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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay08enthgoog#page/n566/mode/2up  "Satara Town"], page 551
 
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay08enthgoog#page/n566/mode/2up  "Satara Town"], page 551
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TKACAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR4 ''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government: No. XLI New Series: Memoir on the Satara Territory''] compiled by R Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department 1857 Google Books
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TKACAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR4 ''Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government: No. XLI New Series: Memoir on the Satara Territory''] compiled by R Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department 1857 Google Books
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**Includes the cantonment [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TKACAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA81 page 81] This section was written 1848
 
*Sattara is listed in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 a List of all the stations in the Bombay Presidency] ,with details, page 235 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books
 
*Sattara is listed in [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bZ8EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA235 a List of all the stations in the Bombay Presidency] ,with details, page 235 ''Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, Volume VII, New Series 1861'' Google Books
  

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Satara
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Presidency: Bombay
Coordinates: 17.69139°N 74.00092°E
Altitude: 742 m (2,434 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Satara
State/Province: Maharashtra
Country: India
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Satara was the headquarters of Satara Districtin the Central division of Bombay Presidency during the British period. Located in the Deccan, it became a cantonment for European troops after the Indian Mutiny.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Satara
Variants: Sattara

POW and internment camps

During the Boer War, Satara was the location of a POW camp for Boers from South Africa. During the Second World War, an Internment camp for German civilians living in India was located there. For more details, see POW Camps in India

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