Secunderabad Cantonment Board is the civic administrative agency of
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 ...
cantonment
A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the British India, colonial-era). In military of the United States, United Stat ...
area. Geographically, it lies in the twin cities of
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 ...
-Secunderabad. Secunderabad Cantonment Board is India’s second largest cantonment board, after Bathinda Cantonment. There are eight civilian wards in Secunderbad Cantonment Board, with a population of four lakh. Being primarily a
military
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
area, the Secunderabad cantonment comes under the administrative purview of the
union defence ministry of the government of India. It is overseeing an area of ,
where there are several military camps.
Secunderabad Cantonment has a huge land bank (about 2,000 acres), which has been protected since the British era.
Demographics
census of India, it had a population of 217,910 and an area of with 50,333 households.
The infrastructure management and administration of the civilian areas in the cantonment are looked after by the Board. As per the Cantonment Act of 2006, Secunderabad cantonment is classified as a Class-I cantonment.
The General-Officer-Commanding (
GOC) or Deputy GOC of the
Indian Army
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Telangana
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Andhra
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Sub Area acts as the President of the Board. The executive powers of the Board are vested in the CEO who is an
Indian Defence Estates Service
The Indian Defence Estates Service (abbreviated as IDES) ( hi, भारतीय रक्षा सम्पदा सेवा) is a Civil Service in the Government of India. Its Cadre Controlling Authority (CCA) is the Ministry of Defence. ...
officer appointed by the union defence ministry. Half the members on the Board are elected by the civilian population residing in the cantonment in the Board's general elections. The other half comprise the CEO, the Hyderabad district
collector and military officers nominated by the Board's President. Though not members on the Board, as per the Cantonment Act the local
MP and
MLA are treated as special invitees to the Board meetings.
Areas In Cantonment
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Trimulghery
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Marredpally
Marredpally is a residential suburb in the city of Secunderabad, a Mandal in the Hyderabad District in the Indian state of Telangana. It is divided into East Marredpally and West Marredpally.
Demographics
The number of registered voters is 43, ...
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Bowenpally
Bowenpally (Spelled as Bow-en-palli) is a locality in Secundrabad, India. It is predominantly an upper middle class area. It has some of the best residential colonies. It is located on the northwest fringe of secundrabad city.Hakimpet
Hakimpet is a village in Medchal–Malkajgiri district, Medchal district near Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It falls under Shamirpet, Shamirpet mandal.
Location
Hakimpet is located near to Rajiv Rahadari Highway (Telangana State SH-1). It is lo ...
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Jawahar nagar
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Bolarum
Bolaram is a locality in Secunderabad Cantonment in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. The distance from Bolaram to Secunderabad is 10 km.
Demographics
As per the Census 2001, Bolaram had a populati ...
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Ammuguda
Ammuguda is a revenue village in Malkajgiri Mandal and also a part of 8th ward, Secunderbad Cantonment Board , Urban sprawling of Secunderabad City in the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Malkajgiri Mandal in Medchal district of the ...
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Kawkour
History
The significant presence of the military in the Secunderabad cantonment area can be dated back to the days of the
British Raj
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or Direct rule in India,
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in the early 1800s. To honour the progress achieved by the
British officers stationed at Secunderabad cantonment in
Hyderabad
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, the erstwhile
British government
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established of land for building a
Clock Tower in 1860.
Before
Indian Independence and
Police action
In military/security studies and international relations, police action is a military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war. Today the term counter-insurgency is more used.
Since World War II, formal declarations of war have bee ...
in 1948, according to the agreement between the British and the
Nizam of Hyderabad
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
, the cantonment was under the control of the
British
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. Later, owing to the huge
military
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presence, the area was brought under the control of the defence ministry. The British Prime Minister during the
World War-II Sir Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1 ...
, during his early days in the British Army (c. 1896), was stationed in the Secunderabad cantonment in the
Trimulgherry
Tirumalagiri, previously spelt as Trimulgherry, is a locality and a Mandal in the city of Secunderabad also it falls under Secunderabad Revenue Division, Earlier is a major suburb of Secunderabad, India. The name is an anglicization of Tirumalag ...
area.
Present Day
The Secunderabad Cantonment Board, informally known as Cantonment is responsible among other things for drinking water, drainage, roads, sewage, garbage disposal, public health, municipal taxes, etc. The main offices are housed in a British-era building near the edge of the Cantonment. The complex also houses a Court and the office of the zonal
DCP of the
Hyderabad city police.
Potable water is supplied to the residents of the Cantonment on a fixed delivery timeline, once every two or three days based on the locality.
Laying and maintaining of Sewer lines is a function of the SCB and one can often see the workers clearing clogged manholes during a work day.
All house plans need to be approved by the Cantonment before start of any construction activity. House taxes are collected on a yearly basis and the Cantonment sends out bills with amounts due to the residents. The taxes are expected to be paid at the Cantonment main office.
References
External links
Secunderabad Cantonment Board Website
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Geography of Secunderabad
Cantonments of India
Cantonments of British India
Government of Hyderabad, India