Kollam Cantonment
Kollam Cantonment is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Kollam. It arose as a cantonment of the British Raj in the 17th century. It is now a thickly populated area of the city of Kollam.Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighbourhood in Kollam, Kerala, India
- Historically known as: “Quilon Cantonment”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kollam Junction and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum.
Kollam Junction
Railway station
Kollam Junction railway station is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone.) It is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum
Museum
Photo: Pranav Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Police Museum is a museum that traces the history and growth of the police force in India. It is located just opposite the Kollam Junction Railway Station in Kollam, India.
Cheena Kottaram
Castle
Cheena Kottaram or China Palace is a rest house that was constructed in 1904 for Sri Mulam Tirunal Rama Varma, the then-King of Travancore. The palace was completed along with the commissioning of Quilon-Madras rail line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kollam and Andamukkam.
Kollam
Kollam, previously Quilon, is a city in southern Kerala, India. West and slightly north of the town some 5 km lies a beach, on the north end of which are various European colonial-era relics, including the ruins of a fort and a few churches.
Andamukkam
Suburb
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Andamukkam or Aandamukkam is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in Kerala, India. It is a part of Downtown Kollam. Andamukkam is one of the prime commercial centres of Kollam city, which was once the most important port city of India.
Bishop Jerome Nagar
Locality
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bishop Jerome Nagar is one of the largest shopping complexes in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It is owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Catholic Diocese in India.
Kollam Cantonment
- Category: human-geographic territorial entity
- Location: Kollam, Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From French to Malayalam—“Kollam Cantonment” goes by many names.
- French: “Cantonment de Quilon”
- Malayalam: “കൊല്ലം കന്റോൺമെന്റ്”
- Malayalam: “കൊല്ലം കൻ്റോൺമെൻ്റ്”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kollam Jn and Tangasseri Point.
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