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'''Ambala''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_284.gif Ambala District] in the Delhi Division of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period.The Ambala Cantonment was established in 1843 after the British abandoned its cantonment at [[Karnal]], following the malaria epidemic of 1841-42.
It was a station on the [[North Western Railway]]
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern spelling: Ambala<br>
Variants: Umballa ==FIBIS resources== *[http://www.gallery.fibis.org/picture.php?/624/category/17 Photograph: Church, Amballa Cantonment] from the FIBIS Gallery Album [http://www.gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/17 Railways / NWR/ H V O WATERS Collection]
==Churches==
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ESBcAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA213 "Topographical and Sanitary Report on Umballa and its vicinity, Upper India"] by Dr Kendal, Surgeon, H. M.’s 7th Hussars, page 213 ''Army Medical Department: Statistical Sanitary and Medical Reports for the year 1859'' (published 1861) Google Books
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