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It Although Wikipedia states it was founded in 1908 as Campbellpur City<ref>Wikipedia,according to Wikipedia[http://en.wikipedia. The alternative spelling is Campbellporeorg/w/index. However php?title=Attock&oldid=346007227 Attock] version accessed 1st March 2010</ref>, it appears that the cantonment was established much earlier when barracks were built at Campbellpore c 1857c1857-1858 .<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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'''Attock City''' is a city located off the Grand Trunk (GT) Road in [[Punjab]].
==Spelling and name variants==
Campbellpore, Campbellpur
==History==
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==Transport==A description of Campbellpore in 1908 advises that it is situated on the [[North Western Railway ]] and connected by a rough, unmetalled road, 11 miles long, with the grand trunk road. <ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n215/mode/1up Imperial Gazetteer of India : Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States], page 184 1908 Archive.org </ref>
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