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|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mardan+23200,+Pakistan/@34.1898222,71.9670561,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x38deca20e7a77bd9:0xcede96de9f847fd5!8m2!3d34.2001138!4d72.0508013?hl=en 34.1898222°N 71.9670561°E]
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|altitude= 283 metres (928 ft)
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|stateprovince= [[North West Frontier Province]]  
|stateprovince=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP]
|country= [[Pakistan]]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
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'''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.


==Cemeteries==
[[Image:Mardan_cemetery.jpg|thumb|right|Guides Cemetery]]
* Guides Cemetery - for some inscriptions see [[:Category:Mardan Cemetery images|Images of graves in Mardan Cemetery ]].
==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]
== External links ==
* [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] 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.


==Cemeteries==
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== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan on Wikipedia ]




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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

Church

Cemeteries

Guides Cemetery

Memorials

  • The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after Sir Louis Cavagnari

External links

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.