The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle'' 1828 Google Books | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DkUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA360 "London Missionary Society: Summary View of the Mission at Belgaum"] page 360 ''Missionary Register for 1832, Church Missionary Society'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=DkUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA360 "London Missionary Society: Summary View of the Mission at Belgaum"] page 360 ''Missionary Register for 1832, Church Missionary Society'' Google Books | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SD1cAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA33 Belgaum September 1840] page 33 ''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 | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pYAIAAAAQAAJ&dq=belgaum&pg=PP5 ''Sanitary report on the town of Belgaum dated 31 December 1868''] Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pYAIAAAAQAAJ&dq=belgaum&pg=PP5 ''Sanitary report on the town of Belgaum dated 31 December 1868''] Google Books | ||
Revision as of 11:19, 26 November 2014
| Belgaum | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bombay | |
| Coordinates: | 15.850362°N 74.504672°E |
| Altitude: | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Belgaum |
| State/Province: | Karnataka |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| Southern Mahratta Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Belgaum |
Belgaum came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the 3rd Maratha War when the Maratha empire was broken up. It was the headquarters of Belgaum District in the Southern division of Bombay Presidency during the British period.
A cantonment was located there.
Contents
Spelling variants
Modern name: Belgaum
Variants: Belgaon
Military history
Siege of Belgaum 1818
Churches
St Mary's Church, Belgaum Bombay Diocesan Trust
Internment Camp
There was an internment camp in Belgaum for German and Austrian civilians during the First World War. For more details see POW Camps in India
External links
- St. Mary’s church – Cantonment Belgaum diksoochi.blogspot.com
- Photograph: Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum 1860 and another view of the Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum from this page of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website. Elsewhere these photographs are dated to between 1867 and 1870.[1]
- Postcard: The Cantonment Garden, Belgaum The Army Children Archive (TACA). A slightly larger version advising that the bandstand is shown. www.stamps-auction.com
- The Diary of Frederick Pendall, a member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918
Historical books on-line
- Belgaum Town Imperial Gazetteer
- Belgaum Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol XXI 1884
- Belgaum c 1827 page 412 The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle 1828 Google Books
- "London Missionary Society: Summary View of the Mission at Belgaum" page 360 Missionary Register for 1832, Church Missionary Society Google Books
- Belgaum September 1840 page 33 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
- Sanitary report on the town of Belgaum dated 31 December 1868 Google Books
References
- ↑ Frogsmile Barrack Room Belgaum Victorian Wars Forum 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014
