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==History==
 
==History==
It was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City,according to Wikipedia,  as a cantonment. The alternative spelling is Campbellpore. Note however page 3 of the listing [http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:5-hpf0VC5fQJ:www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/887EAF.pdf&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbTs5ok9Sx0l2DX9McIo5d5qnmNMEA Stations of British Troops in India, 7 May 1887], originally stated to be from the Army and Navy Gazette Supplement 1887, shows Campbellpore then in existence as an Army base.
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It was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City,according to Wikipedia.   The alternative spelling is Campbellpore. However it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when  barracks were built at Campbellpore  c 1857-1858 <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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==Similar name==
 
==Similar name==
 
It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or [[Attock Khurd]]) on the banks of the River Indus.
 
It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or [[Attock Khurd]]) on the banks of the River Indus.
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Revision as of 10:41, 26 February 2010

Attock
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Presidency: Bengal
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Attock
State/Province: Punjab
Country: Pakistan
Transport links

Attock City is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in Punjab.


History

It was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City,according to Wikipedia. The alternative spelling is Campbellpore. However it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c 1857-1858 [1]

Similar name

It is not to be confused with the town of Attock (or Attock Khurd) on the banks of the River Indus.

References

  1. Nine years on the north-west frontier of India: from 1854-1863, page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books