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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan] | |presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan] | ||
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP] | |stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP] | ||
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'''Mardan''' | '''Mardan''' was a cantonment near [[Nowshera]] in [[Peshawar District]] in [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period. It was the headquarters of the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force]]. | ||
==Churches and Missions== | ==Churches and Missions== | ||
[[Image:Mardan_church.jpg|thumb||right|Church]] | [[Image:Mardan_church.jpg|thumb||right|Church]] | ||
* Corps of Guides Chapel | |||
*[http://www.northerndiocesemardan.org/history.html Brief History of the Lutheran Church Mardan] St Paul’s built 1939 was burnt down by a mob in September 2012. | *[http://www.northerndiocesemardan.org/history.html Brief History of the Lutheran Church Mardan] St Paul’s built 1939 was burnt down by a mob in September 2012. | ||
==Cemeteries== | ==Cemeteries== | ||
[[Image:Mardan_cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Guides Cemetery]] | [[Image:Mardan_cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Guides Cemetery]] | ||
* Guides Cemetery | * Guides Cemetery - for some inscriptions see [[:Category:Mardan Cemetery images|Images of graves in Mardan Cemetery ]]. | ||
==Memorials== | ==Memorials== | ||
* The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari Sir Louis Cavagnari] | * The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari Sir Louis Cavagnari] | ||
== External | == External links == | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan] Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016) | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(India) The Corps of Guides | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(India) The Corps of Guides] Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016) | ||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_212.gif Mardan Town] Imperial Gazetteer | |||
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=181 "Mardan"] page 159 ''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 | |||
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4522143?urlappend=%3Bseq=357 "Mardan"] page 285, ''History of the Guides, 1846-1922'', published 1938. HathiTrust Digital Library. Possibly not viewable in USA etc. | |||
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 7 October 2018
| Mardan | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.1898222°N 71.9670561°E |
| Altitude: | 283 metres (928 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mardan |
| State/Province: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Mardan was a cantonment near Nowshera in Peshawar District in North West Frontier Province during the British period. It was the headquarters of the Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force.
Churches and Missions
- Corps of Guides Chapel
- Brief History of the Lutheran Church Mardan St Paul’s built 1939 was burnt down by a mob in September 2012.
Cemeteries
- Guides Cemetery - for some inscriptions see Images of graves in Mardan Cemetery .
Memorials
- The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after Sir Louis Cavagnari
External links
- Mardan Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)
- The Corps of Guides Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Mardan Town Imperial Gazetteer
- "Mardan" page 159 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
- "Mardan" page 285, History of the Guides, 1846-1922, published 1938. HathiTrust Digital Library. Possibly not viewable in USA etc.
