Deesa

Deesa was a cantonment under British control situated in a Princely State in the Palanpur Agency, in Gujarat

"The final intimation regarding the taking of land required for the Deesa Cantonment was received from the Political Agent, Palanpur, on the 4th June 1827, and the general order fixing the limits of the cantonment was issued on the 4th September 1827".

External links

• Deesa Wikipedia
• Gandhinagar Archdiocese archgandhinagar.org "From 1829 to 1901, Deesa was a British military Cantonment with a resident Catholic Chaplain and a Chapel".

Historical books online

• "Palanpur Agency" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 19, page 345.
  • A very brief mention of Deesa cantonment , page 352.
• '"A General Sketch of the Province Of Guzerat From Deesa To Damaun" by A. Gibson, Esq. Vaccinator of the Deccan Division. Presented August 1836. Page 1, Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay Volume 1 1838 Google Books
• "Report by W Hanbury Surgeon 33rd Regiment on the Climate and Topography of Deesa, Guzerat", page 184 Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859 (published 1861) Google Books
• "Deesa" page 469 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org