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**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043229-RE_171813.html General view of Landikotal Camp showing the Fort NWFP] sent 1929 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043229-VE_216215.html message]
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043229-RE_171813.html General view of Landikotal Camp showing the Fort NWFP] sent 1929 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043229-VE_216215.html message]
*[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/pipers-of-the-british-gurkha-army-at-the-landi-khotal-on-news-photo/3365329/license Photograph: British Gurkha Pipers at  Landi Khotal circa 1930]  Hulton Archive.
*[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/pipers-of-the-british-gurkha-army-at-the-landi-khotal-on-news-photo/3365329/license Photograph: British Gurkha Pipers at  Landi Khotal circa 1930]  Hulton Archive.
*[http://www.karkeeweb.com/soldiers_three_main.html ''Soldiers Three'', Landi Kotal, 1935]. karkeeweb.com. Describes the filming of footage for a never released movie based on a Kipling short story,  with the majority of the shots, including the climactic battle scenes, filmed at Landi Kotal, involving [[69th Regiment of Foot|2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment]].  Refers to an article "'Soldiers Three': the ‘lost’ Gaumont British imperial epic" by Jeffrey Richards in the ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Volume 15, Issue 1, 1995, [https://doi.org/10.1080/01439689500260081  first page], and to a book by the director's wife  ''Thirty Thousand Miles for the Films. The story of the filming of “Soldiers Three” and “Rhodes of Africa”''  by Natalie Barkas 1937. [http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/22nd-october-1937/34/thirty-thousand-miles-for-the-films-by-natalie-bar  Review of the book] ''The Spectator''  2 October 1937, page 34.  
*[http://www.karkeeweb.com/soldiers_three_main.html ''Soldiers Three'', Landi Kotal, 1935]. karkeeweb.com. Describes the filming of footage for a never released movie based on a Kipling short story,  with the majority of the shots, including the climactic battle scenes, filmed at Landi Kotal, involving [[69th Regiment of Foot|2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment]].  Refers to an article "'Soldiers Three': the ‘lost’ Gaumont British imperial epic" by Jeffrey Richards in the ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Volume 15, Issue 1, 1995, [https://doi.org/10.1080/01439689500260081  first page], and to a book by the director's wife  ''Thirty Thousand Miles for the Films. The story of the filming of “Soldiers Three” and “Rhodes of Africa”''  by Natalie Barkas 1937, which is available at the [[British Library]], UIN: BLL01000200647, and also BLL01007543560 . [http://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/22nd-october-1937/34/thirty-thousand-miles-for-the-films-by-natalie-bar  Review of the book] ''The Spectator''  2 October 1937, page 34.  
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/25448377@N08/sets/72157604408953518/ Photographs: Landi Kotal] flickr.com, c 2008 photographs by Dr Irfan, including the Railway Station, cemetery, and carvings of regimental crests.
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/25448377@N08/sets/72157604408953518/ Photographs: Landi Kotal] flickr.com, c 2008 photographs by Dr Irfan, including the Railway Station, cemetery, and carvings of regimental crests.



Revision as of 02:43, 7 September 2019

Landi Kotal
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.101111°N 71.145556°E
Altitude: 1090.89 m (3579 feet)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Landi Kotal
State/Province: Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA)
Country: Pakistan
Transport links
Khyber Railway

Spelling variants

Modern name: Landi Kotal
Variants: Landikotal/Lundi Kotal/Landi Khotal

Sites

Landi Kotal Cemetery

Transport Links

Landi Kotal was the last station on the Khyber Pass Railway route from Peshawar. The section from Jamrud to Landi Kotal opened on November 3, 1925. See Khyber Pass Railway irfca.org

External links

Historical books online

  • Landi Kotal Imperial Gazetteer
  • Landi Kotal c 1889 page 62, Some Rambles of a Sapper by Brigr-Genl. Herbert Henry Austin. 1928 Hathi Trust Digital Library