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* [http://endsal.wikipediauchicago.orgedu/wikireference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V13_061.gif Haripur,_Pakistan Wikipedia]Imperial Gazetteer<br>
Correct coordinates (Wikipedia wrong)
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=34.001159,72.937167&z=10&t=h&hl=en 34.001159°N 72.937167°E] |altitude= 520 m (1,710 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haripur Haripur]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province North West Frontier ProvinceKhyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP] (NWFP)
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
}}
'''Haripur''' town is about 45 miles north of [[Rawalpindi]], in the Hazara plains. It was founded by Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa, a 19th century Sikh governor of the region. Apart from the Harkishan Garh Fort and old Sikh town and bazaar, some remnants of British rule also exist there and in the town 's environs. During the British period it was in [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]].
==External Links==
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
