[Pakistan] Cantonments in Pakistan are permanent military stations, which are administered by Cantonment Boards under the control of the Military Lands & Cantonments Department (ML&CD), Ministry of Defense, Government of Pakistan. Cantonments are established under and governed by the Cantonments Act 1924. In recent times the demographic cha...
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Cantonments were the places in which troops were quartered when they were detached and distributed over a number of towns and villages, with facilities for concentration. In India the permanent military stations erected in the neighbourhood of the principal cities were so called.
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