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Khadki | |
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Cantonment Town | |
  Khadki Location in Maharashtra, India | |
| Coordinates:18°33′50″N73°51′04″E / 18.564°N 73.851°E /18.564; 73.851 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| City | Pune |
| Government | |
| • Body | Khadki Cantonment Board |
| Elevation | 570 m (1,870 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 76,608 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 411003, 411020 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 12, MH 14 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Pune (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Shivajinagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Website | https://www.cbkhadki.org.in/ |
Khadki is a cantonment in the city ofPune,Maharashtra,India. It has now flourished as a quasi-metropolis & centered in the northern region of the city.
Khadki could be considered anIndian Army base, along with an ordnance factory consisting of two ammunition factories, a Military Vehicle Depot (Central Armed Forces Vehicle Depot, CAFVD) and the Military Dairy Farm.
Referred to previously asKirkee during theBritish Raj, its borders are flanked by two other large army establishments—theCollege of Military Engineering atDapodi and theBombay Engineering Group.
It also has a war cemetery (Kirkee War Cemetery) and a war memorial. It has a large market—Khadki Bazaar—and a railway station which was connected to the Ammunition Factory, but which link was shut down in the 1960s. Khadki had a large number of open areas which were converted by CAFVD into playing fields for both field hockey and soccer (Football), with as many as four of the former and two of the latter, thereby becoming a bastion ofhockey. All tournaments in Pune were played there, on dust grounds that were watered prior to a match. As it expanded, Pune built stadiums for both these sports. Localassociation football andfield hockey matches are held on theCAFVD Sports Stadium in front of theKhadki Railway Station west exit towards old Mumbai Pune highway. Field hockey matches are also held on the main road from Khadki to the Ordnance Factory, better known as Ammunition Factories. One pair of Football and Hockey fields has since been converted into residential areas, bordered by St Joseph's Convent Girls School on Burr Road, General Thorat Road and the old Pune-Mumbai Road. Khadki is surrounded on three sides by theMula River, starting from Bopodi/Dapodi, past the War Cemetery, joining theMutha River at what is known as Sangamwadi. Two historic bridges add to its military background, the low-lying Holkar Bridge and the Sangam Double Bridges- one for rail and the other for road traffic. Two more bridges have been added since 2005, one replacing Holkar Bridge as it would invariably be submerged in themonsoons and the other to shorten the distance from Deccan College area to Poona Engineering College and Deccan Gymkhana. Khadki has as many as seven military officer'smesses.[1]
Khadki was the site of theBattle of Khadki, fought between theBritish East India Company and theMarathas in 1817 in whichBaji Rao II, thePeshwa ruler was defeated. Soon after the war, the British set up a cantonment here. It then became the base of theRoyal Regiment of Artillery's 79 (Khadki) Commando Battery.World War IField MarshalWilliam Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood was born in Khadki.
The well known Indian hockey player and former India captain,Dhanraj Pillay grew up here. An equally accomplished player of yester years, full back Joe Philips too was born and brought up in Khadki. Joe Philips represented India at a number of international meets including the Summer Olympics of 1936 in Berlin, Germany at which the Indian Men's Hockey team won the Gold Medal. The well known Hindi film actorK K Menon is also known to have attended school here. Raj Kapoor owned 11 FM Cariappa Marg. The Cantonment Office and Small Cause Court are on 17, FM Cariappa Marg. St. Ignatius Church and St. Joseph Boys School are behind the Courthouse.
Khadki railway station is on theMumbai–Pune railway route owned by the Central Railway zone of Indian Railways.Sinhagad Express, Sahyadri Express,Deccan Express, Koyna Express andMumbai–Chennai Express halt at this station. It has four platforms, six lines and one footbridge and is electrified. This is an important stop forPune Suburban Service. This station is to the east of Khadki'sauto rickshaw stand and is near Khadki Bazaar. This station was built for access to Khadki Cantonment (Kirkee Cantonment) and the CAFVD officers accommodation which is just 3 km away. Today this station is mostly used by and for theIndian Army. The nearest major airport isPune International Airport at Lohegaon (Viman Nagar).
The Khadki (Kirkee)Cantonment is housed here. It is known to be as one of the richest cantonments in the country. When considered along with Pune Cantonment, it is the largest Cantonment in the world. These two areas are the green zones of Pune and contribute to keeping pollution levels down.
This area is also known for theKirkee War Cemetery.[2] and two special memorials erected by theCommonwealth War Graves Commission. The war cemetery holds the graves of 1,668 Commonwealth service personnel fromWorld War II besides 629 fromWorld War I who were reburied here from BombaySewri Christian Cemetery in 1962. The graves from Sewri are unmarked and their names listed on the Kirkee (1914–18) Memorial.
The Kirkee (1914-1918) Memorial is dedicated 735 Commonwealth service personnel who died in India in World War I and whose graves were in various locations where they could not be maintained, to the 629 whose remains were reburied within this cemetery in 1962 from Sewri Christian Cemetery, and to about 193 soldiers of East and West African origin who died during the period of 1939-1945 in various non-operational zones around the country.[3] There is also the Kirkee (1939-1945) Memorial to 197 Commonwealth service personnel (excepting East and West African) who died in World War II and whose graves in other parts of India and in Pakistan are unmaintainable.[4]
Khadki also has two majorOrdnance Factories - Ammunition Factory Khadki and High Explosives Factory.
Station Workshop EME of Indian Army is also based in Range Hills. Range Hills area in Khadki is mostly occupied by defense service personals since most of the quarters of defense establishments are located in Range Hills.
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[5] Khadki had a population of 76,608. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Khadki has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 74%. In Khadki, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The town hasSymbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), at nearbyRange Hills,Khadki has the following schools
Khadki is also known as a bastion of hockey. Localfield hockey andassociation football matches are held on theCAFVD Sports Stadium in front of theKhadki Railway Station onOld Mumbai-Pune Road.
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