Definition of Cantonments. Meaning of Cantonments. Synonyms of Cantonments

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Definition of Cantonments

Cantonment
Cantonment Can"ton*ment, n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. Note: When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments.

Meaning of Cantonments from wikipedia

- 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...
- Lands & Cantonments Department (ML&C), Ministry of Defence, Government of ****stan. Cantonments are established under and governed by the Cantonments Act...
- 30 km2) and the po****tion of the Cantonment as per the 2011 census is 110,351. The Cantonment is governed by the Cantonments Act, 2006 while various policy...
- in the Cantonments area including the U.S. Emb****y. The Flower Pot interchange was constructed to ease traffic to Cantonments. The Cantonments Hospital...
- Ramu Cantonment with New 97th Infantry Brigade formed in here. It is one of five cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts area. Alikadam Cantonment Public...
- contained large cantonments of the former British Indian Army, with Meerut and Ramgarh being two of the most important cantonments in Northern India...
- Department of Military Lands and Cantonments is the Government department responsible for the land management of cantonments in Bangladesh. Shamim Ahmed is...
- set up two more cantonments". The Daily Star. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2017. "PM inaugurates Sheikh Hasina Cantonment in Patuakhali". Dhaka...
- administration in the Cantonments in India. There are 62 Cantonments in India defined under the Cantonment Act, 1924. These Cantonment Boards are autonomous...
- governance in cantonments and effective defense land management. Across ****stan, there are 11 Military Estate (ME) circles and 44 cantonments covering 306...