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==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | + | The original lease was granted to members of the [[The Fighting Battyes|Battye family]] for church missionaries and also for the personnel at [[Abbottabad]] Cantonment. It contained a few houses and a small bazaar, which were occupied during the summer. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiani Wikipedia | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandiani Thandiani] Wikipedia (retrieved 16 June 2016) |
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_310.gif Imperial Gazetteer] | *[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_310.gif Imperial Gazetteer] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:50, 16 June 2016
| Thandiani | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.233333°N 73.35°E |
| Altitude: | 2,750 m (9,000 feet) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Thandiani |
| State/Province: | North West Frontier Province (NWFP) now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Thandiani was a hill sanatorium in Abbottabad tehsil of Hazara District, North West Frontier Province.
History
The original lease was granted to members of the Battye family for church missionaries and also for the personnel at Abbottabad Cantonment. It contained a few houses and a small bazaar, which were occupied during the summer.
External Links
- Thandiani Wikipedia (retrieved 16 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Imperial Gazetteer
- Reminiscences of Missionary Work In Amritsar 1872-1873 and on the Afghan Frontier In Peshawar 1873-1890 by the Rev. Worthington Jukes 1925. anglicanhistory.org. Contains sections relating to visits to Thandiani.
