Difference between revisions of "Tank"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Symorsebrown (talk | contribs) (History link) |
|||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
− | + | '''Tank''' was the headquarters of the subdivision and tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North West Frontier Province. | |
+ | |||
+ | There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?) and the post was then held by the border military police. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Spelling variants== | ||
+ | Tank, Tonk | ||
+ | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
[[Battle of Tank]] 1860 | [[Battle of Tank]] 1860 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==External Links== | ||
+ | *[http://www.flickr.com/photos/90553739@N06 reddin68's photostream on flickr.com] includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Historical books online=== | ||
+ | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_250.gif Tank Tahsil] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 244. | ||
+ | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_251.gif Tank Town] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23'', page 245. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{#widget:Google PlusOne | ||
+ | |size=small | ||
+ | |count=true | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Locations]] |
Revision as of 02:44, 3 December 2012
Tank was the headquarters of the subdivision and tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North West Frontier Province.
There was a military garrison which was withdrawn (probably c 1908?) and the post was then held by the border military police.
Spelling variants
Tank, Tonk
History
Battle of Tank 1860
External Links
- reddin68's photostream on flickr.com includes some photographs taken at Tank in 1917
Historical books online
- Tank Tahsil Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 244.
- Tank Town Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 23, page 245.