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* [http://endsal.wikipediauchicago.orgedu/wikireference/Manshera Wikipediagazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_209.gif Mansehra Village]Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=Pakli Mansehra.jpg|Pakli Plain near Mansehra town|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.333333,73200000&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.333333°N 73200000°E]|altitude= 1,088 m (3,570 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansehra Mansehra]|stateprovince= [[North West Frontier Province]]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, (Old NWFP)]|country= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]]
}}
'''MansheraMansehra''' was is a small town in beyond [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier ProvinceAbbottabad]]some 30-35 minutes drive away.
It was originally established as a fortified hill village and market-place by a Sikh official, Man Singh, during the early 19th century and had a small fort and bazaar and some houses attached to it. Later on, after the British annexation of the Punjab in 1849, it expanded into the town that became the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_208.gif Mansehra tahsil] in [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]].
Apart from some places of interest in the town itself, the present Mansehra district has a number of places with British colonial connections--such as the Kala Dhaka (Black Mountain) enclave and the Amb-Shergarh (Tanawal) area, which was once [[Amb State]].
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
