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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]  
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|headquarters= [[Campbellpur]]
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[[Image:Attock_district.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Attock District]]


'''Attock''' District was part of [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period.


==Headquarters==
* [[Campbellpur]] (now Attock City)


==Further Reading==
==Cities and Towns==
* [[Attock]] (also known as Attock Khurd)
* [[Campbellpur]] (now Attock City)
* [[Fatehjang]]
* [[Hazro]]
* [[Hasanabdal]] (also spelt Hasan Abdal)
* [[Jand]]
* [[Pindigheb]]
* [[Talagang]] (also Tallagang)
 
==Tehsils==
* Attock
* Fatehjang
* Pindigheb
* Tallagang
 
==Administration==
The following officials were posted within the district:
 
===In 1907===
* Deputy Commissioner (also the District Magistrate)
* Assistant Commissioner
* 3 Extra Assistant Commissioners (one was also the Revenue Assistant)
* [[Civil Surgeon]] (also [[Superintendent of Jails|Superintendent of the Jail]])
 
===In 1930===
* Deputy Commissioner
* Sub-Divisional Commissioner, Pindigheb (also Revenue Assistant for this area)
* 6 Extra Assistant Commissioners (one also in charge of Treasury and another the  Revenue Assistant)
* Civil Surgeon
* 5 [[Assistant Surgeon]]s
* Medical Officer of Health
* 32 Sub-Assistant Surgeons (each in charge of one rural dispensary)
 
==Sources==
* ''Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930,'' Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprint: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan 1989
* ''Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930,'' Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprint: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan 1989


* When Kabul comes to Attock - http://pakistaniat.com/2007/01/24/kabul-river-pakistan-attock/comment-page-3/
==External links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_137.gif Attock District] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080905231732/http://pakistaniat.com/2007/01/24/kabul-river-pakistan-attock/comment-page-3/ "When Kabul comes to Attock"], ''All Things Pakistan'', January 24, 2007, now an archived website
 
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Latest revision as of 09:12, 9 February 2013

Attock District
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Presidency: Bengal
Headquarters: Campbellpur
Present Day Details
Name: Attock District, Chakwal District
State/Province: Punjab
Country: Pakistan
Map of Attock District

Attock District was part of Rawalpindi Division of Punjab Province during the British period.

Headquarters

Cities and Towns

Tehsils

  • Attock
  • Fatehjang
  • Pindigheb
  • Tallagang

Administration

The following officials were posted within the district:

In 1907

In 1930

  • Deputy Commissioner
  • Sub-Divisional Commissioner, Pindigheb (also Revenue Assistant for this area)
  • 6 Extra Assistant Commissioners (one also in charge of Treasury and another the Revenue Assistant)
  • Civil Surgeon
  • 5 Assistant Surgeons
  • Medical Officer of Health
  • 32 Sub-Assistant Surgeons (each in charge of one rural dispensary)

Sources

  • Gazetteer of the Attock District 1930, Punjab Government, Lahore 1932. Reprint: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, Pakistan 1989

External links

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