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'''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>Page 228, computer page 251 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.</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>[http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=139 Paratroopers Training School] indianairforce.nic.in</ref>
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*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13305961@N00&q=Rawalpindi Images of Rawalpindi] from "History of Pakistan"'s collection flickr.com
*[http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/25.jpg Photograph: Interior No 2 Pindi] Sleeping quarters in the barracks, Rawalpindi from [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/Photograph%20Album%20of%20Pte%20H%20Knight.html Photograph album of Private Henry Knight], who served in "A" Company of the 1/5th Royal West Kent Regiment in India during the Great War from Janet & Richard Mason’s [http://janetandrichardsgenealogy.co.uk/queens_own_royal_west_kent_regiment.html The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/cantt-chaklala.htm Chaklala Cantt/Chaklala Garrison] globalsecurity.org
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/chaklala.htm PAF Chaklala] , previously RAF Chaklala.globalsecurity.org
====Historical books online====
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