Nowshera Cantonment

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Nowshera Cantonment is a cantonment adjacent to Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, located on the opposite bank of the Kabul River. It was established by the British colonial government in 1851 and was renovated in 1859, just after the Sepoy Mutiny.


33°59′48″N72°00′47″E / 33.99667°N 72.01306°E / 33.99667; 72.01306

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