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'''Nasirabad''' was a cantonment in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan in Central India | '''Nasirabad''' was a cantonment in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan in Central India. | ||
The Barracks was called Inkerman Barracks.<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/charlesgeorgedixon18961917/lest-we-forget-my-family-s-military-memorial/charles-dixon-1871-1918 Charles Dixon 1871- 1918]</ref> | |||
There was a cemetery located just outside the cantonment, beside the railway station.<ref> John Sworder's article</ref> | |||
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y1cOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78 ''The modern traveller: a popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical of the various countries of the globe, India Volume 4''] 1828, page 78 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=y1cOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78 ''The modern traveller: a popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical of the various countries of the globe, India Volume 4''] 1828, page 78 Google Books | ||
*The cantonment in 1866 is mentioned briefly at the bottom of [http://www.archive.org/stream/indiaitsnativepr00rousuoft#page/212/mode/2up page 213] ''India and its native princes. Travels in Central India and in the presidencies of Bombay and Bengal'' by Louis Rousselet New edition 1882 Archive.org | *The cantonment in 1866 is mentioned briefly at the bottom of [http://www.archive.org/stream/indiaitsnativepr00rousuoft#page/212/mode/2up page 213] ''India and its native princes. Travels in Central India and in the presidencies of Bombay and Bengal'' by Louis Rousselet New edition 1882 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:33, 10 March 2014
| 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 |
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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]
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Nasirabad
Variants:Nusseerabad/Nusserabad/Naseerabad (Note there are a number of towns with these names)
FIBIS Resources
"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.
Related articles
External Links
Historical books online
- "Nasirabad Town (3)" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 18, page 414.
- The modern traveller: a popular description, geographical, historical, and topographical of the various countries of the globe, India Volume 4 1828, page 78 Google Books
- The cantonment in 1866 is mentioned briefly at the bottom of page 213 India and its native princes. Travels in Central India and in the presidencies of Bombay and Bengal by Louis Rousselet New edition 1882 Archive.org
References
- ↑ Charles Dixon 1871- 1918
- ↑ John Sworder's article