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==Name origin==
Abbottabad is named for after its founder and first Deputy Commissioner of the Hazara region, [[James Abbott]], a British officer. Abbot founded the town in January 1853<ref>''Gazetteer of the Hazara District, 1883-84'' Published by the Government of the Punjab, Lahore, 1884, p.36 </ref>.
==Education==
''5. When they left in 1904, the site of their [POW camp was partially converted into the Army PT and Mountaineering school and part of it into Royal Indian Army Service Corps (RIASC) local/regional HQ. Both these facilities lasted here until 1947.''
''6. In 1947 India and Pakistan became independent. In 1947 Pakistan decided to set up its military academy here at Kakul and this was done in 1948, with Brig Ingalls as the first principal/commandant of the PMA. Brig Shuakat Ali Shah followed him in command here in 1956, with my grandfather (then) Colonel Azmat Hayat Khan, as Deputy Commandant.'' <ref>Email to FIBIS Webmaster dated 8 Novemeber November 2012 from Prof Omer SK Tarin. Director, TSI, Abbottabad, Pakistan.''
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