Bakka, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Bakka, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Town and union council
CountryPakistan
Region Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Haripur District
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Bakka is one of the 44 union councils, administrative subdivisions, of Haripur District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1]

History

According to the journal of James Abbott who was boundary commissioner at the time, on the 29th of June 1847, a group referred to as the Gundgurrias, crept into the defenceless "village of Bukka and murdered in cold blood three sleeping women and several children." [2]

References

  1. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Harrpur Archived 2008-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ JOURNALS AND DIARIES OF THE ASSISTANTS TO THE RESIDENT AT LAHORE - No. 13.—Journal of Captain James Abbott, Boundary Commissioner, Punjaub, from the 21st to the 30th. June 1847..PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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