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Indian Army drops colonial-era names, renames 246 roads, buildings and facilities nationwideThe Indian Army is removing colonial names from 246 roads, buildings, and facilities. This initiative honors India's heroes and military tr...- Civil areas in 58 cantonments to be run by local bodies; Jammu, Srinagar kept outThe government plans to convert almost all the country's British-era cantonment towns to municipalities in their respective states. The mov...
- Lansdowne Cantonment Board proposes to rename town as JaswantgarhThe recommendation has been sent to the Defence Ministry which had sought proposals from all cantonment boards to rechristen places named d...
- Will the end of cantonments also end the cuisine created by army wives?Cantonments - a by-product of the British Raj and almost extinct today, were once home to soldiers and their wives. It was also the place w...
- Govt to move away from concept of cantonmentsThe defence ministry through a notification on April 27 shed the tag of cantonment for Yol in Himachal Pradesh. The military area within th...
- Rajnath to DGDE: Roads, buildings in defence cantonments named after Brits should be renamedPublic services such as health, sanitation, primary education etc in a defence cantonment area are provided by the DGDE through cantonment ...
- How Millers tank breach helps us understand recent flooding in BengaluruFor decades, old lake beds have become prime real estate.
- Army wants conversion of cantonments into exclusive military stations: GovernmentThe Army has been pressing for converting the cantonments into exclusive military stations as part of larger goal of improving operational ...
- Army may shut all cantonments to save moneyThe proposed step is bound to generate a lot of controversies since similar moves have failed in the past because of widespread criticism.
- New policy guidelines for Cantonments on anvil: Manohar ParrikarThis is the first time that a Meeting of the Consultative Committee of Defence Ministry was held outside New Delhi.
- Pakistan displays Bhagat Singh's case file for the first timeBhagat Singh's father Sardar Kishan Singh had filed a petition in court in 1930 against the death sentence of his son and his comrades - Ra...
- This Anglo-Indian settlement was football’s birthplace in BengaluruAustin Town was built in the early 1920s when the British authorities decided to re-settle workers and lower-income residents in the afterm...
- This Bengaluru police station guards Victoria Statue for over a centuryThe station also acted as a “gateway” for Bengalureans who wanted to enter the British civil and military areas.
- Date with history: Pete's first protestant church in Bengaluru is now more than 200 years oldAfter Tipu Sultan's death, the British decided to move their garrison base from Srirangapatnam to Bengaluru
- Date with History: In 1864, first train chugged from Cantonment to JolarpettaiThe railway line also aided relief work during the Famine of 1876-78.
- Baird Barracks: Barrack named after a soldier who recognised Tipu's BodyBaird (1757-1829) was a Scotsman who was thrown into the throes of the Second Anglo-Mysore War at the age of 23.
- Date with history: An Indian-style market built exclusively for British cantonmentHistorian Suresh Moona said the market was formed because of the growing requirements of the civil and military station.
- Infantry road was home to foot soldiers of British army in the 1800sRunning in central Bengaluru, Infantry Road is a mix of commercial, educational and administrative establishments with traces of its coloni...
- Bangalore Metro launch: Bangalore heard a train whistle first in 1864There will be a sense of deja vu when Namma Metro, a mass rapid transit metropolitan railway, begins commercial operations in the city with...
- Bangalore Metro: City heard a train whistle first in 1864Bangalore's first train had a steam engine for its loco and ran between Cantonment station and Jolarpettai in what is now Vellore district ...
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