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== External Links ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan on Wikipedia ]
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'''Mardan''' was a cantonment near [[Nowshera]] in [[Peshawar District]] in [[North West Frontier Province]] during the British period. It was the headquarters of the [[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force]].
==Churches and Missions==
[[Image:Mardan_church.jpg|150pxthumb||right|Church]]* Corps of Guides Chapel*[http://www.northerndiocesemardan.org/history.html Brief History of the Lutheran Church Mardan] St Paul’s built 1939 was burnt down by a mob in September 2012.
==Cemeteries==
[[Image:Mardan_cemetery.jpg|150pxthumb|right|Guides Cemetery]]* Guides Cemetery- for some inscriptions see [[:Category:Mardan Cemetery images|Images of graves in Mardan Cemetery ]]. ==Memorials==* The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Napoleon_Cavagnari Sir Louis Cavagnari] == External links ==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan] Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(India) The Corps of Guides] Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016) ===Historical books online===*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_212.gif Mardan Town] Imperial Gazetteer*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=181 "Mardan"] page 159 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 ''by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4522143?urlappend=%3Bseq=357 "Mardan"] page 285, ''History of the Guides, 1846-1922'', published 1938. HathiTrust Digital Library. Possibly not viewable in USA etc. {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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