Ghora Gali

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Ghora Gali
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 33.83, 73.35
Altitude: 1,691 m (5,500 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Ghora Gali
State/Province: North West Frontier Province
Country: Pakistan
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Ghora Gali was a hill station, located in Abbottabad tehsil, Hazara District, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), close to Murree, another hill station.


Education

  • One of the Lawrence Schools (now Lawrence College) was founded here in 1860 to provide education for the orphans of British soldiers in India.


Business

  • The Murree Brewery was estalished here in 1860. There is a contemporary photograph of the brewery held in the Bellew Collection at the British Library. The building was destroyed during the Partition riots in 1947.


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