A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In

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and other parts of

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, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In

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parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as

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. The word ''cantonment'', derived from the

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'', meaning ''corner'' or ''district'', refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the

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in 1815, while the

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's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were ''cantoned'', or stationed, to the south of Brussels.

List of permanent cantonments

Afghanistan

The former

Sherpur Cantonment Sherpur Cantonment, or the British Cemetery, is located in Kabul, Afghanistan. The area was a British military camp or cantonment and the site of the 1879 Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Now officially called the ...

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...

, Afghanistan, which was the site of the

Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment The siege of the Sherpur Cantonment was a battle fought in December 1879, during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Background On 3 September 1879 Sir Pierre Cavagnari, the British Resident in Kabul, and his escort were massacred by mutinous Af ...

(1879) in the

Second Anglo-Afghan War The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, ps, د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the l ...

(1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army cemetery.

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel aside from soldiers. These individuals include officers, teachers, military doctors, military nurses, junior commanding officers, and non–commissioned Officers. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments: *

Alikadam Cantonment Alikadam Cantonment ( bn, আলীকদম সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located outside of Bandarban. The 24th Infantry Division (Bangladesh) inhabits the cantonment. It is one of five cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts area. ...

Bandarban Bandarban ( bn, বান্দরবান, Chakma: 𑄝𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄧𑄢𑄴𑄝𑄚𑄴) is a district in South-Eastern Bangladesh, and a part of the Chittagong Division. It is one of the three hill districts of Bangladesh and a part of ...

Bandarban Cantonment Bandarban Cantonment ( bn, বান্দরবন সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Bandarban. The headquarter of 69th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army locate here. It is one of five cantonment in Chittagong Hill Tracts a ...

Bangladesh Military Academy Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) is the officers training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary, near Chittagong Hill Tracts, in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh, about 13 kilometres ...

Chittagong Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...

Chittagong Cantonment Chattogram Cantonment is situated near Bayezid Bostami of Chattogram, Bangladesh. It is the headquarters of 24th infantry division. History An Indian army tank captured by the East Bengal Regiment (based in Chattogram cantonment) near Lahore ...

, Chittagong *

Comilla Cantonment Cumilla Cantonment ( bn, কুমিল্লা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located near Mainamati, Cumilla city in Bangladesh. The personnel of Bangladesh Army with local civilian inhabit here. The 33rd Infantry Division HQ is ...

Comilla Comilla (; bn, কুমিল্লা, Kumillā, ), officially spelled Cumilla, is the fifth largest city of Bangladesh and second largest in Chittagong division. It is the administrative centre of the Comilla District. The name Comilla was ...

Dhaka Cantonment Dhaka Cantonment ( bn, ঢাকা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in the northern part of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The headquarters of the Bangladesh Army, and Bangladesh Air Force, Air Force are situated within the cantonment w ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Dighinala Cantonment Dighinala Cantonment ( bn, দীঘিনালা সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment in Dighinala, outside of Khagrachari. 24th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army inhabit here. It is one of five cantonment in Chittagong Hill Tracts ...

Khagrachari Khagrachari ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Southeastern Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts region. History The Chittagong Hill Tracts was under the reign of the Tripura Sta ...

Halishahar Cantonment Halishahar Cantonment is a cantonment situated at Halishahar in Chittagong. This is one of 28 cantonments across Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-mos ...

, Chittagong *

Jahanabad Cantonment Jahanabad Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Khulna, Bangladesh. Education * Cantonment Public College, Jahanabad, Khulna. * Army Service Corps Centre and School (ASC&S) * RVFC Records office * Branch Recruiting Unit, Khulna *M ...

Khulna Khulna ( bn, খুলনা, ) is the third-largest city in Bangladesh, after Dhaka and Chittagong. It is the administrative centre of Khulna District and Khulna Division. Khulna's economy is the third-largest in Bangladesh, contributing $53 b ...

Jahangirabad Cantonment Jahangirabad Cantonment is located in Bogra, is a Cantonment near Bogra city Bypass road. It is the HQ of 11th artillery brigade. Education * Jahangirabad Cantonment Public School See also * Comilla Cantonment * Alikadam Cantonment * Savar ...

Bogra Bogra ( bn, বগুড়া), officially known as Bogura, is a major city located in Bogra District, Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh. The city is a major commercial hub in Northern Bangladesh. It is the second largest city in Rajshahi Divi ...

Jalalabad Cantonment Jalalabad Cantonment ( bn, জালালাবাদ সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Jalalabad Cantonment is the home of the Bangladesh Army's 17th Infantry Division, the School of Infantry & Tactics ...

Sylhet Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...

Jamuna Cantonment Jamuna Cantonment (officially known as Bangabandhu Cantonment) is a Bangladeshi military cantonment near Bangabandhu Bridge in Bhuapur Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. The cantonment has been named in line with the name of Bangabandhu Bridg ...

Tangail Tangail ( bn, টাঙ্গাইল, ), is a major city within the Dhaka Division in central Bangladesh. It sits on the bank of the Louhajang River, north-west of Dhaka, the nation's capital. It is considered to be the main urban area of ...

Jessore Cantonment Jashore Cantonment is a cantonment located in the southern part of Bangladesh in Jashore District outside Jashore town and the HQ of 55th Infantry Division. Installations *Brishreshtho Matiur Rahman Air Force Base *55th Infantry Division *8 Engin ...

Jessore Jessore ( bn, যশোর, jôshor, ), officially Jashore, is a city of Jessore District situated in Khulna Division. It is situated in the south-western part of Bangladesh. It is the administrative centre (headquarter) of the eponymous district ...

Kaptai Cantonment Kaptai Cantonment is a cantonment located at Kaptai in Rangamati District. A navy base and the headquarters of 65th infantry brigade, which was under 24th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army, are located in Kaptai. In 2015, the brigade was trans ...

, Kaptai *

Khagrachari Cantonment Khagrachhari Cantonment ( bn, খাগড়াছড়ি সেনানিবাস, Khagrachhori Senanibas) is a cantonment located in Khagrachhari, Bangladesh. 203rd Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here. It is under the jurisdic ...

Kholahati Cantonment Bir Uttam Shaheed Mahbub Cantonment (also known as Kholahati Cantonment) is a Bangladeshi military cantonment in Parbatipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country i ...

Dinajpur Dinajpur ( bn, দিনাজপুর ) is a city and the District headquarters of Dinajpur district situated in Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1786. It is located 413 km north-west of Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is bounde ...

Majhira Cantonment Majhira Cantonment, also known historically as Bogra Cantonment, is a cantonment about 10 kilometers south of Bogura city in northern Bangladesh. It is the 11th Infantry Division headquarters. The Armoured Corps Center & School (ACC&S), and the ...

, Bogra *

Mawa Cantonment Mawa may refer to: * Mentoring Artists for Women's Art. This organization encourages and supports the intellectual and creative development of women in the visual arts. * Mawa, Bangladesh * Mawa clawed frog, a species of frog endemic to Cameroon * ...

Louhajong Lohajang ( bn, লৌহজং eaning ''rusting of iron'' is an upazila of Munshiganj District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Geography Lohajang is located at on the south bank of Padma River. It has a total area of 130.12 km2. Demo ...

Munshigonj Munshiganj ( bn, মুন্সীগঞ্জ), also historically known as Bikrampur, is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division and borders Dhaka District. Geography Total land area is 235974 acres (954 km2), ...

Mirpur Cantonment Mirpur Cantonment is a Bangladesh military cantonment located in Mirpur Thana, Dhaka. Mirpur DOHS is located beside the cantonment. Institutions * National Defence College *Defence Services Command and Staff College * Inter Service Selection Boar ...

, Dhaka *

Mymensingh Cantonment Mymensingh Cantonment (Officially known as Momenshahi Cantonment) was the headquarters of the 19th Infantry Division of the Bangladesh Army. Presently it has the headquarters of ARTDOC which consists of its Battle Group and all the training instit ...

Mymensingh Mymensingh ( bn, ময়মনসিংহ) is the capital of Mymensingh Division, Bangladesh. Located on the bank of Brahmaputra River, about north of the national capital Dhaka, it is a major financial center and educational hub of north ...

Padma Cantonment Sheikh Russel Cantonment is a Bangladeshi military cantonment near Padma Bridge in Munshiganj and Shariatpur Districts, Bangladesh. The cantonment has been named after Sheikh Russel, younger brother of Bangladesh Prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed ...

Shariatpur Shariatpur ( bn, শরিয়তপুর জেলা, ''Shariatpur Jela'' also ''Shariatpur Zila'') is a district in the Dhaka Division of central Bangladesh. It is bounded by Munshiganj district on the north, Barisal district on the south, C ...

* Postogola Cantonment, Dhaka *

Qadirabad Cantonment Quadirabad Cantonment is a cantonment located in Natore, Rajshahi division, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, wit ...

Natore Natore district is a district of Rajshahi Division located in northern Bangladesh. It borders the metropolitan city of Rajshahi, and used to be part of Rajshahi district. History Natore was the District Headquarters of Rajshahi from 1769 to 182 ...

Rajendrapur Cantonment Rajendrapur Cantonment is a cantonment located in Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh. History The illicit weapons in the Purulia arms drop case had stated Rajendrapur in their end user certificate. Institutions *Combined Military H ...

Gazipur Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur. Demogra ...

Rajshahi Cantonment Rajshahi Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Rajshahi. It is the home of Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. Institutions *Bangladesh Infantry Regimental Centre. *BIRC Training Battalion Education *Rajshahi Cantonment Public ...

Rajshahi Rajshahi ( bn, রাজশাহী, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major urban, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi District ...

Ramu Cantonment Ramu Cantonment ( bn, রামু সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Ramu Upazila, Ramu of Cox's Bazar District, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh), 10th Infantry Division ...

, Cox's Bazar *

Rangamati Cantonment Rangamati Cantonment ( bn, রাঙ্গামাটি সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangamati. 305th Infantry Brigade of Bangladesh Army inhabit here under 24th infantry division.. It is one of five cantonment in Chi ...

, Rangamati *

Rangpur Cantonment Rangpur Cantonment ( bn, রংপুর সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Rangpur, Bangladesh. It is the headquarter of 66th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. History The mass of the city of Rangpur were protesting ag ...

, Rangpur *

Saidpur Cantonment Saidpur Cantonment is the Bangladeshi military cantonment in Saidpur, Nilphamari District, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country ...

, Nilphamari *

Savar Cantonment Savar Cantonment ( bn, সাভার সেনানিবাস) is a cantonment located in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The 9th infantry division of Bangladesh Army is garrisoned there. Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMPC&S) and the ...

, Dhaka *

Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment is a cantonment located in Ghatail Upazila, Tangail District, Bangladesh. Ghatail Area Commander is Major General Sayed Tareq Hussain Syed Tareq Hussain awc, psc is a Major General of Bangladesh Army and incumbent Comm ...

Ghatail Ghatail ( bn, ঘাটাইল) is a town of Ghatail Upazila, Tangail, Bangladesh. The town is situated north of Tangail city and northwest of Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the cap ...

Sheikh Hasina Cantonment Sheikh Hasina Cantonment is the headquarter of 7th Infantry Division of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Lebukhali, Patuakhali. The area of the cantonment is 1532 acres. The project will be completed by the Ministry of Defence by June 2021. Hi ...

, Lebukhali,

Barisal Barisal ( or ; bn, বরিশাল, ), officially known as Barishal, is a major city that lies on the banks of the Kirtankhola river in south-central Bangladesh. It is the largest city and the administrative headquarter of both Barisal Dist ...

Patuakhali Patuakhali ( bn, পটুয়াখালী ''Potuakhali'') is a town and district headquarter of Patuakhali District located on the southern bank of Laukathi river in the division of Barisal in Bangladesh. It is the administrative headquar ...

Bhutan

The Indian Army maintains a training mission in Bhutan, known as the

Indian Military Training Team The Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT), established since 1961–62, is a training mission of the Indian Army in Bhutan. IMTRAT is responsible for the training of the personnel of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) and the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan ( ...

(IMTRAT) which is responsible for the military training of the

Royal Bhutan Army The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; dz, བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the Kingdom of Bhutan responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereign ...

(RBA) and

Royal Bodyguard A bodyguard (or close protection officer/operative) is a type of security guard, government law enforcement officer, or servicemember who protects a person or a group of people — usually witnesses, high-ranking public officials or officers, ...

(RBG) personnel. All RBA and RBG officers are sent for training at the

National Defence Academy The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces, where cadets of the three services i.e. the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force train together before they go on ...

and the

Indian Military Academy The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army. Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up ...

. Moreover, Project Dantak, a division of the

Indian Border Roads Organisation The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) is a road construction executive force in India that provides support to and is now a part of the Indian Armed Forces. BRO develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring ...

and subdivision of the

Indian Army Corps of Engineers The Indian Army Corps of Engineers is a combat support arm which provides combat engineering support, develops infrastructure for armed forces and other defence organisations and maintains connectivity along the borders, besides helping the civil ...

, was established in Bhutan on 24 April 1961, with its first commanding officer, Colonel TV Jaganathan. Project Dantak has since been responsible for the construction and maintenance of more than of roads and bridges,

Paro Airport Paro International Airport ( dz, སྤ་རོ་གནམ་ཐང༌།, paro gnam thang) is the sole international airport of the four airports in Bhutan. It is from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surro ...

, a disused airfield at

Yongphulla Airport Yongphulla Airport (also known as Yonphula Airport) is a domestic airport in Bhutan, one of the country's four airports. It is located near Trashigang. History The airport was originally constructed by the Border Roads Organisation in the 1960s ...

, heliports, and other infrastructure. These serve India's strategic defence needs, but also provide economic benefits for the Bhutani citizens.

India

Several cities among the Indian subcontinent, such as

Ahmedabad Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per t ...

Ambala Ambala () is a city and a municipal corporation in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India, located on the border with the Indian state of Punjab and in proximity to both states capital Chandigarh. Politically, Ambala has two sub-area ...

Bellary Bellary, officially Ballari, in the eponymous Bellary district, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India. History Bellary was a part of Rayalaseema (Ceded Districts) which was part of Madras Presidency till 1 November 1956. The Ball ...

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous ...

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Danapur Danapur is a Indian satellite town and one of the 6 sub-divisions (Tehsil) in Patna district of Bihar state.Jabalpur Jabalpur is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. According to the 2011 census, it is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the country's 38th-largest urban agglomeration. J ...

Kanpur Kanpur or Cawnpore ( /kɑːnˈpʊər/ pronunciation (help·info)) is an industrial city in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1207, Kanpur became one of the most important commercial and military stations o ...

Bathinda Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa Region, west of the capital city of Chandigarh and is the fifth l ...

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...

Ramgarh Ramgarh may refer to: Bangladesh * Ramgarh Upazila, a sub-district of Khagrachari District India * Ramgarh, Bihar, a village near Munger, Bihar * Ramgarh, Kaimur, a town in Kaimur district, Bihar * Ramgarh, Uttarakhand, a hill station in Nainital ...

Secunderabad Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...

, and

Trichy Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

, contained large cantonments of the former

British Indian Army The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...

, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of 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 the military reforms of Lord Kitchener in 1903, and the Cantonments Act of 1924.Sheikh, M. O. Lahore Cantonment https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/momers_termpapers/ss153LahoreCantonment.htm&date=2009-10-26+02:56:58 There are sixty-two "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres: twenty-five in Central Command, nineteen in Southern Command, thirteen in Western Command, four in Eastern Command, and one in Northern Command. Major cantonments and garrisons include the following:

Notified Cantonments

Agra Cantonment Agra Cantonment (station code: AGC) is the main railway station in the Indian city of Agra. It is located near the Sadar Bazaar towards the southwest of the city. It lies on the main Delhi–Chennai and one of the Delhi–Mumbai lines. Overvi ...

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

, Central Command #

Ahmedabad Cantonment Ahmedabad Cantonment is situated between Ahmedabad city and Gandhinagar in the state of Gujarat in India. History The cantonment site was chosen by Sir J. Malcolm in 1830 and established in 1833. Demographics India census A census is the pr ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

, Southern Command # Ahmednagar Cantonment,

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

, Southern Command # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Ajmer Cantonment,

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

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Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administrat ...

Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Almora Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command #

Ambala Cantonment Ambala Cantonment is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is 200 km north of Delhi and 55 km southwest of Chandigarh. This cantonment was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for ma ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

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Amritsar Cantonment Amritsar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Amritsar District in the state of Punjab (India), Punjab, India. Demographics India census, Amritsar Cantonment had a population of 11,300. Males constitute 63% of the population and females 37%. Amri ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, Western Command #

Aurangabad Cantonment Aurangabad Cantonment (Chawni), is a cantonment town in Aurangabad district in the state of Maharashtra, India. History The Aurangabad City was founded in 1610 by Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtuza Nizam Shah II, on the site of a villa ...

, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Ayodhya Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Babina Cantonment, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Badamibagh Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Command # Bakloh Cantonment,

Chamba District Chamba is the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, in India, with its headquarters in Chamba town. The towns of Dalhousie, Khajjhiar and Churah Valley are popular hill stations and vacation spots for the people from the plains of northe ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...

, Western Command #

Bareilly Cantonment Bareilly Cantonment is a cantonment town located in the Bareilly district of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History The city of Bareilly, along with the entire Rohilkhand region, came under the suzerainty of the British East India ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Barrackpore Barrackpore (also known as Barrackpur) is a city and a municipality of urban Kolkata of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA ...

, West Bengal, Eastern Command #

Belgaum Cantonment Belgaum Cantonment is a cantonment in Belgaum district in the state of Karnataka, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given po ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

, Southern Command #

Bellary Cantonment Bellary Cantonment, was a cantonment area in Madras Presidency in the British Raj. Bellary, today in Karnataka, came under British administration in 1800, and was the headquarters of the Bellary District Bellary, officially known as Ballari ...

, Southern Command #

Cannanore Cantonment Kannur Cantonment (or Cannanore Cantonment the old English name), situated in Burnassery or Burnshire(the anglicized name), is a cantonment town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala, between Kannur town and Kannur City. The cantonmen ...

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, Southern Command # Chakrata Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #

Dalhousie Cantonment Dalhousie cantonment is a town in Chamba district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. History In the wake of the 1857 War, the Military Department of the Government of India, expanded its survey of lower Himalayas, to identify suitable ...

, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #

Danapur Cantonment Danapur Cantonment or Danapur Cantt is a cantonment town in Patna District in the state of Bihar, India. Danapur is a category II Cantonment, established in 1765. The board consists of 14 members including 7 elected members. Danapur cantonmen ...

, Bihar, Central Command #

Dehradun Cantonment Dehradun Cantonment is a cantonment town in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 1913. Demographics India census, Dehradun Cantonment had a population of 30,102. Males constitute 52% of the population a ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...

, Central Command # Yol Cantonment,

, Western Command # Dehu Road Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Western Command # Deolali Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command #

Dum Dum Cantonment Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata urban area and also a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Etymology During the 19th ...

, West Bengal, Eastern Command #

Faizabad Cantonment Faizabad Cantonment, officially known as Ayodhya Cantonment is a cantonment town in Faizabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, close to the city of Faizabad. Established in the year 1858, today the Faizabad Cantonment is a Class I,2,3,4,5 ca ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Faizabad New Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command # Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Ferozepur Cantonment Ferozepur Cantonment, also known as Firojpur Cantonment and Firojepur Cantonment, is a cantonment town in Firozpur district in the state of Punjab, India. It is located adjacent to and south of the city of Firozpur. During the First Anglo-Sikh W ...

, Punjab, Western Command #

Gopalpur Cantonment Gopalpur (Hindi/Bengali/Oriya) or Gopalapuram (Telugu/Tamil/Malayalam) may refer to: Bangladesh * Gopalpur Upazila, a sub-district of Tangail District, Dhaka Division ** Gopalpur, Tangail, Bangladesh, a town which is the seat of that sub-distric ...

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

, Central Command #

Jabalpur Cantonment Jabalpur Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jabalpur District in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a ...

, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command #

Jalandhar Cantonment Jalandhar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab. The Cantonment is located between latitude 30° 18' and longitude 75° 37' on the southwest and at a distance of 2 km from Cantonment Railway St ...

, Punjab, Western Command #

Jalapahar Jalapahar is a ridge as well as a locality in the hilly town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. There was a British military camp in this locality in the British Raj, Raj days. This ridge meets Katapahar ridge at Observatory Hill ...

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal, ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

, Eastern Command #

Jammu Cantonment Jammu Cantonment is a cantonment town in Jammu City in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the membe ...

Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir may refer to: * Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent * Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), a region administered by India as a union territory * Jammu and Kashmir (state), a region administered ...

, Western Command #

Jhansi Cantonment Jhansi (; Hindi: झांसी, Urdu: ) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative head ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command # Jutogh Cantonment, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command #

Kanpur Cantonment Kanpur Cantonment (popularly referred to as Kanpur Cantt) is a military cantonment in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Kanpur Cantonment was established in the year 1811 and is situated on the right bank of river Ganges and is bound by Kanpur ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Kasauli Kasauli is a town and cantonment, located in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The cantonment was established by the British Raj in 1842 as a Colonial hill station,Sharma, Ambika"Architecture of Kasauli churches" ''The Trib ...

Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Khas Yol Cantonment, Kangara, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command # Kirkee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command # Landour Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Lansdowne Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command #

Lebong Lebong is a valley about below Darjeeling town, West Bengal, India. It is about 8 km from the Mall, the central location of Darjeeling. The valley is noted for its race course. The Lebong race course is visible from the town of Darjeeling. ...

, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command #

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Mathura Mathura () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is located approximately north of Agra, and south-east of Delhi; about from the town of Vrindavan, and from Govardhan. ...

Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Meerut Cantonment Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Mhow Cantonment Mhow, officially Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, is a town in the Indore district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. It is located south-west of Indore city, towards Mumbai on the old Mumbai-Agra Road. The town was renamed as ''Dr. Ambedkar Nagar'' in 20 ...

, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command #

Morar Cantonment Morar Cantonment is a cantonment town in Gwalior district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is part of an urban agglomeration together with neighbouring Gwalior. Adv. Rakesh Singh Chauhan is the longest serving Former Chairman & Vice- ...

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command #

Nainital Cantonment Nainital Cantonment is a cantonment town in Nainital district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, close to the hill station of Nainital. Established in the year 1878, today the Nainital Cantonment is a Class IV cantonment. Current CEO of cantonme ...

, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command #

Pachmarhi Cantonment Pachmarhi is a hill station in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh state of central India. It has been the location of a cantonment (Pachmarhi Cantonment) since British Raj. It is widely known as ''Satpura ki Rani'' ("Queen of Satpura"), ...

, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command #

Pune Cantonment Pune Cantt, also known as Camp, is a military cantonment located in the city of Pune, India. It was established in 1817 for accommodating troops of the British Indian Army, Indian Army. The cantonment houses many military establishments. It is a ...

, Maharashtra, Southern Command #

Ramgarh Cantonment Ramgarh Cantonment, usually referred to as Ramgarh Cantt or just Ramgarh is a cantonment town, belonging to the Ramgarh district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Historically, a subdivision of the larger Hazaribag district, Ramgarh was fin ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

, Central Command # Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command #

Roorkee Cantonment Roorkee Cantonment is a cantonment town, in Roorkee, Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and is one of country's oldest cantonments established in 1853, and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group (Bengal Sappers) since 1853. ...

, Uttarakhand, Central Command # Saugor Cantonment,

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

, Southern Command #

Cantonment,

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

, Southern Command # Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Shillong Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...

Cantonment,

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...

, Eastern Command # St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai,

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

, Southern Command # Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command #

Wellington Cantonment Wellington is a cantonment town in the Coonoor sub-Division of Nilgiris District of Tamil Nadu. One of its most famous residents was Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, who died in the town on June 27, 2008. This town is adjacent to the city of Coonoor. ...

, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command

Unlisted Military Cantonments

Abohar Cantonment Abohar is a city and municipal corporation in the Fazilka district of the Indian state of Punjab, southeast of Fazilka city and northeast of Sri Ganganagar. It is near the India-Pakistan border. Abohar's population is 211745. The city is known f ...

(Abohar, Punjab) # Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command #

Akhnoor Cantonment Akhnoor is a city and municipal committee, near city of Jammu in Jammu district of Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It lies 28 km away from Jammu city. Akhnoor is on the bank of the Chenab River, just before it enters the Paki ...

(Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir) #

Baddowal Cantonment Baddowal is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. The village is most of belong to Pawar caste small population there was a man who serve for Indian army for 26 years but after retirement torture by local area police ...

(Ludhiana, Punjab) #

Bangalore Cantonment The Bangalore Cantonment (1806–1881) was a military cantonment of the British Raj based in the Indian city of Bangalore. The cantonment covered an area of , extending from the Residency on the west to Binnamangala on the east and from the Tanne ...

(Bangalore, Karnataka) #

Bikaner Cantonment Bikaner () is a city in the northwest of the state of Rajasthan, India. It is located northwest of the state capital, Jaipur. Bikaner city is the administrative headquarters of Bikaner District and Bikaner division. Formerly the capital of ...

(Bikaner, Rajasthan) #

Bhatinda Cantonment Bathinda is a city and municipal corporation in Punjab, India, Punjab, India. The city is the administrative headquarters of Bathinda District. It is located in northwestern India in the Malwa (Punjab), Malwa Region, west of the capital city o ...

(Bhatinda, Punjab) #

Bhuj Cantonment Bhuj () is a Municipality and District Headquarters of Kutch District in the state of Gujarat, India. Etymology According to legend, Kutch was ruled by the Nāga chieftains in the past. Sagai, a queen of Sheshapattana, who was married to Kin ...

(Bhuj, Gujarat) #

Bhopal Cantonment Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It is ...

(Madhya Pradesh) #

Chandimandir Cantonment Chandimandir Cantonment is a military cantonment of the Indian Army located in Panchkula district at the foot of the Sivalik Hills adjoining Panchkula city in Haryana. It is the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. Backgro ...

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Faridkot Cantonment Faridkot may refer to: India * Faridkot, Punjab, a city in Punjab, India * Faridkot district * Faridkot (Lok Sabha constituency), one of the 13 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Punjab, India * Faridkot State, a former Princely State Pak ...

(Faridkot, Punjab) #

Fazilka Cantonment Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Trans-Afghanistan Pipeline (TAPI) project originating in Tu ...

(Fazilka, Punjab) #

Gandhinagar Cantonment Gandhinagar (, ) is the capital of the state of Gujarat in India. Gandhinagar is located approximately 23 km north of Ahmedabad, on the west central point of the Industrial corridor between Delhi, the political capital of India, and M ...

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(Brahmapur, Orissa) #

Narengi Cantonment Narengi (Pron: nʌˈreŋgɪ or næˈreŋgɪ) is a locality in Guwahati. Located in the extreme east of city, it is sparsely populated. An army camp is located in southern part of the locality. The Narangi railway station on the southern part whi ...

(Guwahati, Assam) #

Hisar Cantt Hissar ( ar, حصار, link=no) means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar). Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to: Places Asia (South and Central) India *Hisar (city), a city in Haryana ...

(Hisar, Haryana) # Itarana Cantonment (Alwar, Rajasthan) #

Jaipur Cantonment Jaipur (; Hindi: ''Jayapura''), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. , the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as ...

(Jaipur, Rajasthan) #

Jaisalmer Cantonment Jaisalmer , nicknamed "The Golden city", is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, located west of the state capital Jaipur. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone and is crowned by the ancient Jaisalmer Fort. This fort contains a ...

(Jaisalmer, Rajasthan) #

Jodhpur Cantonment Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

(Rajasthan) #

Bharatpur Cantonment Bharatpur may refer to: India *Bharatpur division, Rajasthan, India **Bharatpur district, within Bharatpur division ***Bharatpur, Rajasthan, a city in Bharatpur district ***Bharatpur (Lok Sabha constituency) *Bharatpur State, former princely state ...

(Rajasthan) # Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand) #

Kapurthala Cantonment Kapurthala Cantonment is a cantonment in the Punjab state of India. It is adjacent to the town of Kapurthala. In addition to having residence and offices of military personnel, the Kendriya Vidyalaya The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan () is ...

(Kapurthala, Punjab) #

Khasa Cantonment Khasa may refer to: *Khasas, an ancient people of Indian subcontinent * Khasa kingdom, an ancient Kingdom in Western Nepal *Khas people, an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic people of Nepal * Khasas (Mahabharata), an ancient tribe in Hindu literature * ...

(Amritsar, Punjab) #

Kollam Cantonment Kollam Cantonment (originally Quilon Cantonment) is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Kollam. It arose as a cantonment of the British Raj in the 17th century. It is now a thickly populated area of the city of Kollam. Some of the importan ...

(Kollam, India) #

Ludhiana Cantonment Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest city in the Indian state of Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the most densely populated urban centre in the state. ...

(Punjab) #

Mamun Cantonment Mamoun or Mamun may refer to *Mamoun (name) *Mamoun University for Science and Technology in Syria *Pol Mamun Pol Mamun ( fa, پل مامون, also Romanized as Pol Māmūn) is a village in Chamsangar Rural District, Papi District, Khorramabad Co ...

(Pathankot, Punjab) # Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam) #

Nagrota Cantonment Nagrota is a town located in the Jammu district of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is located on National Highway 44 (India), National highway 44 between Jammu (city), Jammu city and Udhampur. It is situated ...

(Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir) #

Pathankot Cantonment Pathankot is a city and the district headquarters of the Pathankot district in Punjab, India. Pathankot is the 6th most populous city of Punjab, after Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda. Its local government is a municipal corp ...

(Pathankot, Punjab) #

Patiala Cantonment Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the '' Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') construct ...

(Punjab) # Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh , Uttarakhand) #

Dipatoli Cantonment Dipatoli is the cantonment area of Ranchi. It is situated on NH33 that connects Hazaribagh to Jamshedpur via Ranchi. Most of the area of Dipatoli is occupied by Indian Army. It is the base to 23 Infantry. It is about 7 km from the centre of ...

(Ranchi, Jharkhand) # Shahjahanpur Cantonment (Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh) # Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam) #

Sri Ganganagar Cantonment Shri (; , ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. The word is widely used in languages of South Asia, South and classification schemes for Southeast Asian languages, Southeast Asian lan ...

(Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan) #

Suratgarh Cantonment Suratgarh is a city and a municipality, just nearby Sri Ganganagar city in Sri Ganganagar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded by Maharaja Surat Singh (1765 - 1828). Hindi, Bagri and Rajasthani are the widely spoken languages ...

(Suratgarh, Rajasthan) #

Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populatio ...

(Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) # Tibri Cantonment (Hoshiarpur, Punjab) #

Udhampur Cantonment Udhampur (ˌʊd̪ʱəmpur) is a city and a municipal council in Udhampur district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters of Udhampur District. Named after Raja Udham Singh, it serves as the district capital ...

(Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir) #

Vadodra Cantonment Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district and is situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River, from the state capital ...

(Vadodra, Gujarat)

Ghana

Cantonments, Accra Cantonments is an affluent suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, in the La Dade Kotopon Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Overview The Cantonments area was intended to become a military quarters under the Britis ...

Nigeria

Cantonments in Nigeria refer to permanent military installations which house active personnel and their families. Cantonments in Nigeria include: *Airforce Cantonment,

Ikeja Ikeja is the capital city of Lagos State in southwestern Nigeria. Its population, as of the 2006 census, is 313,196. Prior to the emergence of military rule in the early 1980s, Ikeja was a well planned, clean and quiet residential and commercia ...

, Lagos *Armed forces resettlement centre,

Oshodi Oshodi-Isolo (Yoruba: ''Oṣòdì-Ìsọlọ̀'') is a Local Government Area (LGA) within Lagos State. It was formed by the second republic Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, also known as 'Baba Kekere' and the first Executiv ...

, Lagos *Army Ordnance Cantonment, (also known as Abalti Barracks), Yaba, Lagos *Arn Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Badagry Cantonment,

Badagry Badagry (traditionally Gbagli) also spelled Badagri, is a coastal town and Local Government Area (LGA) in Lagos State, Nigeria. It is quite close to the city of Lagos, and located on the north bank of Porto Novo Creek, an inland waterway that con ...

, Lagos *Dodan Cantonment,

Ikoyi Ikoyi is the most affluent neighborhood of Lagos, located in Eti-Osa Local Government Area. It lies to the northeast of Obalende and adjoins Lagos Island to the west, and at the edge of the Lagos Lagoon. Popular with the extreme upper class res ...

, Lagos *Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos *Marda Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos *Navy Town,

Ojo Ojo may refer to: *Ōjō, a Japanese Buddhist term referring to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha *Ojo, a curious red bear cub who has a wild imagination and is good friends with Treelo on ''Bear in the Big Blue House'' * ''Ojo'' (comi ...

, Lagos *Ojo Cantonment (also known as Palm Barracks), Ojo, Lagos, *Bonny Camp,

Victoria Island Victoria Island ( ikt, Kitlineq, italic=yes) is a large island in the Arctic Archipelago that straddles the boundary between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is the List of islands by area, eighth-largest island in the world, ...

* Jaji military cantonment, kaduna, *Dalet cantonment, kaduna, *Mogadishu cantonment, *Abiyssinia cantonment, *.Burma cantonment, *Adshanti cantonment, *Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna

Pakistan

Abbottabad Cantonment Abbotabad Cantonment is a cantonment adjacent to Abbotabad in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Pakistan Military Academy is located at Kakul Kakul (Kakol) is a village situated in the Tehsil and District Abbottabad, at an elevation of 1300 met ...

Attock Attock ( Punjabi and Urdu: ), formerly known as Campbellpur (), is a historical city located in the north of Pakistan's Punjab Province, not far from the country's capital Islamabad. It is the headquarters of the Attock District and is 61st larg ...

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Allama Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

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Bannu Bannu ( ps, بنو, translit=banū ; ur, , translit=bannū̃, ) is a city located on the Kurram River in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the capital of Bannu Division. Bannu's residents are primarily members of the Banuchi tribe ...

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Bhawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...

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Chaklala Chaklala is a major suburban town of Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated astride the Airport Road, to the east of Grand Trunk Road on the main railway line. The town has its own railway station Chaklala Railway Station w ...

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Clifton Cantonment The Clifton Cantonment ( ur, ) is a cantonment town within the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army during 19th century British India, a ...

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan (; bal, , Urdu and skr, , ps, ډېره اسماعيل خان), abbreviated as D.I. Khan, is a city and capital of Dera Ismail Khan District, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 37th largest city of Pakistan ...

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Faisal Cantonment The Faisal Cantonment ( ur, )is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as an Airforce base and residential establishment. PAF Base established in 1925, as a strategically important British Royal Air force ...

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Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...

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Gujranwala Gujranwala ( ur, , label=none; ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. It is the 5th most populous city proper after Karachi, Lahore, Faisala ...

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Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

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Jhelum Cantonment Jhelum Cantt. (Urdu/Punjabi language, Punjabi: ) or Jhelum Cantonment is cantonment area in Jhelum City, Jhelum adjacent to the city area.

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Karachi Cantonment The Karachi Cantonment ( ur, کراچی چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. History It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British Indian Army in Au ...

Kharian Cantonment Kharian Cantonment (Urdu: کھاریاں چھاؤنی۔), ( Punjabi: ) or Kharian Cantt is one of the largest Cantonment (Army bases) in Pakistan. It is located near Kharian city, in the Gujrat district of Punjab province. This cantonment is ...

Khuzdar Khuzdar ( Brahui/ bal, ; ur, , ), historically known as Qusdar ( ar, قصدار, quṣdār), is the capital city of Khuzdar District in the central part of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Khuzdar is the 2nd-largest city of Balochistan province ...

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Korangi Creek Cantonment Korangi Creek Cantonment or Korangi Cantonment ( ur, کورنگی کریک چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the B ...

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Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

Cantonment *Walton Cantonment: Created out of the southern parts of the original Lahore Cantt.,

Walton, Lahore Walton Cantonment is a cantonment area situated in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It is named after Sir Cusach Walton, son of Frederick Walton. History Lahore Cantonment with its increasing population and extensions to the boundaries had become difficu ...

Loralai Loralai ( ps, لورلايي, ur, ), also known as Bori ( ps, ), is the division headquarter of Loralai Division and district headquarter of Loralai District. It is in the northeast of Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is above sea level ...

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Malir Cantonment The Army Cantonment ( ur, آرمی چھاؤنی ) is a cantonment town of the city of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. History Declared a cantonment by the Royal British Government a ...

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Mangla Cantonment Mangla Cantonment is an army garrison near Mangla Dam in Jhelum District of Pakistan. The town of Mangla and Mangla dam are located across the Jhelum river in Pakistan administered Kashmir. The antonment has an area of 1.2 km² with a population of ...

Manora Cantonment The Manora Cantonment ( ur, منوڑہ چھاؤنی) is a cantonment town in a small Manora Island, located just south of Karachi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It serves as a military base and residential establishment. It was established by the British ...

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Mardan Mardān (Pashto and ; Urdu ; Pashto: ) is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (after Peshawar). It is a fast-growing ...

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Multan Cantonment Multan Cantt ( ur, ) or Multan Cantonment ( ur, ) is a cantonment in the Multan District, adjacent to Multan city, in Punjab province, eastern Pakistan. Multan Cantt is located in the city's southwest.Murree Murree ( Punjabi, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Muree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about ...

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Nowshera Cantonment Nowshera Cantonment is a cantonment adjacent to Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries a ...

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Ormara Ormara ( Balochi, ur, ), is a town in Gwadar District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is a port on the Makran coastal region. It is located west of Karachi and east of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea. This port is also mentioned in ''P ...

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Pano Aqil Cantonment Pano Aqil Cantonment ( ur, پنو عاقل چھاؤنی) is a cantonment in Pano Aqil, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located 40 km from Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

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Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

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Rawalpindi Cantonment Rawalpindi Cantonment is a large cantonment located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan. The headquarters of the Pakistan Army which are known as the General Headquarters (GHQ) are located in the Rawalpindi cantonment. Rawalpindi cantonm ...

* Sanjwal Cantonment *

Sargodha Sargodha ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as ...

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Shorkot Shorkot ( ur, , Basti starabad=), ( pa, ), is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is also a capital city of Shorkot Tehsil in Jhang district. It is located at 30°30'N 72°24'E with an altitude of 131 metres (433 ft). The city is famous ...

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Sialkot Cantonment Sialkot Cantonment (Urdu: سیالکوٹ چھاؤنی) is a military cantonment area in Sialkot adjacent to the city. It is one of the oldest and most important Cantonments of Pakistan. It was established in 1852 by the British Indian Army. As ...

Taxila Taxila or Takshashila (; sa, तक्षशिला; pi, ; , ; , ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and ...

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Wah Cantonment Wah Cantonment ( pa, ; ur, ) (often abbreviated to Wah Cantt) is a military cantonment located in Wah in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a part of Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District. It is the 24th largest city of Pakistan by popu ...

Zhob Zhob (; ) or Zhobak (), formerly known as Appozai or Fort Sandeman, is a city and district capital of Zhob District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Zhob is located on the banks of Zhob River 337 km from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. T ...

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Singapore

In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.

South Africa

Thaba Tshwane Thaba Tshwane is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria, South Africa. Units and facilities The oldest building in the complex is the South African Garrison Institute, what is now known as the Army College. Lord Kitchener laid the corn ...

Sri Lanka

Panagoda Cantonment Panagoda Cantonment is a cantonment located in the western Western Province, Sri Lanka, Western Province of Sri Lanka. It serves as the regimental headquarters of many regiments of the Sri Lanka Army and is an arsenal. It also houses one of the mai ...

United States

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.

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