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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

- Varanasi Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh, Central Command Siliguri Cantonment(West Bengal) Shillong Cantonment(Meghalaya) Babina cantonments*Cantonments, Accra...
- Lands & Cantonments Department (ML&C), Ministry of Defence, Government of ****stan. Cantonments are established under and governed by the Cantonments Act...
- nominated members as per the Cantonments Act, 2006. The term of office of a member of a board is five years. A cantonment board consists of eight elected...
- 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...
- Ramu Cantonment with new 97th Infantry Brigade formed in here. It is one of five cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts area. Comilla Cantonment Mymensingh...
- diplomatic missions in the country are in the Cantonments area including the U.S. Emb****y. The Cantonments Hospital, Police Hospital and the Health care...
- cantonments in Chittagong Hill Tracts area. Khagrachhari Cantonment Public School & College MDS (Hospital) Alikadam Cantonment Bandarban Cantonment "Cantonment...
- Ayodhya Cantonment (or Ayodhya Cantt) is a cantonment city in Ayodhya district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, close to the city of Ayodhya. Established...
- administration in the Cantonments in India. There are 62 Cantonments in India defined under the Cantonment Act, 1924. These Cantonment Boards are autonomous...
- Department of Military Lands and Cantonments is the Government department responsible for the land management of cantonments in Bangladesh. Shamim Ahmed is...