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*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860a.jpg Photograph: Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum 1860] and [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860b.jpg  another view of the Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum] from  [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website. Elsewhere these photographs are dated  to between 1867 and 1870.<ref>Frogsmile [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9898#p48901 Barrack Room Belgaum] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 20 November  2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014</ref>
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860a.jpg Photograph: Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum 1860] and [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/belgaum1860b.jpg  another view of the Interior of Barrack Room, Belgaum] from  [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/britishrule/troops/troops.html this page] of Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes website. Elsewhere these photographs are dated  to between 1867 and 1870.<ref>Frogsmile [http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9898#p48901 Barrack Room Belgaum] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 20 November  2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014</ref>
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/postingspicsind.html Postcard: The Cantonment Garden, Belgaum] The Army Children Archive (TACA).
*[http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/postingspicsind.html Postcard: The Cantonment Garden, Belgaum] The Army Children Archive (TACA).
*[http://www.nhpendall.webspace.virginmedia.com/fpdiary.htm The Diary of Frederick Pendall], a  member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from  March 1917 to March 1918       
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160418023728/http://www.nhpendall.webspace.virginmedia.com/fpdiary.htm The Diary of Frederick Pendall], a  member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from  March 1917 to March 1918. Now an archived webpage.      
====Historical books online====
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_162.gif Belgaum Town] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_162.gif Belgaum Town] Imperial Gazetteer

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Belgaum
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 15°51'00.0"N 74°30'00.0"E
Altitude: 762 m (2,500 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Belgaum
State/Province: Karnataka
Country: India
Transport links
Southern Mahratta Railway
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places of interest during the British period
Belgaum



Belgaum came under the control of the British in 1818 at the end of the 3rd Maratha War when the Maratha empire was broken up. It was the headquarters of Belgaum District in the Southern division of Bombay Presidency during the British period.

A cantonment was located there.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Belgaum
Variants: Belgaon, Belgam

Military history

Siege of Belgaum 1818

Interior St Mary's Church, Belgaum

Churches

St Mary's Church, Belgaum Bombay Diocesan Trust

Internment Camp

There was an internment camp in Belgaum for German and Austrian civilians during the First World War. For more details see POW Camps in India

External links

Historical books online

Life in Western India by Mrs Guthrie published 1881 Volume I, Volume II Archive,org
The author is stated to be Katharine Blanche Guthrie.If so, she may have been Katherine Blanche, daughter of Thomas Starkie, Esq., Queen's Counsel. who married the Rev. Lowry Guthrie 23 February 1846. She travelled from England, with a female companion M, possibly/probably her daughter and was met by M's husband, G and proceeded to Belgaum. G was Provost-Marshal (page 81, MYiaIF, Volume I). It is stated his garden was the "finest in Belgaum".

References

  1. Frogsmile Barrack Room Belgaum Victorian Wars Forum 20 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014