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'''Belgaum''', a town and district of British India, in the southern division of Bombay. The town is situated 245 miles south of Poona; it has a station on the Southern Mahratta railway.
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'''Belgaum''' was headquarters of the British administrative district of Belgaum. It came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the [[3rd Maratha War]] when the Maratha empire was broken up.
  
 
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Belgaum
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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

Belgaum was headquarters of the British administrative district of Belgaum. It came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the 3rd Maratha War when the Maratha empire was broken up.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Belgaum
Variants: Belgaon

Military history

Siege of Belgaum 1818

Interior St Mary's Church, Belgaum

Churches

St Mary's Church, Belgaum Bombay Diocesan Trust

External links

Historical books on-line

Belgaum Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Vol XXI 1884