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'''Tank''' was the headquarters of the subdivision and tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North West Frontier Province.
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There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?) and the post was then held by the border military police.
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==Spelling variants==
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Tank, Tonk
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== History ==
 
== History ==
 
[[Battle of Tank]] 1860
 
[[Battle of Tank]] 1860
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06  reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917
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===Historical books online===
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_250.gif Tank Tahsil] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 244.
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_251.gif Tank Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 245.
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Revision as of 02:44, 3 December 2012

Tank was the headquarters of the subdivision and tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North West Frontier Province.

There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?) and the post was then held by the border military police.

Spelling variants

Tank, Tonk

History

Battle of Tank 1860

External Links

Historical books online

  • Tank Tahsil Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 244.
  • Tank Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 245.