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Jhelum Cantonment

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362:; the salt trade no longer passes through it. It is an important timber dépôt, the timber from the Kashmir forests which is floated down the river being collected here. A good deal of boatbuilding is carried on. The cantonment, which is three miles from the civil station, contains a church and a post office. The normal strength of the garrison is one Native cavalry and four Native infantry regiments. The municipality was founded in 1867. During the ten years ending 1902–03, the receipts averaged Rs. 32,100, and the expenditure Rs, 31,900. Receipts and expenditure from cantonment funds in the same period averaged Rs. 31,900 and Rs. 6,100 respectively. The main source of income of the municipality in 1903-04 was Rs.34,200 chiefly from 71: 477: 822: 331: 553: 409: 1441: 724: 576: 121: 366:; and the expenditure was Rs. 41,000. The town has two English-medium schools, a municipal high school, and a middle school maintained by the American Presbyterian Mission. Besides the civil hospital, the mission also maintains a hospital. The mission hospital was opened for women and children under the leadership of 397:. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British period. For forty years, it remained closed. Now it has been renovated and opened to the public. 527:
There are number of beautiful parks with exciting rides and activities for the children of all ages. There is a central park with number of attraction for the residents and people of neighbouring areas.
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and as the headquarters of the civil administration. For some years, it was the seat of the Commissioner of the Division, but in 1859 his headquarters were transferred to
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called the River-View Golf Club, where national golf tournaments are held regularly. There are variety of sports facilities available within the cantonment which include
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Jhelum Cantt. offers a number of education institutes for basic, intermediate as well as the higher education. The schools and colleges include:
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In addition, there are a number of good schools in the city of Jhelum and the neighborhood of the cantonment, including the
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Military Lands & Cantonments, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan website, Retrieved 23 July 2021
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The cantonment has a military-run, "B" class standard, 500-bed teaching hospital known as
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has number of markets with small to medium shopping stores offering variety of products.
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Jhelum - Catonment Boards on Punjab Portal, Government of Punjab website
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Cities, Towns and Villages in Jhelum District: Jhelum, Jhelum Catonment
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are among many other sports facilities that are available.
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Fauji Foundation Model School & College, Jhelum Cantt.
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at a distance of 121 km from the national capital
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32°55′10″N 73°42′30″E / 32.91944°N 73.70833°E / 32.91944; 73.70833

32°34′N 73°26′E / 32.56°N 73.44°E / 32.56; 73.44
Country
Pakistan
Province
Punjab
District
Jhelum
Time zone
UTC+5
PST
Postal code
Calling code
Urdu
Punjabi
Urdu
Punjabi
cantonment
Jhelum
Punjab province
Pakistan
cantonments
British rule of the Indian Subcontinent
23rd Infantry Division
Pakistan Army
Major General
GT Road
Jhelum
Islamabad

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