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'''Ahmadnagar''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_024.gif Broach District] in the Central division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period.
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. [http://www.circlecity.co.uk/wartime/board/index.php?page=1 Alan Greveson's World War 1 Forum] Reply dated Tuesday 20th November 2012 at 9:16 pm regarding buildings purchased at an abandoned military camp by early followers of Meher Baba in the 1920s.</ref>
