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'''Cherat''' was a [[hill station]] in the [[Nowshera Tehsil]] of [[Peshawar District]], [[North West Frontier Province]]. It was used by the British as a sanitarium and cantonment from 1861.<ref>[http://nowshera.com/?page_id=371 Nowshera District]</ref>
Dr Ali Jan describes Cherat as follows<ref>Originally written some years ago by Dr Ali Jan of Peshawar as an introduction for visitors to the region, describing a journey on the Grand Trunk Road from Rawalpindi to Peshawar.[https://en.everybodywiki.com/Ali_Jan_(writer) Ali Jan (writer)] en.everybodywiki.com</ref>:
<blockquote> "A road on the left takes one to Cherat, another cantonment and a former hill sanitarium which lies few miles South from [[Nowshera]] and [[Mardan]] on the other side of the Grand Trunk Road. It was discovered by Major Coke whilst exploring the area in 1853. It is 4,500 feet above sea-level and was first used as sanitarium for British troops in 1861 and was declared a cantonment in 1886. There are many surviving British-era military installations, hospitals, cemeteries and a church here. A cliff side near the old parade ground has many regimental crests carved on the rocks. Presently, Cherat is the base of the commandos or the elite SSG and serves both as their headquarters and training school. It has a small military museum. The lofty location commands spectacular views of the Peshawar Valley on one side, and on the other of a portion of the Khwara Valley in [[Peshawar]] District, and of [[Kohat]] District as far as the Indus River".</blockquote>
