Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kafa Makhanda a matsayin Grahamstown a 1812 bayan Yaƙin Xhosa na huɗu
a matsayin sansanin soja na Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham a matsayin wani ɓangare na yakin neman kare iyakar gabashin Cape Colony. Da farko Kanal Graham ya yanke shawarar kafa hedkwatarsa a gonar bashi Noutoe, yanzu ana kiranta da Table Farm, amma bisa shawarar Ensign Andries Stockenstrom an koma shi zuwa gidan gonar bashi De Rietfontein, mallakar Lucas Meyer. Ginin sabon hedkwatar, wanda yake a wurin Church Square na yanzu, ya fara ne a watan Yuni 1812.