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There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?)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.
In 1919, a young British army officer, Francis Stockdale, was deployed to Waziristan area. Capt Stockdale described Tank as being "the worst station in British India".
"It was known as 'Hell's door knocker' because in the summer the temperature would rise so high that a village nearby rejoiced in the highest temperature in the world - a modest 131 degrees in the shade. "But it was also an area where hostile tribesman waited, watched and pounced," he wrote. "My memories of Tank are characterised by sporadic outbreaks of rifle fire by night and spasmodic outbreaks of cholera during the day. The town fully deserved its poor reputation." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan]
by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk
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*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan] by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917
*[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.
*[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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