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In 1919, a young British army officer, Francis Stockdale, was deployed to Waziristan area. Capt Stockdale described Tank as being "the worst station in British India". | In 1919, a young British army officer, Francis Stockdale, was deployed to Waziristan area. Capt Stockdale described Tank as being "the worst station in British India". | ||
"It was known as 'Hell's door knocker' because in the summer the temperature would rise so high that a village nearby rejoiced in the highest temperature in the world - a modest 131 degrees in the shade. "But it was also an area where hostile tribesman waited, watched and pounced," he wrote. "My memories of Tank are characterised by sporadic outbreaks of rifle fire by night and spasmodic outbreaks of cholera during the day. The town fully deserved its poor reputation." <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan] | "It was known as 'Hell's door knocker' because in the summer the temperature would rise so high that a village nearby rejoiced in the highest temperature in the world - a modest 131 degrees in the shade. "But it was also an area where hostile tribesman waited, watched and pounced," he wrote. "My memories of Tank are characterised by sporadic outbreaks of rifle fire by night and spasmodic outbreaks of cholera during the day. The town fully deserved its poor reputation." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131016051835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan] | ||
by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk | by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan] by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131016051835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7325117.stm Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan] by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk | ||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917 | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917 | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204155938/http://www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/industrial/display.php?file=Military.txt&title=Military%20Trains Indian/South-Asian Industrial Locos: Military Trains] (irfca.com) by Simon Darvill has a section (scroll down) on the [[British Library]] collection of Lance Corporal Howgego who served in India with the 1/25st Battalion, The London Regiment between 1916 and 1919. Includes a transcript of a 1917 letter to his mother regarding the flooding at Tank | |||
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20120422171702/http://www.25thlondon.com/tank.htm Photographs of the Tank Floods] 25thlondon.com | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 16 November 2013
Tank was the headquarters of the subdivision and tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North West Frontier Province.
There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?) and the post was then held by the border military police.
In 1919, a young British army officer, Francis Stockdale, was deployed to Waziristan area. Capt Stockdale described Tank as being "the worst station in British India".
"It was known as 'Hell's door knocker' because in the summer the temperature would rise so high that a village nearby rejoiced in the highest temperature in the world - a modest 131 degrees in the shade. "But it was also an area where hostile tribesman waited, watched and pounced," he wrote. "My memories of Tank are characterised by sporadic outbreaks of rifle fire by night and spasmodic outbreaks of cholera during the day. The town fully deserved its poor reputation." [1]
Spelling variants
Tank, Tonk
History
Battle of Tank 1860
External Links
- Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk
- reddin68's photostream on flickr.com includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917
- Indian/South-Asian Industrial Locos: Military Trains (irfca.com) by Simon Darvill has a section (scroll down) on the British Library collection of Lance Corporal Howgego who served in India with the 1/25st Battalion, The London Regiment between 1916 and 1919. Includes a transcript of a 1917 letter to his mother regarding the flooding at Tank
- Photographs of the Tank Floods 25thlondon.com
Historical books online
- Tank Tahsil Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 244.
- Tank Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 245.
References
- ↑ Why Britons walked warily in Waziristan by Alastair Lawson 21 April 2008 news.bbc.co.uk