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'''Campbellpur''', now called '''Attock''', is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in [[Punjab]].  It is the headquarters of [[Attock District]]. It is not to be confused with the town of [[Attock]] (or Attock Khurd) on the banks of the River Indus.
'''Campbellpur''' was the headquarters of [[Attock District]] in the [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. Now called '''Attock''', it is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road. It is not to be confused with the town of [[Attock]] (or Attock Khurd) on the banks of the River Indus.


Although Wikipedia states it was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City<ref>Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attock&oldid=346007227 Attock] version accessed 1st March 2010</ref>, it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c1857-1858.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A1coAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344 Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863], page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books
Although Wikipedia states it was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City<ref>Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attock&oldid=346007227 Attock] version accessed 1st March 2010</ref>, it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c1857-1858.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A1coAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344 Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863], page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books</ref>
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A Machine Gun School was established at Campbellpur during the First World War.<ref> See [[25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers)]], which quotes from ''Chota Sahib... You've Had a Busy Day'', the autobiography of Charles Nida.</ref>


==Spelling variants==
==Spelling variants==
Modern name: Attock (1985)<br>
Modern name: Attock (1985)<br>
Variants: Campbellpore/Campbellpur  
Variants: Campbellpore/Campbellpur/Kamilpur


==Transport==
==Transport==
A description of Campbellpore in 1908 advises that it is situated on the [[North Western Railway]] and connected by a rough, unmetalled road, 11 miles long, to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Road Grand Trunk Road].<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n215/mode/1up Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States], page 184 1908 Archive.org  </ref>
A description of Campbellpore in 1908 advises that it is situated on the [[North Western Railway]] and connected by a rough, unmetalled road, 11 miles long, to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Road Grand Trunk Road].<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n215/mode/1up Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States], page 184 1908 Archive.org  </ref>
==External links==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_304.gif Campbellpore] Imperial Gazeteer of india


==References==
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Latest revision as of 15:23, 19 May 2016

Campbellpur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 33.766515°N 72.366226°E
Altitude: 266 m (873 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Attock
State/Province: Punjab
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Campbellpur was the headquarters of Attock District in the Rawalpindi Division of Punjab Province during the British period. Now called Attock, it is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road. It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or Attock Khurd) on the banks of the River Indus.

Although Wikipedia states it was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City[1], it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c1857-1858.[2]

A Machine Gun School was established at Campbellpur during the First World War.[3]

Spelling variants

Modern name: Attock (1985)
Variants: Campbellpore/Campbellpur/Kamilpur

Transport

A description of Campbellpore in 1908 advises that it is situated on the North Western Railway and connected by a rough, unmetalled road, 11 miles long, to the Grand Trunk Road.[4]

External links

Campbellpore Imperial Gazeteer of india

References

  1. Wikipedia, Attock version accessed 1st March 2010
  2. Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863, page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books
  3. See 25th Motor Machine Gun Battery (Calcutta Volunteers), which quotes from Chota Sahib... You've Had a Busy Day, the autobiography of Charles Nida.
  4. Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States, page 184 1908 Archive.org