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In the British era '''Kirkee''' was an army a town and cantonment north of in Poona District. See [[PoonaBombay Districts]].
== Military history ==
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Khadki<br>
Spelling variants: Kirkee/Kirki
==External links==
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/prince-charles/10438991/Prince-of-Wales-commemorates-Remembrance-Sunday-in-India.html "Prince of Wales commemorates Remembrance Sunday in India"] 10 November 2013 ''The Telegraph''. Includes details of the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery at Kirkee. The cemetery was created following the 1952 'rescue' of 1,668 fallen soldiers from neglected graves throughout India.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/38811045@N04/ Photographs: Kirkee War Cemetery] includes Memorial panels. Taken July 4, 2005 by Paul C A Nixon Flickr.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_314.gif Kirkee] Imperial Gazetteer
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/446/mode/2up Poona and Kirkee] page 447 ''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
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/342/mode/2up "Map of Poona and Kirkee"] between pages 342 and 343, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
