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ABBOTTABAD

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 27 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABBOTTABAD , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, 4120 ft. above See also:sea-level, 63 m. from See also:Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the See also:Hazara See also:district in the N.W. Frontier See also:Province, called after its founder, See also:Sir See also:James See also:Abbott, who settled this See also:wild district after the See also:annexation of the See also:Punjab. It is an important military See also:cantonment and See also:sanatorium, being the headquarters of a See also:brigade in the second See also:division of the See also:northern See also:army See also:corps. In 1901 the See also:population of the town and cantonment was 7764.

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