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'''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]. During the British period it was known as '''Shawl''' and was the headquarters of the [[Quetta-Pishin District]] of [[Baluchistan]].
==Spelling variants==
Modern spelling: Quetta, <br>Variants: Kwettah /Kwatah/Shawl/Shal/Shalkot
==Military history==
<br>no.740: Quetta 1, Pakistan: Baleli Road: 1884-,
<br>no.741: Quetta 2, Pakistan: Shaldara: closed; Lytton Road: closed; Earthquake
==Further Reading==
==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/History_of_Quetta History of Quetta] Wikipedia
**[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
==== 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
