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Also see "Historical books online", below.
Also see "Historical books online", below.
 
==Boer War period==
During the Boer War there was a Prisoner of War Camp at Ambala. See [[POW Camps in India]].
==First World War==
==First World War==
There was a Young Officers’ School at Ambala c 1917-1919.  This appears to have been associated with a similar School at [[Subathu]]<ref>[https://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/school-of-instruction-for-officers-sabathu-ambala-1917-to-1918/ "School of Instruction for Officers, Sabathu & Ambala, 1917 to 1919"] September 13, 2012. Gill family’s service in the First World War. gillww1</ref> and it seems likely  that Subathu was the summer location of this School.
There was a Young Officers’ School at Ambala c 1917-1919.  This appears to have been associated with a similar School at [[Subathu]]<ref>[https://gillww1.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/school-of-instruction-for-officers-sabathu-ambala-1917-to-1918/ "School of Instruction for Officers, Sabathu & Ambala, 1917 to 1919"] September 13, 2012. Gill family’s service in the First World War. gillww1</ref> and it seems likely  that Subathu was the summer location of this School.


==External Links==
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_295.gif Ambala City] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_295.gif Ambala City] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala Ambala] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambala Ambala] Wikipedia

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Ambala
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 30.38°N 76.78°E
Altitude: 264 m (866 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ambala
State/Province: Haryana
Country: India
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Ambala was the headquarters of Ambala District in the Delhi Division of Punjab Province during the British period.The Ambala Cantonment was established in 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at Karnal, following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42.

Spelling Variants

Modern spelling: Ambala
Variants: Umballa

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Churches

The cantonment church is called St Paul's and it has a large graveyard and war memorial. St Paul’s Church, ‘an edifice which has been much admired’ was designed by Captain George Atkinson of the Bengal Engineers, according to this Archives,org link. He was the author of Curry & rice' on forty plates : or, The ingredients of social life at 'our station' in India, published 1860, refer Society reading list, and Historical books online, below which may have been based on life in the cantonment at Umballa.

St Paul's Church was bombed in 1965 and is now in ruins.

Cemeteries

List and images of graves at Ambala Christian cemetery www.gravestonephotos.com (Scroll down for list)

Also see "Historical books online", below.

Boer War period

During the Boer War there was a Prisoner of War Camp at Ambala. See POW Camps in India.

First World War

There was a Young Officers’ School at Ambala c 1917-1919. This appears to have been associated with a similar School at Subathu[1] and it seems likely that Subathu was the summer location of this School.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. "School of Instruction for Officers, Sabathu & Ambala, 1917 to 1919" September 13, 2012. Gill family’s service in the First World War. gillww1