A cantonment (/kænˈtɒnmənt/, /kænˈtoʊnmənt/, or UK: /kænˈtuːnmənt/) is a military quarters.[1] In Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial era).[1] 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.

The word cantonment, derived from the French word canton, meaning corner or district,[2] 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 the south of Brussels.[3]

List of permanent cantonments

Afghanistan

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.

Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, cantonments are residential quarters for many military personnel as well as headquarters for different army units. A wide variety of military training is provided in Bangladesh cantonments:

India

Several cities among the Indian subcontinent, such as Ahmedabad, Ambala, Bellary, Belgaum, Bangalore, Danapur, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Bathinda, Delhi, Meerut, Pune, Ramgarh, Secunderabad, and Trichy, contained large cantonments of the former British Indian Army, 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.[4][5]

There are sixty-one "notified cantonments" in India, occupying an area of 157,000 acres:[6] twenty-five in Central Command, nineteen in Southern Command, thirteen in Western Command, four in Eastern Command, and one in Northern Command.[7] Major cantonments and garrisons include the following:[8]

Notified Cantonments

  1. Agra Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  2. Ahmedabad Cantonment, Gujarat, Southern Command
  3. Ahmednagar Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  4. Ajmer Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command
  5. Almora Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  6. Ambala Cantonment, Haryana, Western Command
  7. Amritsar Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
  8. Aurangabad Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  9. Ayodhya Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  10. Babina Cantonment, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command
  11. Badamibagh Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Command
  12. Bakloh Cantonment, Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  13. Bareilly Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  14. Barrackpore, West Bengal, Eastern Command
  15. Belgaum Cantonment, Karnataka, Southern Command
  16. Bellary Cantonment, Karnataka, Southern Command
  17. Chakrata Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  18. Clement Town Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  19. Dagshai Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  20. Dalhousie Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  21. Danapur Cantonment, Bihar, Central Command
  22. Dehradun Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  23. Dehu Road Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  24. Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, Western Command
  25. Deolali Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  26. Dum Dum Cantonment, West Bengal, Eastern Command
  27. Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  28. Ferozepur Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
  29. Gopalpur Cantonment, Odisha, Central Command
  30. Jabalpur Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
  31. Jalandhar Cantonment, Punjab, Western Command
  32. Jalapahar, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command
  33. Jammu Cantonment, Jammu and Kashmir, Western Command
  34. Jhansi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command
  35. Jutogh Cantonment, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  36. Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  37. Kanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  38. Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  39. Kannur Cantonment, Kerala, Southern Command
  40. Kirkee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  41. Landour Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  42. Lansdowne Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  43. Lebong, Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command
  44. Lucknow Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  45. Mathura Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  46. Meerut Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  47. Mhow Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
  48. Morar Cantonment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command
  49. Nainital Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  50. Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command
  51. Pachmarhi Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
  52. Pune Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
  53. Prayagraj Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  54. Ramgarh Cantonment, Jharkhand, Central Command
  55. Ranikhet Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  56. Roorkee Cantonment, Uttarakhand, Central Command
  57. Sagar Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command
  58. Secunderabad Cantonment, Telangana, Southern Command
  59. Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  60. Shillong Cantonment, Meghalaya, Eastern Command
  61. St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command
  62. Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
  63. Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  64. Wellington Cantonment, Tamil Nadu, Southern Command

Unlisted Military Cantonments

  1. Abohar Cantonment (Abohar, Punjab)
  2. Akhnoor Cantonment (Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir)
  3. Baddowal Cantonment (Ludhiana, Punjab)
  4. Bangalore Cantonment (Bangalore, Karnataka)
  5. Bikaner Cantonment (Bikaner, Rajasthan)
  6. Bharatpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
  7. Bhatinda Cantonment (Bhatinda, Punjab)
  8. Binnaguri Cantonment (West Bengal)
  9. Bhuj Cantonment (Bhuj, Gujarat)
  10. Bhopal Cantonment (Madhya Pradesh)
  11. Beas Military Station (Punjab)
  12. Chandimandir Cantonment (Chandigarh)
  13. Dipatoli Cantonment (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
  14. Faridkot Cantonment (Faridkot, Punjab)
  15. Fazilka Cantonment (Fazilka, Punjab)
  16. Gandhinagar Cantonment (Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
  17. Gopalpur Cantonment (Brahmapur, Orissa)
  18. Hisar Cantonment (Hisar, Haryana)
  19. Itarana Cantonment (Alwar, Rajasthan)
  20. Jaipur Cantonment (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
  21. Jaisalmer Cantonment (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan)
  22. Jodhpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
  23. Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand)
  24. Kapurthala Cantonment (Kapurthala, Punjab)
  25. Khasa Cantonment (Amritsar, Punjab)
  26. Kollam Cantonment (Kollam, India)
  27. Ludhiana Cantonment (Punjab)
  28. Mamun Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
  29. Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam)
  30. Nagrota Cantonment (Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir)
  31. Narengi Cantonment (Guwahati, Assam)
  32. Pathankot Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
  33. Patiala Cantonment (Punjab)
  34. Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh , Uttarakhand)
  35. Shahjahanpur Cantonment (Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
  36. Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam)
  37. Sri Ganganagar Cantonment (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan)
  38. Suratgarh Cantonment (Suratgarh, Rajasthan)
  39. Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
  40. Tibri Cantonment (Hoshiarpur, Punjab)
  41. Udhampur Cantonment (Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir)
  42. Udaipur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
  43. Vadodra Cantonment (Vadodra, Gujarat)
  44. Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
  45. Siliguri Cantonment(West Bengal)
  46. Shillong Cantonment(Meghalaya)

Ghana

Babina cantonments*Cantonments, Accra

Nigeria

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

  • Airforce Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos
  • Armed forces resettlement centre, Oshodi, Lagos
  • Army Ordnance Cantonment, (also known as Abalti Barracks), Yaba, Lagos
  • Arn Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos
  • Badagry Cantonment, Badagry, Lagos
  • Dodan Cantonment, Ikoyi, Lagos
  • Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja, Lagos
  • Marda Cantonment, Yaba, Lagos
  • Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos
  • Ojo Cantonment (also known as Palm Barracks), Ojo, Lagos,
  • Bonny Camp, Victoria Island
  • Jaji military cantonment, kaduna,
  • Dalet cantonment, kaduna,
  • Mogadishu cantonment,
  • Abiyssinia cantonment,
  • .Burma cantonment,
  • Adshanti cantonment,
  • Nigerian Defence Academy, Afaka, Kaduna

Pakistan

Singapore

In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.[11]

South Africa

Sri Lanka

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.[12]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "canton". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.
  3. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition Waterloo Campaign
  4. 1 2 3 Sheikh, Omer; Ali, Amna (26 October 2009). "Lahore Cantonment". geocities.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "THE CANTONMENTS ACT, 1924" (PDF). indiacode.nic.in. India Code. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report 2018-19: Ministry of Defence" (PDF). mod.gov.in. Ministry of Defence. p. 131. Retrieved 4 May 2022. The Ministry of Defence owns approximately 17.57 lakh acres of land throughout the country managed by the three Services and other Organizations like DGDE, Ordnance Factory Board, DRDO, DGQA, CGDA etc. The Army has the maximum of the land i.e. 14.147 lakh acres followed by Air Force 1.40 lakh acres and Navy 0.44 lakh acres. The defence land inside the notified Cantonments is approximately 1.57 lakh acres and the remaining around 16.00 lakh lies outside the Cantonments
  7. ↑ "Directorate General Defence Estates Main menu". Directorate General Defence Estates. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Cantonment Boards". pib.gov.in. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "Military: Khuzdar Cantonment" Global Security
  10. ↑ "Sarhad Conservation Network® Reports: Book on Peshawar Cantonment Launched". 27 October 2009. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  11. ↑ "Singapore Police Force". Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "Marseilles Training Center". www.il.ngb.army.mil. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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