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**Further reading [http://zulekha101.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/rawalpindi-war-cemetery.html Rawalpindi War Cemetery]zulekha101.blogspot
=== Schools ===
* Station School - See [http://www.thomas.gen.nz/Rawalpindi_Station_School.html Neville Thomas'] website for photos of children at the school 1884 to 1912
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{{Places of Interest|title=Rawalpindi|name=Rawalpindi |link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004baabb19022754519f&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=1}}
'''Rawalpindi''' was the headquarters of [[Rawalpindi District]] in the [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. In 1907 "The cantonment is the largest and most important in the Punjab, and perhaps in India"<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n249/mode/2up Page 228, computer page 251 ] ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available as a pdf download, Digital Library of India. See Historical books online aboveArchive.org.</ref>. Barracks were located in at least two areas, '''Victoria Barracks ''' and at '''West Ridge'''. Roberts Barracks, an Infantry Barracksbarracks, was located at West Ridge<ref>Lane, Trudy [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2001-01thread/11311786/0980214191 Mortimer L.D.] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 20159 February 2020.</ref> There was an Arsenal at Rawalpindi, often abbreviated to RPA, which was located within the Fort.
The bazaar was known as ‘Lalkurti,’ which means ‘red shirt’ in English - a reference to the red coats worn by the British soldiers who were stationed there. <ref> [http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/81065-A-voyage-through-mists-of-time-launched "A voyage through mists of time"] by Ishrat Hyatt December 11, 2015 ''The News''</ref>
'''Chaklala''' is an area in Rawalpindi and was the location of a cantonment and an RAF airfield. During World War 2, from 1942 RAF Chaklala was the location of a Paratroopers Training School<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170327193314/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=139 Paratroopers Training School] indianairforce.nic.in, now an archived page.</ref>
==Spelling Variants==
==Cemeteries==
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=23737795&CRid=2244629& Rawalpindi War Cemetery] findagrave.com. Database with over 350 names. This is a Commonwealth Graves Commission Cemetery for those who died during First and Second World War.
*Gora Kabaristan Rawalpindi ----Christian Cemetery Rawalpindi. Also known as Harley Street Cemetery. “Fai-yaz Ali & Sons, Umballa & Rawul Pindi” constructed memorials in the Harley Street Cemetery.<ref>[https://noorrrathore.wordpress.com/2015/12/22/in-memorium-part-ii/ In Memorium – Part II [Harley Street Cemetery<nowiki>]</nowiki>] December 22, 2015 Noor Rathore.</ref>
**[http://www.bacsa.org.uk/gallery/index.php?/category/99 Photographs: Harley Street Cemetery, Rawalpindi] bacsa.org.uk
== Education ==
===Colleges===
*[http://www.pakarmymuseum.com/exhibits/single-men-barrack-no-5-1853-1857/ Victoria Barracks, for single men, was built 1853-1857] Pak Army Museum, Rawalpindi
*[http://nativepakistan.com/wp-content/uploads/Rawalpindi-Memorabilia-Old-Photo-of-Victoria-Barracks-Rawalpindi-Rawalpindi-Mementos-for-Pindi-Lovers.jpg Photograph: Victoria Barracks, Rawalpindi], possibly c 1920s nativepakistan.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160102021644/http://www.imagesofasia.com/html/pakistan/rawalpindi-barracks.html Postcard: British Cavalry Barracks - Rawalpindi 1910] imagesofasia.com, now archived. The British barracks in West Ridge
*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13305961@N00&q=Rawalpindi Images of Rawalpindi] from "History of Pakistan"'s collection flickr.com
*From a collection of postcards at the ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, probably in the [[56th Regiment of Foot| 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment]] to Adolf Feller of Switzerland. It appears he was not based in Rawalpindi , rather in transit to and from [[Murree]]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/chaklala.htm PAF Chaklala] , previously RAF Chaklala.globalsecurity.org
*[http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations-C.htm#Chaklala RAF Chaklala] rafweb.org
*Details of a mid 1930s film [http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/3574 Trial at Chaklala Military Testing Ground of Armoured Cars/Light tanks]. colonialfilm.org.uk . (The original owner of the film, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire_and_Commonwealth_Museum British Empire & Commonwealth Museum] has closed and it is intended the collection be given to is now with [https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/bristol-archives/ Bristol City Museum)Archives], catalogue reference [http://museums.bristol.gov.uk/details.php?irn=227315 1997/153/1/33] Also see 1997/153/1/36, 1997/153/1/37 and 1997/153/1/40.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131130214339/http://archpresspk.com/Apr10_Comsats.htm Students of 4th year Architecture carried out a documentation of the colonial era architecture of the city of Rawalpindi] in 2010 (Department of Architecture, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad), *[http://stourton.blogspotNow an archived webpage (text only).co.uk/2010/10/ancestor-hunting-in-rawalpindi.html Ancestor Hunting in Rawalpindi] stourton.blogspot.co.uk
*[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9153934/Ale-under-the-veil-the-only-brewery-in-Pakistan.html "Ale under the veil: the only brewery in Pakistan"] by Jonathan Foreman 24 Mar 2012 ''The Telegraph''. The Murree Brewery. By 1910 the company was finding it increasingly difficult to source clean water in [[Murree]] itself and transferred all its brewing to Rawalpindi.
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_277.gif Rawalpindi] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.281435 ''Gazetteer Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Pdf download Archive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.:[httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.105626 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Vol.xxviiiA. Rawalpindi District 1907'']. Pdf downloadArchive.org, Digital Public Library of IndiaCollection.:*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n273/mode/2up/ The cantonment] page 247.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1942-handbook-to-the-north-west-frontier-including-jhelum-rawalpindi-and-hazara-districts-by-davey-s-pdf/ '' A Handbook to the North-West Frontier including Jhelum Rawalpindi and Hazara Districts''] by Cyril James Davey 1942. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/388/mode/2up "Rawul Pindee"] page 389 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=144 "Rawalpindi District"] page 122 ''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 HathiTrust Digital Library
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