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Kurnool
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| Kurnool | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 15.823205°N 78.040228°E |
| Altitude: | 274 m (899 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Kurnool |
| State/Province: | Andhra Pradesh |
| Country: | South India |
| Transport links | |
| Dhone-Kurnool State Railway, opened 1909 Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway network | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Kurnool is about 125 miles south-south-west of Hyderabad in the Deccan. It was the headquarters of the Kurnool District during the British period. Kurnool District was the location of a campaign in 1839 to suppress a revolt. There was a confrontation at the town of Kurnool and nearby Zorapore involving HM 13th Light Dragoons.
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Kurnool
Variants: Karnul
Military history
Kurnool Campaign 1839
Affairs at Kurnool & Zorapoor
Refer also
List of Cemeteries-Kurnool District
External links
Kurnool Town Imperial Gazetteer
Kurnool District Wikipedia
Historical books online
- Kurnool page 71, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Table Lands"
- Manual of the Kurnool District In the Presidency of Madras by Narahari Gopalakrishnamah Chetty (Comp.) 1886 Archive.org. Mirror of a file at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online.