Ambala Cantonment
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Ambala Cantonment अम्बाला छावनी |
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Grand Trunk Road, at Ambala Cantonment, during British Raj
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| Nickname(s): अम्बाला छावनी | |
 Ambala Cantonment
Ambala Cantonment
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| Coordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°ECoordinates: 30°21′43″N 76°50′53″E / 30.361915°N 76.8480778°E | |
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 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Ambala |
| Government | |
| • Body | Cantonment Board Ambala |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 55,370 |
| Languages | |
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Hindi English Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Vehicle registration | HR 01, HR 37 |
| Website | haryana |
Ambala Cantonment (Hindi:अम्बाला छावनी) is a cantonment town in Ambala district in the state of Haryana, India. It is some 200 kilometres north of Delhi and 55 km south from Chandigarh. Delhi-Kalka & Saharanpur-Ludhiana's railway lines and G.T. Road also passes through Ambala Cantt. This Cantt. was established in the year 1843 and is an important centre for manufacturing of scientific & surgical instruments. It is also called the science city due to huge exports of scientific instruments
The Cantonment is from the British times as it lies at an important junction, from here one can take the road North to Chandigarh and onwards to Simla, or turn East towards Uttar Pradesh, or go west to Ludhiana, and onwards to Jalandhar and Amritsar - Lahore.
It is a prominent junction and is located on the Grand Trunk Road. Just across the railway station is the bus stand. It is the main terminal that connects all railway stations from south ,east,west,north.
It has a lot of colonial bungalows and wide tree lined roads typical of British Cantonements in the subcontinent. It also gets a mention in the Rudyard Kipling book Kim. The formation sign of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh Area (earlier Punjab Area) located here (a Taurus on a Red background) is a theme in the book. The formation sign still exists for an Indian Army formation in Shimla with some units affiliated to it still using the sign in Ambala.
Historic Ambala European Cemetery is located here.
It is currently the Headquarters of II Corps (India),(raised in 1970, formation sign Kharga) and an important forward Indian Air Force base .It played an important role during 1965 and 1971 war between India and Pakistan
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