Ahmadnagar

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Ahmadnagar
Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 19.095003°N 74.756679°E
Altitude: 649 m (2,129 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ahmednagar
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links
Dhond-Manmad State Railway
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Ahmadnagar


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Ahmadnagar was the headquarters of Broach District in the Central division of Bombay Presidency during the British period.

Ahmednagar was the location of the Royal Tank Corps School from the early 1920s, and the Machine Gun School

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Ahmednagar
Variants: Ahmednuggur/Ahmadnagat

History

Military history

Battle of Ahmednuggur 1803
Battle of Ahmednuggur 1804

Prisoner of War Camps at Ahmednagar

There was a Boer POW camp during and after the Boer War, and a POW/internment camp for civilians during the First World War
See POW Camps in India

Churches

  • Christ Church, Ahmednagar
    • There was a memorial for the 2nd Garrison Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. “Officers, NCO's and men who died at Ahmednagar 1917 -1919. 42 names." [1] It is not known whether this memorial still exists.

External links

Historical books online

References

  1. FIBIS Database Group Memorials, Percy-Smith/Bullock Papers. Individual names do not appear to be available.