Deolali

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Deolali cantonment, situated about 3½ miles to the south west of Nasik was used as a transit camp for nearly all troops proceeding to and from Bombay and Britain

The slang words doolally or doolali, or doolali-tap, are used to describe someone who is "out of one's mind" or crazy. These expressions are derived from Deolali, where some soldiers went mad, waiting for extended periods for ships to take them back to Britain.

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