Naushahra Town
Naushahra Town, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Town and cantonment in Peshawar Dis- trict, North-West Frontier Province, and head-quarters of the subdivi- sion and tahsil of the same name, situated in 34° N. and 72° E., on the North-Western Railway and the grand trunk road, 27 miles due east of Peshawar. Population (1901), 9,518. The cantonment stretches along the right bank of the Kabul river on a sandy plain, 3 miles in diameter, and is surrounded by low hills on all sides except the north, which is open towards the river. The garrison now consists of one British infantry regiment, two Native cavalry and four infantry regiments, a mountain battery, and a bearer corps, belonging to the Peshawar division of the Northern Command. The Kabul river is crossed by a permanent bridge of boats, whence roads lead to Mardan and Charsadda. The iron road and railway bridge across the river was opened on December i, 1903. The village of Naushahra Khurd, west of the cantonment, and the large village of Naushahra Kalan, on the north bank of the Kabul, are both outside cantonment limits. The head-quarters of the Naushahra tahsil, with the police station, are in the former, 3 miles from the cantonment. The town contains a Government dispensary and a vernacular middle school, maintained by the District board.
