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'''Bangalore''' (now '''Bengaluru''') became part of British India in 1809. It was the scene of a mutiny in 1832, which was unsuccessful. Bangalore is the capital of the modern Indian state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka Karnataka].
== History ==Although situated in [[Battle Mysore State]], which was a [[Princely States|Princely State]] not part of British India, the Civil and Military Station at Bangalore]] 1791was an Assigned Tract under British administration.
[[Bangalore Mutiny]] 1832It was the location of a major cantonment which was in existence in 1829, and perhaps established earlier. The main barracks was Baird Barracks, in Cubbon Road.
== FIBIS resources ==Hebbal Camp and Gaza Camp were in existence during the [http://www[First World War]] period and Hebbal Camp continued at least until the late 1920s.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=744&s_id=100 Bangalore maps]
==Related articles==*During at least the [[Bangalore CemeteriesSecond World War]]*[[Agram Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions 1806there was an Officers' Training School -1866]]O T S Bangalore.
== Gallery==<gallery>File:The Royal Palace, Air Force during the [[Second World War]] had a base in Bangalorewhich included Jalahalli and RAF Yelahanka.jpg‎|<center> Royal Palace, Bangalore </center>File :Hosur Road Cemetery.jpg| <center> Hosur Road Cemetery, Bangalore </center></gallery>
== Interactive Map ==<div style="float: right;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="12.972923" lon="77.603924" type="map" zoom="12" controls="small">(A) 12.95495, 77.604772, Hosur Road Cemetery, BangaloreDuring the [[File:Hosur Road Cemetery.jpg|80px|centre|Protestant cemetery, Hosur Road, BangaloreSecond World War]](B) 12.991793there were Prisoner of War Camps for Italian prisoners at Jakkur, 77Hebbal and Jalahalli.612722, St John's Church, 132 St John's Church Road, Bangalore13<ref>[https://aturquoisecloud.269353, 78wordpress.027649(C) 12.969661, 77.605555com/2011/07/07/pensioners-paradise-or-pow-camp/ Pensioner’s Paradise or POW Camp ?] by Aliyeh Rizvi, St Patrick's CathedralJuly 7, Brigade Road(D) 13.003303, 77.59047, Royal Palace, Bangalore[[File:Royal Palace, Bangalore.jpg|80px|centre|Royal Palace, Bangalore]]2011</googlemapref>
==Also see==
*[[POW Camps in India]]
*[[Bangalore Battalion]], a [[Auxiliary Regiments|Volunteer Regiment]], earlier known as the Bangalore Rifle Volunteers.
== Military history =='''Military'''<br /div>[[Battle of Bangalore]] 1791<br />[[Bangalore Mutiny]] 1832
The map to the right shows locations == Gallery==See also [[:Category:Bangalore images|Images of interest in Bangalore]]<gallery>File:Royal Palace, Bangalore.jpg‎|<center> Royal Palace </center>File :Hosur Road Cemetery.jpg| <center> Hosur Road Cemetery</center>File :Baldwins.jpg| <center> Baldwins Methodist College </center>File :Baldwins bus.jpg| <center>Baldwins Boys High School bus </center>File:Bangalore. Baird Barracks.jpg|<center> Baird Barracks, Bangalore </center></gallery>
Hover your cursor over the markers on the map to reveal the places marked or use the below index==Cemeteries==*[[Bangalore Cemeteries]]*[http://fibis. ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=684&s_id=197 Agram Cemetery, Gravestone Inscriptions 1806-1866] (Old Protestant Cemetery)
Clicking on the markers also produces a balloon with further location details. <big>'''Locations index'''</big>== FIBIS resources ==[[Filehttp:Cemetery//fibis.pngourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=744&s_id=100 Bangalore maps]] '''A''' - Hosur Road Cemetery, Bangalore
==Churches==*[[Filehttps:Church-2//web.archive.png]] '''B''' - [org/web/20131204142338/http://www.stjohnschurchbangalore.com/?page_id=134 St John's Church], 132 St John's Church Road. Archived webpage.*[http://www.stpatricksblr.com/history.html St Patrick's Church], Brigade Road. Previously the Cathedral until c 1940.**[http://gallery.fibis.org/index.php?/category/14 Album of Parish Priest Rev Fr Maria Antoine Tabard] Prepared at time of Cathedral refurbishment in 1899. gallery.fibis.org**[[:Category:Bangalore: St Patrick's Cathedral| Fibiwiki images of St Patrick's Cathedral]]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130210024441/http://www.tigerandthistle.net/india55.htm St Mark's Cathedral Church], MG Road. Archived webpage.*[http://www.standrewschurch.org.in/ St Andrew's Church]. A researcher advised that when she visited St Andrew's Bangalorein 2013-2014, the church adamantly refused to help regarding records, and was the worst of six churches visited.<ref>Barbur, Shirley. [https://web.archive.org/web/20201118022149/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread=221085 Visit to India (Madras) Chennai] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 10 September 2015, archived. </ref>
== Schools and Colleges ==* St Joseph's Boys' High School** [[File:rc_cathedral.png]] Category:Bangalore: St Joseph's High School | Fibiwiki images of St Joseph's Boys'C''' - [http://wwwHigh School]]* Baldwins Boys High School, Hosur Road* St.reocities.com/Athens/2960/spats.htm St PatrickJoseph's Cathedral]College, Brigade Lalbagh Road, Bangalore. The Jesuit college was founded in 1882 by the Fathers of the French Foreign Mission
==Palaces==*[[Filehttp:palace//en.wikipedia.pngorg/wiki/Bangalore_Palace Bangalore Royal Palace]] '''D''' - , Jayamahal Road*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Palace Royal Tipu_Sultan%27s_Summer_Palace Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace], Bangalore]wikipedia.com. The palace, built mostly from wood, dates from 1791.
== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140703075459/http://www.bangalorebest.com/homepage/photofeature/church/church.asp Churches of Bangalore] Bangalorebest.com, now archived.*[http://www.1911encyclopediabangalorearchdiocese.org/Bangalore com Catholic Archdiocese of Bangalore] ''Love to Know 1911''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore Bangalore] ''Wikipedia''
*[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Bangalore1924_map.gif Bangalore map 1924] Wikipedia
*[http://www.reocitiesoocities.comorg/Athens/2960ronnie.johnson/index.html The late Ronnie Johnson's archived Bangalore site] - covers many topics including cemeteries, churches, streets and houses, schools and more. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911212700/http://www.geocities.com/ronnie.johnson/ Alternative archived link Archive.org]**[http://www.oocities.org/athens/Acropolis/9460/regiment.htm Regiments in Bangalore 1807 to 1913]- an archived link. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090116041010/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9460/regiment.htm Archive.org version], part of [https://web.archive.org/web/20090119200854/http://www.geocities.com/athens/acropolis/9460/index.html The Forgotten Soldiers Page]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150930051830/http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/print/295-bangalore-cantonment [Bangalore<nowiki>]</nowiki> Cantonment: colonial past, multicultural present] by Poornima Dasharathi , 23 Jul 2008 bangalore.citizenmatters.in, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150902070817/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOI/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOI&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F08%2F27&ViewMode=HTML&PageLabel=16&EntityId=Ar01600&AppName=1 "Marching to a different beat. Armed forces are a large presence in Bangalore"] by Deepti Ganapathy ''Times of India'', now an archived page.*[http://www.confluence.mobi/blog/a-boer-in-bangalore/ "A Boer in Bangalore"] by Adam Yamey 14 September 2016 ''Confluence''. George Glaeser Munnik, a Boer Officer, was a POW at [[Trichinopoly]] and later [[Amritsar]]. During his stay in India he was able to visit Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields. He wrote an account ''A Boer in India'' published 1903. He subsequently became a Senator in South Africa.*[http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=1326121&image=675977719&images=675977719,675977580,675977468,675977370,675977166,675977062,675977270,675976963&formats=0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0&format=0 Image: Christmas Menu “No 3 and Furlough Coys, IWT , RE” Gaza Camp, Bangalore India, Christmas 1918]. auctiva.com. Retrieved 16 August 2014. IWT is presumably Inland Water Transport, part of the Royal Engineers, but it is not otherwise known to have been in India. Lists Officers, WOs and NCOs.*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/26/a4678626.shtml The O.T.S Bangalore] by John Forster bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. The Officers' Training School during WW2.:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a9001658.shtml "Voyage to India (1945) Final Stage"] by Des McDougall. Travelling to India, to the Officers’ Training School, Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar.:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/10/a9001810.shtml "A Jaundiced View"] by Des McDougall. He was admitted to the BMH (British Military Hospital) in Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. Includes details of the Italian POWs working in the hospital.:[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/07/a3517607.shtml Nazis on the Playing Field] by Gerald Wheatley mentions the O.T.S Bangalore. bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar. :[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/04/papers-of-major-geoffrey-herbert-blake-royal-indian-army-service-corps-.html Geoffrey Herbert Blake] attended Officers’ Training School for six months from June 1943 after which he took up duties in Air Despatch, Royal Indian Army Service Corps. British Library Untold Lives Blog.*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-Y.htm#Yelahanka RAF Yelahanka] rafweb.org*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelahanka Yelahanka] Wikipedia*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111017042247/http://www.livemint.com/2011/10/14201221/Colonial-diaries.html Whitefield, Bangalore] established 1882 livemint.com Friday, 14 October 2011now an archived webpage.*[http://www.sharehistory.org/projects/16-the-history-of-bangalore-and-southern-india Personal collection of over 100 photos of Bangalore, mainly taken between 1909-1925] www.sharehistory.org*[http://vimeo.com/55850024 Back to Bangalore Part 1] Video Photographic documentary about two press photographers, Anglo Indian Bert Scott and grandson Jason Tilley. They travel to India in 1999 in search of their colonial past. [http://vimeo.com/58055788 Back to Bangalore Part 2], includes a visit to Seringapatum cemetery. Filmed by Vicki Couchman. This further video [http://vimeo.com/36090239 Photographer in Residence: Jason Tilley] also discusses the 1999 trip to India. Vimeo.com and from [http://thebeautifulpeopleblog.wordpress.com/category/my-family-history/ thebeautifulpeopleblog], category "My Family History" which contains a number of interesting blogs  ====Maps====*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/maps/asia/4951981u2u1961.html Map of Bangalore] British Library Online Gallery. Although catalogued 1935, a comment states that it is more likely c 1892.*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n597/mode/2up "Map of Bangalore"], between pages 388 and 389, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org. ====Historical books online====*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_374.gif Bangalore] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' Volume 6, page 368.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11584/page/n63 "Bangalore District"] page 1 (digital page 63) ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume V: Gazetteer'' edited by C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1930 Archive.org.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-4xDAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA45 "Bangalore"], page 45 ''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Mysore Division of the Madras Army'' 1844 Google Books (This report is at the rear of ''Report on the Medical Topography and Statistics, of the Provinces of Malabar and Canara'')‬*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA67 Bangalore] page 67, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands" Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/b2809265x#page/88/mode/2up Bangalore] page 89 ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862'' by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/410/mode/2up "Bangalore"] page 411 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/SanitaryReportBangalore1864 ''Sanitary Report Bangalore 1864'']. Cover title is ''Report on the Station, Barracks and Hospitals of Bangalore. Extracted from the Proceedings of the Sanitary Commission''. 1865. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.109794/page/n5/mode/2up ''Gazetteer Of Bangalore [District<nowiki>]</nowiki>(1875)''] Some missing pages. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoreandcoorgm00ricegoog#page/n66/mode/2up Bangalore Cantonment] page 48 ''Mysore and Coorg, A Gazetteer compiled by the Government of India Volume II, Mysore by Districts'' by Lewis Rice 1876 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirswithfulla00rossuoft#page/56/mode/2up The Civil and Military station of Bangalore, within direct British jurisdiction c 1883] page 57 ''Memoirs, with a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution'' by Ronald Ross 1923 Archive.org.*[https://archive.org/details/rovingcommissino001321mbp/page/n7 ''A Roving Commission My Early Life''] by the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill 1930 Archive.org. He arrived in India 1896, as an officer with the 4th Hussars, who were based in Bangalore. He resigned from the Army and left India 1899.*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1959-indian-cavalryman-by-guest-s-pdf/ ''Indian Cavalryman''] by Captain Freddie Guest, 1959. Pdf download, PAHAR Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.3146 Archive.org mirror version]. :Recommended by Peter Moore in [[Military reading list#Other|Military reading list]] who says "... ending the war [WW2] as the Equitation Instructor at the Officer Cadet School in Bangalore”. *[https://archive.org/details/OLDBungalowsInBangaloreJanetPott ''Old Bungalows in Bangalore, South India''] by Janet Pott 1977 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/MonkeyTops ''Monkey Tops: Old Buildings in Bangalore Cantonment''] by Elizabeth Staley 1981 Archive.org
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