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{{Places of Interest|title=Ahmadnagar |name=Ahmadnagar |link=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004bb840c27cc4dd41a4&ie=UTF8&ll=19.090347,74.764538&spn=0.061644,0.075274&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=6}}
'''Ahmadnagar''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_119.gif Ahmednagar District] in the Central division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. See [[Bombay Districts]].
Ahmednagar Fort, in Ahmednagar city, was the centre of the British cantonment used by artillery and infantry units, primarily between 1849 and 1921. "The Fort is in the centre of the cantonment, 2½ miles N E of the railway station. Close to it are Christ Church and a R C Church. The European Barracks are 1 mile S E of it". <ref> [http://www.archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/346/mode/2up Page 347] ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London, Eighth Edition 1911</ref>
In 1913 a Remount Depot was established to house 500 horses. In 1921, six Armoured Car companies were based there and in 1924 a [[Royal Tank Corps]] School was established at Ahmednagar. This School was the forerunner of the Fighting Vehicle School, and the area is now occupied by the Indian Armament & Electronics Regiment.
A remote hillside about six miles outside the city at Arangaon was leased by the British Indian Army towards the end of the First World War to house two (plague) segregation camps, supervised by the [[102nd Prince of Wales's Own Grenadiers| 2nd/102nd King Edward's Own Grenadiers]] and the 2nd/[[128th Pioneers]] of the Indian Army in 1919 on what later became known as Meherabad Hill.<ref>Greveson, Alan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160619035701/http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=1 124 ''Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum''] Reply . Scroll down to Mick’s post dated Tuesday 20th November 2012 at 9:16 pm and Alan Greveson's reply of the same date regarding buildings purchased at an abandoned military camp by early followers of Meher Baba in the 1920s. Retrieved 19 June 2016.</ref>
Ahmednagar was also the location of the Machine Gun School from the early 1920s.
Modern name: Ahmednagar<br>
Variants: Ahmednuggar/Ahmednuggur/Ahmadnagar
==FIBIS resources==
*FIBIS database [http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1184&s_id=361 Ahmednagar Christian Cemetery]. Inscriptions have been transcribed from gravestones at the cemetery. The graves photographed and transcribed include some German POWs/civilian internees from WW1 and a memorial to Boer POWs who died there. Images are also available, which are part of the [https://www.fibis.org/about-2/cemeteries/cemeteries-project/ FIBIS Cemeteries Project], and may be ordered for a modest donation.
== History ==
*Christ Church, Ahmednagar
** Most church records were lost in a flood many years ago<ref>Comment by sunilsamuel 4 February 2011 In '"Sepoys and Griffins", see [[Ahmadnagar#External links|External links]]</ref>
** 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://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/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 ==
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]
