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==General=='''Nowshera''' was a town and cantonment as well as tehsil of [[Peshawar District]] (later [[Peshawar Division]]). The town was on the route of [[North Western Railway]] and the Grand Trunk (GT) Road. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 9,518.
'''==Spelling Variants==Modern name: Nowshera''' was a town and cantonment as well as tehsil of Peshawar District (later Peshawar Division). The town was on the route of North-Western Railway. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 9,518.<br>Variants: Naushera/Nausherha/Naushahra
In 1908 the Imperial Gazetteer Also see "Historical books online", below. ==External lnks==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera Nowshera] Wikipedia*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3907244861/ Photograph: British Infantry Lines, Nowshera], flickr.com, on another website labelled 1872*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13305961@N00/3971106918/ 1900 view of India remarked of the Nowshera cantonment at ] flickr.com*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/edanial/3116272468/ Photograph: Taj Building, Nowshera built 1920s] flickr.com*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueday2012/5800761350/ Military photographs Nowshera that it “stretches along the right bank c 1917] flickr.com*From a collection of postcards at the Kabul river on ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a sandy plainsoldier, 3 miles probably in diameterthe [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043164-RE_171877.html Nowshera, NWFP, Khartoum Barracks, post stamped 1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043164-VE_216151.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043165-RE_171876.html Nowshera, NWFP, YMCA] sent c 1929 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043165-VE_216152.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043166-RE_171875.html Nowshera, NWFP, Ice Factory] sent c 1929 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043166-VE_216153.html message] “a very old view”**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043170-RE_171871.html Nowshera, Railway Bridge on River Kabul, and is surrounded by low hills on all sides except the northway to Risalpur, which is open towards post stamped 1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043170-VE_216157.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043171-RE_171870.html Nowshera, Pontoon Boat Bridge on River Kabul, showing the riverRiver in Flood poststamped 1929] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043171-VE_216158. The garrison now consists of one British infantry regimenthtml message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043169-RE_171872.html Nowshera, two native cavalry and four infantry regimentsNWFP, a mountain batteryRiver Kabul & Boat Bridge post stamped 1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043169-VE_216156.html message]**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043168-RE_171873.html Nowshera, NWFP, and a bearer corpsThe Mall, belonging to post stamped 1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043168-VE_216155.html message] "The Artillery bks [barracks ?] are behind the Peshawar division of trees on the Northern Commandright hand side".**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043173-RE_171868.html Nowshera, NWFP, Chital Relief Memorial 1895, sent c 1930] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz. The Kabul river is crossed by ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043173-VE_216160.html message] “Every year a permanent bridge of boats, whence roads lead column goes up to Mardan and CharsaddaChitral. The iron road and railway bridge across It takes six weeks from start to finish, the river was opened on December 1distance there & back is 365 miles, 1903a stiff march”.**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB. Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043172-RE_171869.html Nowshera, The village Church] sent c 1931 with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043172-VE_216159.html message]*From the collection of Naushahra Khurd James Wilson, west of the cantonmentRoyal Artillery 1940s WW2-1947 500px.com.**[https://500px.com/photo/23071773/royal-artillery-9th-field-regiment-barracks-nowshera-india-1940s-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Royal Artillery, and the large village of Naushahra Kalān9th Field Regiment Barracks, on the north bank of the KabulNowshera 1940s WW2] **[https://500px.com/photo/23071731/royal-artillery-camp-nowshera-india-ww2-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Royal Artillery Camp, are both outside cantonment limits9th Field Regiment. Nowshera]**[https://500px. The headcom/photo/23071781/regimental-canteen-9th-field-regiment-royal-artillery-by-scott-quarters of the Naushahra tahsīlmcculloch Photograph: Regimental Canteen, 9th Field Regiment, with the police stationlikely Nowshera]**[https://500px.com/photo/23071739/regal-cinema-nowshera-nw-frontier-province-late-1940s-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Regal Cinema, are Nowshera c 1946]**[https://500px.com/photo/23071729/cinema-in the former-nw-frontier-province-india-late-1940s-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Cinema, 3 miles from the cantonmentlikely Nowshera]**[https://500px. The town contains a Government dispensary and a vernacular middle schoolcom/photo/23071733/untitled-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Nowshera Railway Station, maintained by the District boardIndia." 1946]
==External lnks==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowshera Nowshera] Wikipedia
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<small>''For Naushera in the Punjab, see [[Rahim Yar Khan]].''</small>
==Geography==Nowshera was close to the Afghan border, twenty miles east of [[Peshawar]], on the Grand Trunk Road, on the way from Jahangira and Attock. The town was the headquarters of the tahsil of Nowshera – a small tract of low-lying riverain land on both sides of the Kabul river, known as the Khalsa tappa, and of the Khattak pargana which includes the Khwarra-Nilab valley and is separated from it by the Khattak range, which culminates in the Ghaibana Sir (5,136 feet in height) and the sanitarium and [[Hill station|hill-station ]] of [[Cherat]].
==Cantonment==
In 1908 the Imperial Gazetteer of India remarked of the cantonment at Nowshera that it “stretches along the right bank of the Kabul river on a sandy plain, 3 miles in diameter, and is surrounded by low hills on all sides except the north, which is open towards the river. The garrison now consists of one British infantry regiment, two native cavalry and four infantry regiments, a mountain battery, and a bearer corps, belonging to the Peshawar division of the Northern Command. The Kabul river is crossed by a permanent bridge of boats, whence roads lead to [[Mardan]] and [[Charsadda]]. The iron road and railway bridge across the river was opened on December 1, 1903. The village of Naushahra Khurd, west of the cantonment, and the large village of Naushahra Kalān, on the north bank of the Kabul, are both outside cantonment limits. The head-quarters of the Naushahra tahsīl, with the police station, are in the former, 3 miles from the cantonment. The town contains a Government dispensary and a vernacular middle school, maintained by the District board."
==Cemeteries and other records==
The [[British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia|BACSA Archive]] at the British Library Mss F370 has items
*880 Nowshera, Pakistan: Christ Church: baptisms, 1859-1924
*881 Nowshera, Pakistan: Christ Church: burials, 1897-1922
*882 Nowshera, Pakistan: burials, 1922-1946
*883 Nowshera Cemetery, Pakistan: Cemetery Register, 1858-1927
==Spelling Variants=Historical books online===* Naushera [http://archive.org/stream/northwestfrontie00calcuoft#page/162/mode/2up "Naushahra Town"] page 163 ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series North-West Frontier Province'' 1908 Archive.org*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_423.gif "Naushahra Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Volume 18, page 417.*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=179 "Nowshera"] page 157 ''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
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