Military Centre
Kolhapur has been a military centre since old days. The Bhosale Chhatrapati had his own army before the British came. The British maintained their infantry and it was quartered at Infantry Lines near Line Bazar, but when the British units withdrew and the Maharaja was allowed to have his own army, the 'Rajaram Rifles' were formed. They were quartered in barracks specially built on a hillock near the 'Tramboli Hill'. This continued to be the head quarters of the 'Raiaram Rifles' until the merger of the 'Kolhapur State' when this infantry was disbanded. Now a 24 th Maratha Light Infantry battalion 109 (Territorial Army Artillery) unit is stationed at Kolhapur and it uses the barracks built for the 'Rajaram Rifles'.
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