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'''Abbottabad''' was a town in [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. | '''Abbottabad''' was a town in [[Hazara District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. | ||
[[Image:Abbottabad_night_nwfp.jpg|thumb|200px|The city at night]] | [[Image:Abbottabad_night_nwfp.jpg|thumb|200px|The city at night]] | ||
'''Kakul (Kakool)''' is situated 5 km northeast of Abbottabad. "In the spring of 1902 the English brought a thousand South African Boer prisoners to Kakul. The site was retained as a military camp."<ref> Google Books Snippet search result ''Pieces of green: the sociology of change in Pakistan, 1964-1974'' by Akbar S. Ahmed – 1977</ref> See [[POW Camps in India#Boer War| POW Camps in India-Boer War]] | |||
==Name origin== | ==Name origin== | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/xii/mode/1up James Abbott] Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906 | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/xii/mode/1up James Abbott] Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906 | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad_%28poem%29 Abbott's poem] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbottabad_%28poem%29 Abbott's poem] Wikipedia | ||
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[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Revision as of 05:03, 18 February 2012
| Abbottabad | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.191057°N 73.330059°E |
| Altitude: | 1,260 m (4,134 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Abbottabad |
| State/Province: | Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Abbottabad was a town in Hazara District, North West Frontier Province.
Kakul (Kakool) is situated 5 km northeast of Abbottabad. "In the spring of 1902 the English brought a thousand South African Boer prisoners to Kakul. The site was retained as a military camp."[1] See POW Camps in India-Boer War
Name origin
It is named for its first Deputy Commissioner, James Abbott, a British officer.
External links
- Abbottabad Wikipedia
- James Abbott Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
- Abbott's poem Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Google Books Snippet search result Pieces of green: the sociology of change in Pakistan, 1964-1974 by Akbar S. Ahmed – 1977