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'''Campbellpur''' was | '''Campbellpur''', now called '''Attock City''' is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in [[Punjab]]. | ||
==Spelling and name variants== | |||
Campbellpore, Campbellpur | |||
==History== | |||
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 | |||
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==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, with the 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> | |||
==Similar name== | |||
It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or [[Attock Khurd]]) on the banks of the River Indus. | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
Revision as of 13:15, 8 March 2010
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| Place Name: | Attock |
| State/Province: | Punjab |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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Campbellpur, now called Attock City is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in Punjab.
Spelling and name variants
Campbellpore, Campbellpur
History
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]
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, with the grand trunk road.[3]
Similar name
It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or Attock Khurd) on the banks of the River Indus.
References
- ↑ Wikipedia, Attock version accessed 1st March 2010
- ↑ Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863, page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books
- ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States, page 184 1908 Archive.org