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==Cemeteries==
==Cemeteries==
A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publication is  
A [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia)]] cemetery publication is  
*''Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions'' by Susan Farrington, 1992    Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake.
*''Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions'' by Susan Farrington, 1992    Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake. See [http://indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/html/bacsa_books.html BACSA Books].


[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
[[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA]] are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
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==== Historical books on-line ====
==== 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
''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
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[[Category:Locations]]
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
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Revision as of 05:10, 26 December 2012

Quetta
Presidency:
Coordinates: 30.200602°N 67.034018°E
Altitude: 1,900 m (6,230 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Quetta
State/Province: Balochistan
Country: Pakistan
Transport links
North Western Railway
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Quetta, also known as Shawl, was the headquarters of Quetta-Pishin District of Baluchistan Province during the British period. It is now the largest city and provincial capital of Balochistan.

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Quetta
Variants: Kwettah/Kwatah/Shawl/Shal/Shalkot

History

Quetta earthquake 1935

Military history

England's March to Quetta 1842


Churches and Missions

Churches

  • Mission Church (1903)

Missions

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

Cemeteries

A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication is

  • Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions by Susan Farrington, 1992 Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake. See BACSA Books.

BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

The BACSA Archive at the British Library has the following items: shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-,
no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake

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 links

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