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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 a major cantonment in the [[Punjab]]. 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>. It was also the headquarters of [[Rawalpindi District]] and [[Rawalpindi Division]].
==Spelling Variants==
* Gordon College
==External LinksVolunteer Regiments==The following had their headquarters at Rawalpindi in 1907*C troop of the [[Punjab Light Horse]], with strength, exclusive of officers, 57*D Company, [http://dsal[Punjab Rifles|1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles]], was recruited from the various Civil Departments with strength, exclusive of officers, 98.uchicago*K Company, [[North-Western Railway Battalion|North-Western Railway Volunteer Rifles]], was recruited solely from Railway employees with strength, exclusive of officers, 122 H Company, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles contained civilian residents from Rawalpindi and [[Murree]], and had its headquarters at Murree.edu<ref name=name/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid> ==External links==DS405.1.I34_V21_277.gif Rawalpindi] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[http://www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk/reg_in_india/india42_1.html Rawalpindi - 1st Surreys and a Pindi Poppet] 1926-1930, from Regimental India 1825-1947 -The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=13305961@N00&q=Rawalpindi Images of Rawalpindi] from "History of Pakistan"'s collection flickr.com
===Historical books online===
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_277.gif Rawalpindi] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. "Table of Contents" commences computer page 8.
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