Purandar

Purandar
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Presidency: Bombay (Presidency)
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Present Day Details
Place Name:	Purandar Fort Wikipedia
State/Province:	Pune/Maharashtra
Country:	India
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Purandar is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of Poona, 'situated on a mountain top... far away from any major town… completely isolated’.

During the Second World War it was used as an internment camp for German civilians.

Spelling variants

Purandar, Purandhar, Purhundur, Poorundhur

Also see

• Capture of Poorundhur Fort
• POW Camps in India- Second World War- German prisoners of war

External links

• Purandar fort Wikipedia

Historical books online

• "Purandhar" page 37, The Fortified Cities of India by Sidney Toy 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.