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|altitude=1,900 m (6,230 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta Quetta]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) [Baluchistan]]|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan [Pakistan]]
|transport= [[North Western Railway]]
}}
'''Quetta''' or is the largest city and provincial capital of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) Balochistan]. During the British period it was known as '''ShalShawl''' and was the headquarters of the [[Quetta-Pishin District]] of [[Baluchistan]].
==History==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60TTFC9K8os&feature=related Bruce Street] (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nce3PWXpsa0 Post office] before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)
==== Historical books on-line ====
''A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2'' by Edward Thornton 1844 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_vVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP7&dq=A+gazetteer+of+the+countries+adjacent+to+India+on+the+northwest+...,+Volume+2+By+Edward+Thornton++generally+mentioned+by+British+writers&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Shawl - scroll to page 187] Google Books
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]]
