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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murree Murree] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murree Murree] Wikipedia | ||
* [http://tinyurl.com/dck7jz Churches and Chapels in Murree] ''Youtube''. | *[http://tinyurl.com/dck7jz Churches and Chapels in Murree] ''Youtube''. | ||
*Dr Ali Jan’s [http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/murree_cemetery.html The old English Cemeteries in Murree, Pakistan] | |||
*[http://www.murreehills.co.nr/ MurreeHills.co.nr] includes | |||
**[http://www.murreehills.co.nr/boardingschools.htm Boarding Schools] | |||
**[http://www.murreehills.co.nr/books.htm Books about Murree] | |||
*Fifty Members of the Murree Club 1865 pages 46,47 from ''From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900'' by Omar Khan 2002 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qKzMQTgtNaIC&pg=PA46 Limited View Google Books]. Also refer [[Photographer#Books|Photographer]] for more details of this book. | *Fifty Members of the Murree Club 1865 pages 46,47 from ''From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900'' by Omar Khan 2002 [http://books.google.com/books?id=qKzMQTgtNaIC&pg=PA46 Limited View Google Books]. Also refer [[Photographer#Books|Photographer]] for more details of this book. | ||
*[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 "A rock epic"]. An article by Ali Jan about a 1909 regimental rock carving by the [[5th Regiment of Foot|Northumberland Fusiliers]], at Murree from The News on Sunday (jang.com.pk) | *[http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jul2009-weekly/nos-19-07-2009/foo.htm#1 "A rock epic"]. An article by Ali Jan about a 1909 regimental rock carving by the [[5th Regiment of Foot|Northumberland Fusiliers]], at Murree from The News on Sunday 19 July 2009 (jang.com.pk) | ||
*[http://www.geocities.ws/scn_pk/westyorkshire.html Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, Kuldana, Murree 1907- 1910] by Dr Ali Jan. Details of rock carvings. | |||
*Three views of regimental badge rock-carvings at Cherat (Charat) Hill. Cherat, like the Khyber Pass had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides.<ref> | *Three views of regimental badge rock-carvings at Cherat (Charat) Hill. Cherat, like the Khyber Pass had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides.<ref> | ||
[http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934). </ref> | [http://www.khyberlodge.co.uk/about-khyber-mainmenu-26/peshawar-remembered-mainmenu-43.html Peshawar Remembered] by Walter Reeve (born 1934). </ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 29 December 2011
| Murree | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 33.906905°N 73.395367°E |
| Altitude: | 2,291.2 m (7,517 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Murree |
| State/Province: | Punjab |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Murree is a hill station in Punjab founded by the British in 1851.
There were cantonments nearby at Gharial (four miles away) and Kuldannah[1], (alternative spelling Kuldana)
History
Sites of Interest
The following are sites in and around the town.
- The ruins of Murree Brewery in Ghora Gali
Educational Institutes
- Convent of Jesus and Mary (originally boarding, now a day school)
- St Thomas College, Murree, for boys, was opened in 1882[2], probably by the Capuchin Fathers, and was subsequently taken over by the (Roman Catholic) Mill Hill Missionaries [3]. However, it had probably closed by the 1930’s as there is no mention of this school in the entry for Murree in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, published 1909-1931
- St Denys School
External Links
- Murree Wikipedia
- Churches and Chapels in Murree Youtube.
- Dr Ali Jan’s The old English Cemeteries in Murree, Pakistan
- MurreeHills.co.nr includes
- Fifty Members of the Murree Club 1865 pages 46,47 from From Kashmir to Kabul: the photographs of John Burke and William Baker, 1860-1900 by Omar Khan 2002 Limited View Google Books. Also refer Photographer for more details of this book.
- "A rock epic". An article by Ali Jan about a 1909 regimental rock carving by the Northumberland Fusiliers, at Murree from The News on Sunday 19 July 2009 (jang.com.pk)
- Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, Kuldana, Murree 1907- 1910 by Dr Ali Jan. Details of rock carvings.
- Three views of regimental badge rock-carvings at Cherat (Charat) Hill. Cherat, like the Khyber Pass had a tradition of regimental carvings on the rocky faces of the hillsides.[4]
Historical books online
- "Murree Town" Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 18, page 42.
Further Reading
- Shaukat, Lala Rukh, "Mystique of Murree" Lahore: Ferozsons (Pvt) Ltd 2006 ISBN 969 0 01986 4
References
- ↑ From Kashmir to Kabul, page 59 by Omar Khan, refer External links
- ↑ The magic mountains: hill stations and the British raj by Dane Keith Kennedy page 138 Google Books
- ↑ A Google Books search snippet from Into deserts: a history of the Catholic Diocese of Lahore, 1886-1986 by John Rooney c 1986 says: The Rome agreement provided that the Mill Hill Missionaries were to take over responsibility for the debts of St. Thomas College, Murree. Capuchin sources assess these at Rs.l. 00. Mill Hill sources say the debt amounted to Rs.25000.00. ... This book is available at Harvard University Library and UCLA Library
- ↑ Peshawar Remembered by Walter Reeve (born 1934).