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|altitude=1,900 m (6,230 ft)  
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|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta Quetta]
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta Quetta]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) Baluchistan]
|stateprovince= [[Baluchistan]]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|country= [[Pakistan]]
|transport= [[North Western Railway]]
|transport= [[North Western Railway]]
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'''Quetta''' or '''Shal''' was the headquarters of the [[Quetta-Pishin District]] of [[Baluchistan]].
'''Quetta''' is the largest city and provincial capital of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) Balochistan]. During the British period it was known as '''Shawl''' and was the headquarters of the [[Quetta-Pishin District]] of [[Baluchistan]].


==History==
==History==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TTFC9K8os&feature=related Bruce Street] (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)  
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TTFC9K8os&feature=related Bruce Street] (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)  
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nce3PWXpsa0 Post office] before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nce3PWXpsa0 Post office] before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)
==== Historical books on-line ====
''A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2'' by Edward Thornton 1844 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+2+By+Edward+Thornton++generally+mentioned+by+British+writers&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Shawl - scroll to page 187] Google Books


[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]

Revision as of 15:38, 30 May 2010

Quetta
Presidency:
Coordinates: 30.200602°N 67.034018°E
Altitude: 1,900 m (6,230 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Quetta
State/Province: Baluchistan
Country: Pakistan
Transport links
North Western Railway

Quetta is the largest city and provincial capital of Balochistan. During the British period it was known as Shawl and was the headquarters of the Quetta-Pishin District of Baluchistan.

History

England's March to Quetta 1842
Quetta earthquake 1935

Churches and Missions

Churches

  • Mission Church (1903)

Missions

  • Church Missionary Society
  • Church of England Zanana Missionary Society (zanana=women)

Further Reading

A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan by J M Morris (1932) No Preview Google Books. Experiences at a mission hospital in Quetta from 1921. Available at the British Library.


External Link

Historical books on-line

A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2 by Edward Thornton 1844 Shawl - scroll to page 187 Google Books