cantonment

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For decades, the Indian elite have sought escape in Raj-era private clubs and gymkhanas, scattered around the swankiest neighbourhoods in the country's big cities, hillside resorts and cantonment towns.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025

The base lost contact with it around 20 minutes later, just before it was due to land in the cantonment town of Wellington.

From Reuters • Dec. 9, 2021

The remains were sent to Barrackpore, India, another British cantonment area and temporarily interred.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2017

According to a BBC round up of reports: The Peshawar explosions took place near Shama Square, a major crossroads at the northern end of Peshawar’s cantonment area, near the U.S. consulate.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010

It is the only means of conveyance now left me, since the chain of expresses formed by the dragoon horses, which were worn down and sent to their cantonment, have been discontinued.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) by Various