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'''Kamptee''' (also '''Kamthi''') is a town just outside [[Nagpur]] in the [[Central Provinces]] that originally was focused around a military cantonment.  It was at one time a flourishing trading town.
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'''Kamptee''' (also '''Kamthi''') is a town just outside [[Nagpur]] in the [[Central Provinces]] that originally was grew up around a military cantonment.  It was at one time a flourishing trading town.
  
 
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Kamptee
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Presidency:
Coordinates: 21.135988°N, 79.120°E
Altitude: 269 m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Kamthi
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links

Kamptee (also Kamthi) is a town just outside Nagpur in the Central Provinces that originally was grew up around a military cantonment. It was at one time a flourishing trading town.

Cantonment

The cantonment was established in 1821 and until the end of the century controlled the entire Nagpur district.