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| − | '''Satara''' was the headquarters of Satara District in the Central division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. See [[Bombay Districts]]. Located in the Deccan, it became a cantonment for European troops after the Indian Mutiny. | + | '''Satara''' was the headquarters of Satara District in the Central division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]] during the British period. See [[Bombay Districts]]. |
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| + | Located in the Deccan, it became a cantonment for European troops after the Indian Mutiny. There was a School of Musketry located at Satara, which was in existence in 1907.<ref>[https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23649/lot/64/ Catalogue description of photographs] Bonham's sale, Lot 64, 1 February 2017.</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:43, 24 January 2018
| 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 District in the Central division of Bombay Presidency during the British period. See Bombay Districts.
Located in the Deccan, it became a cantonment for European troops after the Indian Mutiny. There was a School of Musketry located at Satara, which was in existence in 1907.[1]
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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
External links
- Satara City Imperial Gazetteer
- Satara District Imperial Gazetteer
- Satara district Wikipedia (retrieved 24 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency Volume 19 Satara 1885 Archive.org
- "Satara Town", page 551
- 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
- Includes the cantonment page 81 This section was written 1848
- Sattara is listed in 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 page 455 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
References
- ↑ Catalogue description of photographs Bonham's sale, Lot 64, 1 February 2017.
