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'''Mardan''' is was a town cantonment near [[Nowshera]] in the former [[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|thumb||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|thumb|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 links ==* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardan Mardan on ] Wikipedia ] (retrieved 6 June 2016)* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_of_Guides_(India) The Corps of Guides on ] Wikipedia](retrieved 6 June 2016) ===Historical books online===*[httpshttp://wwwdsal.facebookuchicago.comedu/QissaKhwanireference/photos_stream#!gazetteer/photopager.phphtml?fbidobjectid=296707910462095&set=pbDS405.1.I34_V17_212.173386152794272gif Mardan Town] Imperial Gazetteer*[http://hdl.-2207520000handle.1368526673net/2027/uc1.&typec2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=3&theater Photograph181 "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: Irrigation tunnel]//hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1. b4522143?urlappend=%3Bseq=357 "Mardan"Built nearly a century ago] page 285, this irrigation tunnel through the Sikri Hills in Mardan is living proof ''History of the genius of British engineering"Guides, 1846-1922'', published 1938. HathiTrust Digital Library. Includes historical detailsPossibly not viewable in USA etc. Qissa Khwani on Facebook
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