Nasirabad, Rajputana

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Nasirabad, Rajputana
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 26.297436°N 74.735731°E
Altitude: 429 m (1,407 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Nasirabad
State/Province: Rajasthan
Country: India
Transport links

Nasirabad was a cantonment in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan in Central India.

The Barracks was called Inkerman Barracks.[1]

There was a cemetery located just outside the cantonment, beside the railway station.[2]

For many years, at least until 1910, from a military operations point of view, Nasirabad cantonment was part of Bombay Presidency, but may subsequently have been part of Bengal Presidency. The July 1910 Indian Army List indicates the Nasirabad Brigade was part of the 5th (Mhow Division) of the Southern Army[3], however the same edition lists Mhow as part of the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment.[4]

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Nasirabad
Variants:Nusseerabad/Nusserabad/Naseerabad (Note there are a number of towns with these names)

FIBIS Resources

  • Nasirabad Cemetery Images and transcribed index records. FIBIS database.
  • "Life in a British Cantonment in India: Nasirabad, 1929-1930" by John Sworder FIBIS Journal Number 23 (Spring 2010), pages 40-48. For details of how to access this article, refer FIBIS Journals.

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External links

Historical books online

References

  1. Charles Dixon 1871- 1918
  2. John Sworder's article
  3. Page 28 July 1910 Indian Army List Archive.org
  4. Page 696 July 1910 Indian Army List Archive.org