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The camp was located near Deolali, Maharashtra, around 100 miles (160 km) north-east of Mumbai. [1] The camp is situated near a prominent conical hill and the Bahula Fort. [2] The British camp was established in 1861 as the Deolali Cantonment and was soon used as a transit camp, particularly for soldiers awaiting return to Britain.
As of 2011 Indian Census, Deolali had a total population of 54,027, of which 28,269 were males and 25,758 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,085. The total number of literates in Deolali was 43,172, which constituted 79.9% of the population with male literacy of 83.5% and female literacy of 76.0%.
The Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) is a defence service training institution of the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.. It trains officers of all three services of the Indian Armed Forces – (Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force), selected officers from the Paramilitary forces and the Civil Services and officers from friendly foreign countries for command and staff ...
However, rioting had broken out in several part of India, and on 20 April Maj Clayton was ordered to assemble some 600 men from 50 different units (including D Sqn) at Deolali transit camp. This unit, known as 12th Composite Battalion with Clayton promoted to command it with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, was sent to Calcutta as part of a ...
Deolali may refer to: Deolali, a hill station and town in Nashik district, Maharashtra, India; Deolali Pravara, a city in Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra; Deolali Pravara Municipal Council; Deolali, Solapur district, a village in Solapur district, Maharashtra, India; Deolali transit camp; Deolali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Doolally or Dolally may refer to: . Deolali, India, the former site of a British Army transit camp . Deolali transit camp. Doolally tap or simply "Doolally", meaning to 'lose one's mind', derived from the boredom felt at the camp
This is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country.In general, a camp or group of camps is designated to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or it can appear to be, departed from in such cases as where a country's borders or name has changed or it ...