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- The greatest incentive to urbanisation during the colonial period was the development of the hill stations.
- The British developed hill stations to escape the heat of the plains and also to recover from the disease of the tropics.
- Shimla was built by the British on land they retained after the Gurkha War of 1814–16.
- In Darjeeling, the British introduced the cultivation of cash crops such as tea.
- The cantonment is a military garrison or a camp.
- After the Battle of Seringapatam, the British moved their garrison from Seringapatam to Bengaluru.
- The pleasant climate and appropriate location attracted many people from the neighbouring kingdoms to Bengaluru cantonment.
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