Sialkot
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| Sialkot | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 32.497222°N 74.536111°E |
| Altitude: | 256 m (840 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Sialkot |
| State/Province: | Punjab |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Sialkot was the headquarters of Sialkot District in the Lahore Division of Punjab Province during the British period.
Contents
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Sialkot
Variants: Sealkote, Siyal Kot, Sialhkot
History
Military history
Education
- Scotch Mission College (later Murray College) (est 1889).
Churches
- Holy Trinity Church (now Cathedral), originally consecrated January 1857.
External Links
- Sialkot Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Photos of Sialkot nativepakistan.com. Included photographs of Sialkot Cathedral and Saint James Catholic Church Sialkot, and historical photographs. Scroll down.
Historical books online
- "Sealkote" page 387 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
- "Sialkot District" page 104 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library
