Bangalore Cantonment

The cantonment covered an area of 13 square miles (34 km2), extending from the Residency on the west to Binnamangala on the east and from the Tanneries on Tannery Road in the north to AGRAM (Army Group Royal Artillery Maidan - Maidan meaning Ground) in the south.

Over the next twelve days, two companies of the Madras Pioneers provided sappers for eight batteries, dug several parallels and a trench up to the fort ditch.

With a breach made, the main stormers rushed in and the fort was captured after a hand-to hand fight in which a thousand defenders were killed.

Each cantonment was essentially a well-defined and clearly demarcated unit of territory set apart for the quartering and administering of troops.

The installation of the Bangalore Cantonment attracted a large number of people from Tamil Nadu and other neighboring states of the Kingdom of Mysore.

The Bangalore Cantonment had a strong European influence with public residence and life centered on the South Parade, now referred to as MG Road.

The population of the Bangalore pete and cantonment fell dramatically in 1898 when a bubonic plague epidemic broke out.

The epidemic took a huge toll and many temples were built during this time, dedicated to the goddess Mariamma.

A health officer was appointed in 1898 and the city was divided into four wards for better coordination and the Victoria Hospital was inaugurated in 1900 by Lord Curzon, the then Viceroy and Governor-General of British India.

In 1881, the British officially stopped recognizing Bangalore as a cantonment and instead considered it to be an "assigned tract", and administered under the auspices of the Mahārājah of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV.