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In the British era '''Kirkee''' was an army cantonment north of [[Poona]]
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In the British era '''Kirkee''' was a town and cantonment in Poona District. See [[Bombay Districts]].
  
 
== Military history ==
 
== Military history ==
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== Spelling Variants ==
 
== Spelling Variants ==
 
Modern name: Khadki<br>
 
Modern name: Khadki<br>
Spelling variants: Kirkee
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Spelling variants: Kirkee/Kirki
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
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*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10438991/Prince-of-Wales-commemorates-Remembrance-Sunday-in-India.html "Prince of Wales commemorates Remembrance Sunday in India"] 10 November  2013 ''The Telegraph''. Includes details of the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery at Kirkee. The cemetery was created following the 1952 'rescue' of 1,668 fallen soldiers from neglected graves throughout India.
 
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10438991/Prince-of-Wales-commemorates-Remembrance-Sunday-in-India.html "Prince of Wales commemorates Remembrance Sunday in India"] 10 November  2013 ''The Telegraph''. Includes details of the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery at Kirkee. The cemetery was created following the 1952 'rescue' of 1,668 fallen soldiers from neglected graves throughout India.
 
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/38811045@N04/ Photographs: Kirkee War Cemetery] includes Memorial panels. Taken July 4, 2005 by Paul C A Nixon Flickr.com
 
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/38811045@N04/ Photographs: Kirkee War Cemetery] includes Memorial panels. Taken July 4, 2005 by Paul C A Nixon Flickr.com
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===Historical books online===
 
===Historical books online===
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_314.gif Kirkee] Imperial Gazetteer
 
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/446/mode/2up Poona and Kirkee] page 447 ''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/stream/b21452404#page/446/mode/2up Poona and Kirkee] page 447 ''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
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/342/mode/2up  "Map of Poona and Kirkee"] between pages 342 and 343, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
 
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/342/mode/2up  "Map of Poona and Kirkee"] between pages 342 and 343, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.

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Kirkee
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 18.570044°N 73.835156°E
Altitude: 570 metres (1,870 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Khadki
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
Transport links
Great Indian Peninsula Railway

In the British era Kirkee was a town and cantonment in Poona District. See Bombay Districts.

Military history

Battle of Kirkee 1817

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Khadki
Spelling variants: Kirkee/Kirki

External links

Historical books online

  • Kirkee Imperial Gazetteer
  • Poona and Kirkee page 447 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
  • "Map of Poona and Kirkee" between pages 342 and 343, A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.