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'''Purandar''' is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of [[Poona]]
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'''Purandar''' is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of [[Poona]], 'situated on a mountain top...  far away from any major town… completely isolated’.<ref name =Chur>[http://beautifulindianchurches.blogspot.com/2015/08/churches-at-purandar-fort-pune.html Churches at Purandar Fort, Pune] 29 August 2015 Beautiful Indian Churches</ref>
  
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purandar_fort Purandar fort] Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purandar_fort Purandar fort] Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/amarl/378513273/in/gallery-23268776@N03-72157629054551929/ Photograph: British church (tagged) Purandar] flickr.com
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===Historical books online===
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*[https://archive.org/details/fortifiedcitieso0000toys/page/36 "Purandhar"] page 37, ''The Fortified Cities of India'' by Sidney Toy 1965.  Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
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Latest revision as of 12:36, 16 August 2020

Purandar
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Presidency: Bombay (Presidency)
Coordinates:
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Purandar Fort Wikipedia
State/Province: Pune/Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links


Purandar is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of Poona, 'situated on a mountain top... far away from any major town… completely isolated’.[1]

During the Second World War it was used as an internment camp for German civilians.

Spelling variants

Purandar, Purandhar, Purhundur, Poorundhur

Also see

External links

Historical books online

  • "Purandhar" page 37, The Fortified Cities of India by Sidney Toy 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

References

  1. Churches at Purandar Fort, Pune 29 August 2015 Beautiful Indian Churches