Satara
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| Presidency: Bombay | |
| Coordinates: | 17.69139°N 74.00092°E |
| Altitude: | 742 m (2,434 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Satara |
| State/Province: | Maharashtra |
| Country: | India |
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Satara was the headquarters of Satara District in the Central division of Bombay Presidency during the British period. Located in the Deccan, it became a cantonment for European troops after the Indian Mutiny.
Spelling variants
Modern name: Satara
Variants: Sattara
POW and internment camps
During the Boer War, Satara was the location of a POW camp for Boers from South Africa. During the Second World War, an Internment camp for German civilians living in India was located there. For more details, see POW Camps in India
School of Musketry
- Great War Forum thread School of Musketry at Satara, with photograph. You must be logged in to the Forum to view the photo, more details here
External links
Satara Love to Know 1911
Satara City Imperial Gazetteer
Satara district Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Volume 19 Satara 1885 Archive.org
- "Satara Town", page 551
- Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government: No. XLI New Series: Memoir on the Satara Territory compiled by R Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department 1857 Google Books
- Sattara is listed in a List of all the stations in the Bombay Presidency ,with details, page 235 Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861 Google Books