Mardan
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| Mardan | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 34.1898222°N 71.9670561°E |
| Altitude: | 283 metres (928 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mardan |
| State/Province: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, old NWFP |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Transport links | |
Mardan was a cantonment near Nowshera in Peshawar District in North West Frontier Province during the British period. It was the headquarters of the Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force.
Churches and Missions
- Corps of Guides Chapel
- Brief History of the Lutheran Church Mardan St Paul’s built 1939 was burnt down by a mob in September 2012.
Cemeteries
- Guides Cemetery - for some inscriptions see Images of graves in Mardan Cemetery .
Memorials
- The QVO Corps of Guides Memorial Arch, also known as 'Cavagnari's Arch' after Sir Louis Cavagnari
External links
- Mardan Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)
- The Corps of Guides Wikipedia (retrieved 6 June 2016)
Historical books online
- Mardan Town Imperial Gazetteer
- "Mardan" page 159 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 Digital Library
- "Mardan" page 285, History of the Guides, 1846-1922, published 1938. HathiTrust Digital Library. Possibly not viewable in USA etc.
