A cantonment ( / k æ n ˈ t ɒ n m ən t / , / k æ n ˈ t oʊ n m ən t / , or UK : / k æ n ˈ t uː n m ən t / ) is a military quarters. In India and other parts of South Asia , a cantonment refers to a permanent military station (a term from the Undivided India ). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Cavazos .
18-605: Sabathu (also known as Subathu ) is a cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh . It has a historic association with the Anglo-Nepalese War , and is now the centre of the 1st Gorkha Rifles and the 4th Gorkha Rifles of the Indian Army. Sabathu has an average elevation of 1265 metres (4150 feet). As of 2001 India census , Sabathu had
36-449: A population of 8720. Males constitute 47% of the population and females 53%. Sabathu has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 91%, and female literacy is 77%. In Sabathu, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. British military expeditions went to greater Sabathu to recuperate. It housed a regional leper colony during the 19th century. This Himachal Pradesh location article
54-485: A press release notified that, in order to move on from older Colonial-era concepts, Ministry of Defence has decided to give up responsibility to consider to excise civil areas of certain Cantonments and merge them with neighbouring State municipalities. As of then, there were 58 Cantonments of which 10 were to be handed over in the first phase. The administration of civil areas was to be handed over from Cantonment Boards to
72-703: Is a Command of the Indian Army . It was originally formed as the Northern Army of the British Indian Army in 1908. It was scrapped upon India 's independence in 1947 and later re-raised in 1972. Currently, the XIV Corps ( Leh ), XV Corps ( Srinagar ), I Corps ( Mathura ) and XVI Corps ( Nagrota ) are under its control. Its present commander is Lieutenant General M. V. Suchindra Kumar . The Presidency armies were abolished with effect from 1 April 1895 when
90-632: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cantonment The word cantonment , derived from the French word canton , meaning corner or district , refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, while the Duke of Wellington 's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were cantoned , or stationed, to
108-454: Is provided in Bangladesh cantonments: Several cities in the Indian subcontinent , including Ahmedabad , Ambala , Bellary , Belgaum , Bangalore , Danapur , Jabalpur , Kanpur , Bathinda , Delhi , Nilgiris , Chennai , Mumbai , Pune , Meerut , Ramgarh , Secunderabad , and Trichy , contained large cantonments of the former British Indian Army , with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of
126-2068: Is the List of precursors to the Northern Command and their commanders: Sir William S. A. Lockhart GCB , KCSI Sir Arthur Power Palmer KCB Charles C. Egerton CB , DSO Sir Bindon Blood KCB Sir Bindon Blood KCB Sir Alfred Gaselee GCIE , KCB Sir Josceline H. Wodehouse KCB , CMG Sir James Willcocks KCB , KCSI , DSO Sir Robert I. Scallon KCB , KCIE , DSO Sir John E. Nixon KCB Sir Arthur A. Barrett GCB , GCSI , KCVO Sir William R. Birdwood , Bt GCB , GCMG , KCSI , CIE , DSO Sir Claud W. Jacob KCB , KCSI , KCMG Sir Alexander S. Cobbe VC , GCB , KCSI , DSO Sir Robert A. Cassels GCB , CSI , DSO Sir Kenneth Wigram GCB , CSI , CBE , DSO (The Sirmoor Rifles) Sir John F. S. D. Coleridge KCB , CMG , DSO Sir Alan F. Hartley KCSI , CB , DSO Sir Cyril D. Noyes KCSI , CB , CIE , MC Sir Cyril D. Noyes KCSI , CB , CIE , MC Sir Edward P. Quinan KCIE , CB , DSO , OBE Sir Henry Finnis KCB , CSI , MC Cecil Toovey CB , CBE , MC* Sir Richard N. O'Connor KCB , DSO* , MC Sir Richard N. O'Connor KCB , DSO* , MC Douglas D. Gracey CB , CBE , MC* Frank W. Messervy KCSI , KBE , CB , DSO* Following
144-571: The Army HQ of the newly formed Pakistan Army (as GHQ Pakistan ), with the rest of commands passing to the Indian Army . In 1972, the Government of India decided to raise a separate command to oversee operations in the northern borders with Pakistan and China . Lt. Gen. P. S. Bhagat was appointed as its GOC-in-C in June 1972. Bhagat's main activities as Army Commander were the improvement of defence and
162-605: The command as a reserve. Currently, the Northern Commands has been assigned operational units under four corps : XIV Corps , I Corps , XV Corps and XVI Corps . In 2021, the Strike One Corps was re-organised to join the Northern Command to assist at the Ladakh border with China. (Corps Commander) (Fire and Fury Corps) (Chinar Corps) (White Knight Corps) (Strike One Corps) Following
180-570: The living and working condition of his troops. Headquarters for the command was established at Udhampur , J&K . The XIV Corps ( Leh ), XV Corps ( Srinagar ) and XVI Corps ( Nagrota ) control the operational units in Northern Command. 71 Independent Sub Area is part of the Command. In 2001–02, during Operation Parakram the III Corps and its 57th Mountain Division were temporarily shifted into
198-998: The military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the Cantonments Act of 1924. At India's Independence in 1947, India had 56 cantonments. After this India added 6 cantonments the last being Ajmer Cantonment in 1962, taking the total number to 62. They covered an area of 161,000 acres (650 km ). As of 2019, there were sixty-one "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres (640 km ): twenty-five in Central Command , nineteen in Southern Command , thirteen in Western Command , four in Eastern Command , and one in Northern Command . On 24 July 2024,
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#1733092595248216-541: The most important cantonments in Northern India , second only to the headquarters at Rawalpindi (now in Pakistan). Meerut was established in 1803, and for 150 years was the largest cantonment in the region. Although cantonments in India were considered to be semi-permanent in the 18th and 19th centuries, by the turn of the 20th century, they had transitioned to being permanent garrisons. They were further entrenched as such, via
234-621: The neighbouring Municipalities while the military region was to remain with the Armed Forces. However, on 27 April 2024, KhasYol had become the first cantonment board to be "de-notified". On 2 September 2024, it was reported that paperwork are being completed to handover civilian areas of Cantonments from the Indian Army. The Cantonments include Dehradun, Deolali, Nasirabad, Babina, Ajmer, Ramgarh, Mathura, Shahjahanpur, Clement Town and Fatehgarh. The report sain, "Indian Army’s Central Command , South Western Command and Southern Command are in
252-479: The process of completing the hand over exercise in coordination with Uttarakhand , Maharashtra , Rajasthan , Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh governments." Major cantonments and garrisons include the following: Babina cantonments* Cantonments, Accra Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include: In Singapore,
270-629: The south of Brussels. The former Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul , Afghanistan, which was the site of the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery. In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel as well as headquarters for different army units. A wide variety of military training
288-442: The term is used to denote a police cantonment. The United States military commonly uses the term "cantonment" to describe the permanent facilities at U.S. Army training bases as opposed to the field training areas. Cantonment areas often include housing (such as barracks and maid-service quarters), dining facilities, training classrooms, exchanges, and paved air fields. Northern Command (India) The Northern Command
306-490: The three Presidency armies became the Indian Army. The Indian Army was divided into four Commands: Bengal Command, Bombay Command, Madras Command and Punjab Command, each under a lieutenant general . In 1908, the four commands were merged into two Armies: Northern Army and Southern Army. This system persisted until 1920 when the arrangement reverted to four commands again :- Eastern Command, Northern Command, Southern Command and Western Command. In 1937, Western Command
324-696: Was downgraded to become the Western Independent District. In April 1942, the Western Independent District was absorbed into the Northern Command which itself was re-designated as North Western Army to guard the borders at North West Frontier during World War II . It controlled the Kohat , Peshawar , Rawalpindi , Baluchistan and Waziristan Districts. The formation reverted to the title Northern Command in November 1945. In 1947, India moved towards partition, with Northern Command HQ at Rawalpindi becoming
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