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Rawalpindi Cantonment Pakistan (Urdu: چھاؤنی راولپنڈی) is a large cantonment located in Rawalpindi, Punjab province, Pakistan. The headquarters of the Pakistan Army , which are known as the General Headquarters (GHQ) , are located in the Rawalpindi cantonment.
According to the Cantonment Act of 2023, a new body known as the Directorate of Military Land and Cantonment is set to be formed. The main office for this directorate will be situated in either Rawalpindi or Islamabad , with additional regional offices to be established nationwide.
Rawalpindi's Fatima Jinnah Women University is housed in a Victorian mansion. Following Rawalpindi's capture by the British East India Company, 53rd Regiment of the company army took quarters in the newly captured city. [37] The decision to man a permanent military cantonment in the city was made in 1851 by the Marquess of Dalhousie. [37]
Westridge is a residential area in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, which dates back to 1880 when the British Army first came into this area and established its cantonment in Rawalpindi, amongst a few other Military Units it set up here. [1] Initially, a few units of Signals Battalion were established here in 1916.
History [ edit ] In 1891, the Lansdowne Trust Rawalpindi was established by Rai Bahadur Sardar Kirpal Singh and Rai Bahadur Sardar Sujan Singh, [ 3 ] with an administrative committee including the general officer commanding, the Rawalpindi commissioner, the deputy commissioner, and trust members.
The Cantonments Act of 1924 was a landmark in the history of cantonments, as it brought in its wake some sweeping changes. The act introduced the representative local government system, under which elected representative of the civil population became members of the Cantonment Boards.
Lalkurti (literally red shirt; referring to British Infantry "Red coats" from colonial era), is a locality in the heart of Rawalpindi cantonment in Pakistan.Places with the same name are also found in many other garrison cities of Pakistan and India, such as Peshawar, Lahore, Kanpur, Ambala, Meerut and Delhi.
Rawalpindi remained under the rule of Ghakkars until Muqrab Khan, the last Ghakkar ruler, was defeated by Sikhs in 1765. Under Sikh rule, traders were invited to settle in Rawalpindi. A thriving trade was established, but during the nineteenth century the Sikhs lost the city to the British, who established a cantonment south of the old city.