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{{Locations_Infobox
|presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|image=
|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/12°58'48.0%22N+80°10'48.0%22E/@12.98,80.18,12z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d12.98!4d80.18?hl=en 12.98°N 80.18°E]
|altitude= 16 m (52 ft)
|presentname=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallavaram Pallavarum]
|stateprovince=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=
}}
'''Pallaveram''' was a cantonment situated about four or five miles from the coast, three miles south of [[St Thomas' Mount]], south west of Madras.
In 1857 a [[Carnatic European Veteran Battalion |European Invalid Artillery Company]] was stationed there.<ref> Google Books snippet search result partial reference [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YaQrAAAAYAAJ&q=Pallaveram&dq=Pallaveram&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SjkuU96UOsvCkQXa-YFw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwCDhG ''The Bulletin The Military Historical Society - Volume 47, Issue 185 - Volume 48, Issue 192''] - Page 128</ref>
In 1884 it was the location of a Pensioners’ Depot, a station where a certain number of British officers and warrant officers lived, who had elected to remain in India after they were pensioned.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/memoirswithfulla00rossuoft#page/56/mode/2up Page 56] ''Memoirs, with a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution'' by Ronald Ross 1923 Archive.org.</ref>
==Spelling variants==Modern spelling: Pallavaram<br>Variants: Pallaveram, /Palaveram, /Pallavaram
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallavaram Pallavaram] Wikipedia(retrieved 9 May 2016)
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_376.gif Pallavaram] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA42 "Palaveram"] page 42 ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847'' Google Books. Also called the Presidency Cantonment. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast". In 1847 there were no European troops stationed there.
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]] [[Category:Locations]]
