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The cantonment was established in 1821 and until the end of the century controlled the entire [[Nagpur District]]. | The cantonment was established in 1821 and until the end of the century controlled the entire [[Nagpur District]]. | ||
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Christ Church Cemetery Kamptee is a vast, now-nearly ruined old graveyard which is just opposite the Church, but on the other side of the road. It is now under the control of the CNI and adjoins the RC cemetery. The BMD records are believed to have been moved to [[Nagpur]].<ref> Nimkhedkar, Harshawardhan Bosham [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2009-11/1258042523 Cemetery tied to Christ Church in Kamptee] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2014</ref> | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamptee Kamptee] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamptee Kamptee] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/kamptee/index.htm Kamptee] Bob Holland’s Rampais website | *[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/kamptee/index.htm Kamptee] Bob Holland’s Rampais website | ||
**[http://isp.ans.com.au/~rampais/genelogy/india/kamptee/church.htm Photograph: Christ Church, Kamptee], built 1833 | |||
*[http://cbkamptee.org/aboutkcb.html Kamptee Cantonment Board] (retrieved 18 May 2014) | *[http://cbkamptee.org/aboutkcb.html Kamptee Cantonment Board] (retrieved 18 May 2014) | ||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 The cantonment at Kamptee] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA277 The cantonment at Kamptee] page 277 ''Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862'' Google Books | ||
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PYsIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Report upon the Military Cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee''] by J L Ranking Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PYsIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Report upon the Military Cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee''] by J L Ranking Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Google Books | ||
*''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence digital file page 17 (book page 4). Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999?availability=Family%20History%20Library 795967] ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]) | *''List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar'' by O S Crofton 1932 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence digital file page 17 (book page 4). Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/65999?availability=Family%20History%20Library 795967] ([[FamilySearch Centres#Ordering microfilms|Ordering microfilms]]) | ||
** Kamptee Cemetery records commence digital file page 27 (book page 16) | ** Kamptee Cemetery records commence digital file page 27 (book page 16) | ||
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Revision as of 03:44, 6 December 2014
| Kamptee | |
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| Coordinates: | 21.135988°N, 79.120°E |
| Altitude: | 269 m |
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| Place Name: | Kamthi |
| State/Province: | Maharashtra |
| Country: | India |
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Kamptee (also Kamthi) is a town just outside Nagpur in the Central Provinces that originally grew up around a military cantonment. It was at one time a flourishing trading town.
Cantonment
The cantonment was established in 1821 and until the end of the century controlled the entire Nagpur District.
Cemeteries
Christ Church Cemetery Kamptee is a vast, now-nearly ruined old graveyard which is just opposite the Church, but on the other side of the road. It is now under the control of the CNI and adjoins the RC cemetery. The BMD records are believed to have been moved to Nagpur.[1]
External links
- Kamptee Wikipedia
- Kamptee Bob Holland’s Rampais website
- Photograph: Christ Church, Kamptee, built 1833
- Kamptee Cantonment Board (retrieved 18 May 2014)
Historical books online
- Kamptee Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 329
- Kamptee page 74, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands"
- The cantonment at Kamptee page 277 Army Medical Department: Report for the Year 1862 Google Books
- Report upon the Military Cantonments of Kamptee and Seetabuldee by J L Ranking Surgeon Major, Sanitary Commissioner for Madras 1869 Google Books
- List Of Inscriptions on Tombs or Monuments in the Central Provinces and Berar by O S Crofton 1932 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Contents digital file page 11 from Mandla (the previous page appears to be missing). A number of pages are missing at the beginning of the book. The inscriptions commence digital file page 17 (book page 4). Crofton, in the Introduction, mentions that the numbers killed by tigers and other animals of the jungle “is considerably larger than would appear from the lists”. This book is also available on LDS microfilm 795967 (Ordering microfilms)
- Kamptee Cemetery records commence digital file page 27 (book page 16)
References
- ↑ Nimkhedkar, Harshawardhan Bosham Cemetery tied to Christ Church in Kamptee Rootsweb India Mailing List 12 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2014