Quetta
| Quetta | |
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| Coordinates: | 30.200602°N 67.034018°E |
| Altitude: | 1,900 m (6,230 ft) |
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| Place Name: | Quetta |
| State/Province: | Balochistan |
| Country: | Pakistan |
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| 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
Social Life
Clubs
- Quetta Club (1879)
Related Fibiwiki Pages
Quetta earthquake 1935
Military history
England's March to Quetta 1842
FIBIS Resources
Churches and Missions
Churches
- Mission Church (1903)
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Wesleyan Church, Quetta -
Roman Catholic Church, Quetta -
St Lukes Church, Quetta -
St Mary's Church, Quetta
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-, [Note: This cemetery is probably the "Quetta Cantonment Christian Cemetery on Baleli Road"][1]
no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake [Note: Lytton Road is now known as Zarghoon Road]
External links
- Quetta Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Quetta Wikipedia
- History of Quetta Wikipedia
- Bruce Street (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)
- Post office before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)
- Pen and ink drawing of the military cantonment at Quetta by George Boyd (1800-1850), dated between 1821 and 1844 with a description British Library Images online
- Gora Kubristan Quetta: British colonial christian cemetery Quetta by quettabalochistan, YouTube video
- Quetta's eloquent graveyard A set of photographs by saaakif taken 2008. flickr.com
- Photograph of the memorial known as the Quetta Sphinx for the Second Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment in respect of those who died in Baluchistan/Southern Afghanistan circa October 1880-January 1883. This memorial has now been destroyed. skyscrapercity.com, originally from flickr.com. Victorian Wars Forum thread about the inscription. Quetta Sphinx (c1930) advises one photograph is from the Bettman Photo Archive. thefridaytimes.com December 21-27, 2012
- "‘Mum’my dearest!" by Muhammad Adil Mulki April 15, 2012 tribune.com.pk
- Note about the Afghan War Cemetery at Quetta by H Bullock, situated near the village of Kasi , two miles from Quetta. Contains men who died during the 1st Afghan War. Lists four names and advises a large number of NCOs and men of the 40th Regiment of Foot were buried here. Notes and Queries Volume CLXIII, Issue Oct 29 1932,' page 312
- Photographs: Quetta Before 1935 Earthquake June 18, 2007 quetta-city.blogspot
- Postcard: Lytton Road, Winter, Quetta Images of Asia
- WW2Talk Forum thread Officer Cadet Training College-Quetta includes some photographs.(Images may only be available to [[Mailing lists#Military| logged in members of WW2Talk Forum]
- Libraries and Collections In Balochistan Balochistan Archives
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
Maps
- Map of Quetta Civil Station Surveyed 1911-12 Corrected 1931-32 Balochistan Archives
References