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==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 However it appears that the listing cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c 1857-1858 <ref>[http://docsbooks.google.com.au/viewerbooks?aid=vA1coAAAAYAAJ&qpg=cache:5PA344 Nine years on the north-hpf0VC5fQJ:www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/887EAF.pdf&hl=en&gl=au&sig=AHIEtbTs5ok9Sx0l2DX9McIo5d5qnmNMEA Stations west frontier of British Troops in India, 7 May 1887: from 1854-1863], originally stated to be from the Army and Navy Gazette Supplement 1887, shows Campbellpore then in existence as an Army base.page 344 by Sir Sydney Cotton 1868 Google Books </ref>
==Similar name==
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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