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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 the headquarters of [[Rawalpindi District]] in the [[Rawalpindi Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. In 1907 "The cantonment is the largest and most important in the Punjab, and perhaps in India"<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n249/mode/2up Page 228, computer page 251 ] ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Volume XXVIIIA, Rawalpindi District 1907'', published 1909, available as a pdf download, Digital Library of India. See Historical books online aboveArchive.org.</ref>. Barracks were located in at least two areas, '''Victoria Barracks''' and at '''West Ridge'''. Roberts Barracks, an Infantry barracks, was located at West Ridge<ref>Lane, Trudy [httphttps://archiverlists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/thhyperkitty/readlist/INDIAindia.rootsweb.com/2001-01thread/11311786/0980214191 Mortimer L.D.] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 23 January 2001. Retrieved 15 January 20159 February 2020.</ref> There was an Arsenal at Rawalpindi, often abbreviated to RPA, which was located within the Fort.
The bazaar was known as ‘Lalkurti,’ which means ‘red shirt’ in English - a reference to the red coats worn by the British soldiers who were stationed there. <ref> [http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/81065-A-voyage-through-mists-of-time-launched "A voyage through mists of time"] by Ishrat Hyatt December 11, 2015 ''The News''</ref>
'''Chaklala''' is an area in Rawalpindi and was the location of a cantonment and an RAF airfield. During World War 2, from 1942 RAF Chaklala was the location of a Paratroopers Training School<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170327193314/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=139 Paratroopers Training School] indianairforce.nic.in, now an archived page.</ref>
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281435 ''Gazetteer Of The Rawalpindi District 1893-94'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626 ''Punjab District Gazetteers, Vol.xxviiiA. Rawalpindi District 1907'']. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
:*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105626/page/n273/mode/2up/ The cantonment] page 247.
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1942-handbook-to-the-north-west-frontier-including-jhelum-rawalpindi-and-hazara-districts-by-davey-s-pdf/ '' A Handbook to the North-West Frontier including Jhelum Rawalpindi and Hazara Districts''] by Cyril James Davey 1942. Pdf download Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset.
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/388/mode/2up "Rawul Pindee"] page 389 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
