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[[Battle of Ahmednuggur 1803]]<br> | [[Battle of Ahmednuggur 1803]]<br> | ||
[[Battle of Ahmednuggur 1804]] | [[Battle of Ahmednuggur 1804]] | ||
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| + | == 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]] | ||
| + | <br>See [[POW Camps in India]] | ||
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| + | ==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." <ref>FIBIS Database [http://search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_detail.php?id=1389690 Group Memorials, Percy-Smith/Bullock Papers]. Individual names do not appear to be available.</ref> It is not known whether this memorial still exists. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060903/spectrum/main5.htm "Where freedom held fort"] by Himmat Singh Gill Sunday, September 3, 2006 tribuneindia.com. The Ahmednagar Fort held political prisoners in the 1940s including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | *[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060903/spectrum/main5.htm "Where freedom held fort"] by Himmat Singh Gill Sunday, September 3, 2006 tribuneindia.com. The Ahmednagar Fort held political prisoners in the 1940s including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
*Scroll down [http://majhanagar.weebly.com/incredible-ahmednagar.html Incredible Ahmednagar], for details of the Tank Museum, established by the Armored Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar in February 1994. Photographs on picasaweb [http://picasaweb.google.com/113353781365135287048/CavalryTankMuseumMIRCAhmednagar# rahul m’s Gallery], [https://picasaweb.google.com/105304451929924548510/TripAhmadnagarPalashiNov11# morakhandi v’s Gallery]. Article [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090524/spectrum/main6.htm "Tanks down the years"] by Rajendra Rajan, tribuneindia.com Sunday, May 24, 2009 | *Scroll down [http://majhanagar.weebly.com/incredible-ahmednagar.html Incredible Ahmednagar], for details of the Tank Museum, established by the Armored Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar in February 1994. Photographs on picasaweb [http://picasaweb.google.com/113353781365135287048/CavalryTankMuseumMIRCAhmednagar# rahul m’s Gallery], [https://picasaweb.google.com/105304451929924548510/TripAhmadnagarPalashiNov11# morakhandi v’s Gallery]. Article [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090524/spectrum/main6.htm "Tanks down the years"] by Rajendra Rajan, tribuneindia.com Sunday, May 24, 2009 | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-x1q3J2Mm4 Ahmednagar: Fort: Boer And German POWs Held By The British] YouTube Video. Contains some cemetery images. | |
====Historical books online==== | ====Historical books online==== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_131.gif "Ahmadnagar City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 5, page 123. | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_131.gif "Ahmadnagar City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 5, page 123. | ||
*Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan, is listed in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 a List of all the military 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 | *Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan, is listed in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 a List of all the military 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 | ||
*[http://archive.org/stream/talesofahmednaga00cowlrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Tales of Ahmednagar''] by Captain Cecil Cowley, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 1919 Archive.org. History of Ahmednagar, mostly for the pre British period. | *[http://archive.org/stream/talesofahmednaga00cowlrich#page/n11/mode/2up ''Tales of Ahmednagar''] by Captain Cecil Cowley, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 1919 Archive.org. History of Ahmednagar, mostly for the pre British period. | ||
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Revision as of 07:37, 11 March 2014
| Ahmadnagar | |
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| 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 | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| Ahmadnagar |
Contents
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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
- Ahmadnagar Imperial Gazetteer
- "Where freedom held fort" by Himmat Singh Gill Sunday, September 3, 2006 tribuneindia.com. The Ahmednagar Fort held political prisoners in the 1940s including Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
- Scroll down Incredible Ahmednagar, for details of the Tank Museum, established by the Armored Corps Centre and School, Ahmednagar in February 1994. Photographs on picasaweb rahul m’s Gallery, morakhandi v’s Gallery. Article "Tanks down the years" by Rajendra Rajan, tribuneindia.com Sunday, May 24, 2009
- Ahmednagar: Fort: Boer And German POWs Held By The British YouTube Video. Contains some cemetery images.
Historical books online
- "Ahmadnagar City" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, page 123.
- Ahmednuggur, in the Deccan, is listed in a List of all the military 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
- Tales of Ahmednagar by Captain Cecil Cowley, 2nd Garrison Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 1919 Archive.org. History of Ahmednagar, mostly for the pre British period.
References
- ↑ FIBIS Database Group Memorials, Percy-Smith/Bullock Papers. Individual names do not appear to be available.
