Peshawar

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Peshawar
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 34.015112°N 71.582634°E
Altitude: 510 m (1,673 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Peshawar
State/Province: Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa
Country: Pakistan
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Peshawar was the capital of North West Frontier Province and Peshawar District from 1903 until 1947. It was part of Punjab before then.


Education

  • Edwardes College
  • Islamia College (now University) (1913)


Churches

Cemeteries

BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publications are

  • Peshawar Cemetery, Pakistan by Susan Farrington, 1988 (2nd reprint 2001). c900 MIs dating from 1849. 195pp, profusely illustrated and plans
  • Peshawar Monumental Inscriptions II by Susan Farrington, 1991. More inscriptions from churches and other cemeteries. 168pp, profusely illustrated and plan

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.

Health

Hospitals

 
Lady Reading Hospital


Forts

 
Balahisar


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