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Situated '''Lansdown''' was a cantonnement in Garhwal District, Western District of the [[Kumaon|Kumaun]] Division, [[United Provinces]], between [[Dehra Dun]] 150 km to the north, and [[Naini Tal]] and [[Almora]] to the south, Lansdowne It was a cantonment established in 1887. Originally named Kaludanda, on 21 September 1890 it was renamed Lansdowne after the then Viceroy of India, Lord Henry Lansdowne
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==External links==
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_141.gif "Lansdowne"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 16'', page 135.*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_169.gif "Garhwal District"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12'', page 163.
*[https://archive.org/stream/acrossroofofworl00etherich#page/10/mode/2up Lansdowne] page 10 ''Across the roof of the world; a record of sport and travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the Pamirs, Chinese Turkistan, Mongolia and Siberia'' by Lieut P T Etherton, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Indian Army). 1911 Archive.org
