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* St Mary's Roman Catholic Church | |||
* St Andrews Church built in 1856 "One of the oldest Churches In India" <ref> [http://wikimapia.org/11849562/St-Andrew-s-Church] wikimapia.org </ref> | |||
*The cantonment church was consecrated in 1872<ref> India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2012-07/1342998600 post]</ref> | *The cantonment church was consecrated in 1872<ref> India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/2012-07/1342998600 post]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:07, 11 May 2014
Bhuj was the capital of the State of Cutch. It was located in a Princely State, now part of Gujarat. For administrative purposes, it was regarded as part of the Bombay Presidency.
It was the location of a cantonment, where mainly Native Infantry regiments were garrisoned.
Spelling variants
Bhuj, Bhooj
Also see
Churches
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Church
- St Andrews Church built in 1856 "One of the oldest Churches In India" [1]
- The cantonment church was consecrated in 1872[2]
External links
- Bhuj Wikipedia
Historical books online
- "Bhuj" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 8, page 151.
- "Bhuj", page 215 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Volume 5, Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha 1883 Archive.org
- Cutch or Random Sketches taken during a Residence in one of the Northern Provinces of Western India by Mrs Postans 1839 Google Books
References