Military residential quarters, temporary or permanent
A cantonment (, , or ) 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 [ edit ] 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 is provided in Bangladesh cantonments:
Alikadam Cantonment , Bandarban
Bandarban Cantonment , Bandarban
Bangladesh Military Academy , Chittagong
Chittagong Cantonment , Chittagong
Comilla Cantonment , Comilla
Dhaka Cantonment , Dhaka
Dighinala Cantonment , Khagrachari
Halishahar Cantonment , Chittagong
Jahanabad Cantonment , Khulna
Jahangirabad Cantonment , Bogra
Jalalabad Cantonment , Sylhet
Jamuna Cantonment , Tangail
Jessore Cantonment , Jessore
Kaptai Cantonment , Kaptai
Khagrachari Cantonment , Khagrachari
Kholahati Cantonment , Dinajpur
Majhira Cantonment , Bogra
Mawa Cantonment, Louhajong , Munshigonj
Mirpur Cantonment , Dhaka
Mymensingh Cantonment , Mymensingh
Padma Cantonment , Shariatpur
Postogola Cantonment , Dhaka
Qadirabad Cantonment , Natore
Rajendrapur Cantonment , Gazipur
Rajshahi Cantonment , Rajshahi
Ramu Cantonment , Cox's Bazar
Rangamati Cantonment , Rangamati
Rangpur Cantonment , Rangpur
Saidpur Cantonment , Nilphamari
Savar Cantonment , Dhaka
Shahid Salahuddin Cantonment , Ghatail
Sylhet Cantonment , Sylhet
Sheikh Hasina Cantonment , Lebukhali, Barisal -Patuakhali
Several cities in the Indian subcontinent , including 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 [ edit ]
Agra Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh , Central Command
Ahmedabad Cantonment , Gujarat , Southern Command
Ahmednagar Cantonment, Maharashtra , Southern Command
Ajmer Cantonment, Rajasthan , Southern Command
Almora Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Ambala Cantonment , Haryana , Western Command
Amritsar Cantonment , Punjab , Western Command
Aurangabad Cantonment , 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 , Himachal Pradesh , Western Command
Bareilly Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Barrackpore , West Bengal, Eastern Command
Belgaum Cantonment , Karnataka , Southern Command
Bellary Cantonment , Karnataka , Southern Command
Chakrata Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Clement Town Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Dagshai Cantonment , Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
Dalhousie Cantonment , Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
Danapur Cantonment , Bihar, Central Command
Dehradun Cantonment , Uttarakhand , Central Command
Dehu Road Cantonment , Maharashtra, Southern Command
Delhi Cantonment , Delhi, Western Command
Deolali Cantonment , Maharashtra, Southern Command
Dum Dum Cantonment , West Bengal, Eastern Command
Fatehgarh Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Ferozepur Cantonment , Punjab, Western Command
Gopalpur Cantonment , Odisha , Central Command
Jabalpur Cantonment , Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
Jalandhar Cantonment , Punjab, Western Command
Jalapahar , Darjeeling , West Bengal , Eastern Command
Jammu Cantonment , Jammu and Kashmir , Western Command
Jhansi Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Southern Command
Jutogh Cantonment , Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
Kamptee Cantonment, Maharashtra, Southern Command
Kanpur Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Kasauli Cantonment, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
Kannur Cantonment , Kerala , Southern Command
Kirkee Cantonment , Maharashtra, Southern Command
Landour Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Lansdowne Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Lebong , Darjeeling, West Bengal, Eastern Command
Lucknow Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Mathura Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Meerut Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Mhow Cantonment , Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
Morar Cantonment , Gwalior , Madhya Pradesh, Southern Command
Nainital Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Nasirabad Cantonment, Rajasthan, Southern Command
Pachmarhi Cantonment , Madhya Pradesh, Central Command
Pune Cantonment , Maharashtra, Southern Command
Prayagraj Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Ramgarh Cantonment , Jharkhand , Central Command
Ranikhet Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Roorkee Cantonment , Uttarakhand, Central Command
Sagar Cantonment, Madhya Pradesh , Southern Command
Secunderabad Cantonment, Telangana , Southern Command
Shahajahanpur Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Shillong Cantonment, Meghalaya , Eastern Command
St. Thomas Mount Cantonment, Chennai, Tamil Nadu , Southern Command
Subathu Cantonment, Shimla Hills, Himachal Pradesh, Western Command
Varanasi Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Wellington Cantonment , Tamil Nadu, Southern Command
Unlisted Military Cantonments [ edit ] [citation needed ]
Abohar Cantonment (Abohar, Punjab)
Akhnoor Cantonment (Akhnoor, Jammu and Kashmir)
Baddowal Cantonment (Ludhiana, Punjab)
Bangalore Cantonment (Bangalore, Karnataka)
Bikaner Cantonment (Bikaner, Rajasthan)
Bharatpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
Bhatinda Cantonment (Bhatinda, Punjab)
Binnaguri Cantonment (West Bengal)
Bhuj Cantonment (Bhuj, Gujarat)
Bhopal Cantonment (Madhya Pradesh)
Beas Military Station (Punjab)
Chandimandir Cantonment (Chandigarh)
Dipatoli Cantonment (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
Faridkot Cantonment (Faridkot, Punjab)
Fazilka Cantonment (Fazilka, Punjab)
Gandhinagar Cantonment (Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Gopalpur Cantonment (Brahmapur, Orissa)
Hisar Cantonment (Hisar, Haryana)
Itarana Cantonment (Alwar, Rajasthan)
Jaipur Cantonment (Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Jaisalmer Cantonment (Jaisalmer, Rajasthan)
Jodhpur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
Joshimath Cantonment (Joshimath, Uttarakhand)
Kapurthala Cantonment (Kapurthala, Punjab)
Khasa Cantonment (Amritsar, Punjab)
Kollam Cantonment (Kollam, India)
Ludhiana Cantonment (Punjab)
Mamun Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
Missamari Cantonment (Missamari, Assam)
Nagrota Cantonment (Nagrota, Jammu & Kashmir)
Narengi Cantonment (Guwahati, Assam)
Pathankot Cantonment (Pathankot, Punjab)
Patiala Cantonment (Punjab)
Pithoragarh Cantonment (Pithoragarh , Uttarakhand)
Shahjahanpur Cantonment (Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
Solmara Cantonment (Tezpur, Assam)
Sri Ganganagar Cantonment (Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan)
Suratgarh Cantonment (Suratgarh, Rajasthan)
Thiruvananthapuram Cantonment (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala)
Tibri Cantonment (Gurdaspur, Punjab)
Udhampur Cantonment (Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir)
Udaipur Cantonment (Rajasthan)
Vadodra Cantonment (Vadodra, Gujarat)
Varanasi Cantonment , Uttar Pradesh, Central Command
Yol Cantonment ( Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh)
Siliguri Cantonment(West Bengal)
Shillong Cantonment (Meghalaya)
Babina cantonments*Cantonments, Accra
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 In Singapore, the term is used to denote a police cantonment.[11]
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]