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The town of '''Kolhapur''' or '''Karvir''' was the capital of [[Kolhapur State]] and the terminus of a branch of the [[Southern Mahratta Railway|Southern Mahratta railway]] 30 miles from the main line. There was a cantonment for British troops located there c 1860s which was part of the Bombay Presidency.
== Spelling variants ==
Modern name: Kolhapur<br />
Variants: Kolapoor/ Kolapore /Calapur/Karvir
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolhapur "Kolhapur"] Wikipedia
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_386.gif "Kolhapur State"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 380. State in the Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Political Agency, Bombay
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_392.gif "Kolhapur City"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 15, page 386.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/452/mode/2up "Kolapore"] page 453 ''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
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bombay Presidency]]
