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| − | '''Quetta''' is the largest city and provincial capital of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) Balochistan | + | '''Quetta''', also known as '''Shawl''', was the headquarters of [[Quetta-Pishin District]] of [[Baluchistan|Baluchistan Province]] during the British period. It is now the largest city and provincial capital of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balochistan_(Pakistan) Balochistan]. |
==Spelling variants== | ==Spelling variants== | ||
| − | Quetta | + | Modern spelling: Quetta<br> |
| + | Variants: Kwettah/Kwatah/Shawl/Shal/Shalkot | ||
==Military history== | ==Military history== | ||
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<br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-, | <br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-, | ||
<br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake | <br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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==External Link== | ==External Link== | ||
| + | *[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Quetta Quetta] Love to Know 1911<br> | ||
| + | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_026.gif Quetta Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta Quetta] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta Quetta] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Quetta History of Quetta] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Quetta History of Quetta] Wikipedia | ||
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**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/9164665@N04/3411972578/in/set-72157616334256664 Cemetery inscription Quetta:Frances White]: In Loving Memory of Frances The Dearly Beloved Wife of C. Sergeant Arthur E. White 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Who Departed this Life at Quetta 21st September 1894 Aged 22 Years 8 Months flickr.com | **[http://www.flickr.com/photos/9164665@N04/3411972578/in/set-72157616334256664 Cemetery inscription Quetta:Frances White]: In Loving Memory of Frances The Dearly Beloved Wife of C. Sergeant Arthur E. White 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Who Departed this Life at Quetta 21st September 1894 Aged 22 Years 8 Months flickr.com | ||
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==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== 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 | ''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 | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 30 July 2012
| Quetta | |
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| Presidency: | |
| Coordinates: | 30.200602°N 67.034018°E |
| Altitude: | 1,900 m (6,230 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Quetta |
| State/Province: | Balochistan |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
| North Western Railway | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Quetta] |
Contents
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Quetta, also known as Shawl, was the headquarters of Quetta-Pishin District of Baluchistan Province during the British period. It is now the largest city and provincial capital of Balochistan.
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Quetta
Variants: Kwettah/Kwatah/Shawl/Shal/Shalkot
Military history
England's March to Quetta 1842
Quetta earthquake 1935
Churches and Missions
Churches
- Mission Church (1903)
Wesleyan Church, Quetta
Roman Catholic Church, Quetta
St Lukes Church, Quetta
St Mary's Church, Quetta
Missions
- Church Missionary Society
- Church of England Zanana Missionary Society (zanana=women)
Cemeteries
A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication is
- Quetta: Monuments and Inscriptions by Susan Farrington, 1992 Covers the cemeteries, town's history, the staff college, railways, churches and the 1935 earthquake.
BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.
The BACSA Archive at the British Library has the following items:
shelfmark Mss Eur F370: Cemetery Files
no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-,
no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake
Further Reading
A Nursing Sister in Baluchistan by J M Morris (1932) No Preview Google Books. Experiences at a mission hospital in Quetta from 1921. Available at the British Library.
External Link
- Quetta Love to Know 1911
- Quetta Town Imperial Gazetteer of India
- Quetta Wikipedia
- History of Quetta Wikipedia
- Bruce Street (now Jinnah Road) before 1935 earthquake.(youtube video)
- Post office before and after earthquake (1935) (youtube video)
- Pen and ink drawing of the military cantonment at Quetta by George Boyd (1800-1850), dated between 1821 and 1844 with a description British Library Images online
- Quetta's eloquent graveyard A set of photographs by saaakif taken 2008. flickr.com
- Christian cemetery Quetta: gravestone of Florence Harford died 12 September 1900 of enteric fever, wife of Lt-Col HC Harford, 1st Wilts Regt flickr.com
- Cemetery inscription Quetta:Frances White: In Loving Memory of Frances The Dearly Beloved Wife of C. Sergeant Arthur E. White 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Who Departed this Life at Quetta 21st September 1894 Aged 22 Years 8 Months flickr.com
Historical books on-line
A gazetteer of the countries adjacent to India on the northwest Volume 2 by Edward Thornton 1844 Shawl - scroll to page 187 Google Books
