Purandar

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Purandar
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Presidency: Bombay (Presidency)
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Purandar Fort Wikipedia
State/Province: Pune/Maharashtra
Country: India
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Purandar is the location of a fort 20 miles southeast of Poona, 'situated on a mountain top... far away from any major town… completely isolated’.[1]

During the Second World War it was used as an internment camp for German civilians.

Spelling variants

Purandar, Purandhar, Purhundur, Poorundhur

Also see

External links

Historical books online

  • "Purandhar" page 37, The Fortified Cities of India by Sidney Toy 1965. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.

References

  1. Churches at Purandar Fort, Pune 29 August 2015 Beautiful Indian Churches