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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=16.7,74.2333&spn=0.1,0.1&q=16.7,74.2333 16.700000°N, 74.233300°E]
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‎|altitude= 569 m (1,867 ft)
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|transport= [[Kolhapur State Railway]]
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'''Kolhapur''' was the capital of [[Kolhapur State]] which was annexed by the British. It was the terminus of a branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]] 30 miles from the main line.


"The town of '''Kolhapur''', or '''Karvir''', is the terminus of a branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]], 30 m[iles] 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<br />
Variants: Kolapoor/Kolapore/Calapur/Karvir


== External links ==
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] Wikipedia (retrieved 23 June 2016)


[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] ''LoveToKnow 1911''.
===Historical books online===
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_386.gif "Kolhapur State"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 380. State in the Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Political Agency, Bombay
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] ''Wikipedia''.
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_392.gif "Kolhapur City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 386.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteer00pregoog Kolhapur] Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Volume 24 1886
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/452/mode/2up "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


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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]

Latest revision as of 15:37, 26 June 2016

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

Altitude: 569 m (1,867 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kolhapur
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links
Kolhapur State Railway

Kolhapur was the capital of Kolhapur State which was annexed by the British. It was 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 (retrieved 23 June 2016)

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.
  • Kolhapur Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Volume 24 1886
  • "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