Jhelum Cantt. (

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: ) or Jhelum Cantonment is

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area in

Jhelum Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...

adjacent to the city area.Overview of Cantonment Board Jhelum
Military Lands & Cantonments, Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan website, Retrieved 23 July 2021 It is one of the important

(Army Base) of

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, which was built during the British rule in 1849 and has grown into a strong garrison. It is the headquarters of the 23rd Infantry Division commanded by a

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Location

Jhelum Cantonment is located on the GT Road (N-5) adjacent to the city of

at a distance of 121 km from the capital city of

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and 167 km from the provincial capital

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. Prominent nearby cities and towns include

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Kharian Cantonment Kharian Cantonment (Urdu: کھاریاں چھاؤنی۔), ( Punjabi: ) or Kharian Cantt is one of the largest Cantonment (Army bases) in Pakistan. It is located near Kharian city, in the Gujrat district of Punjab province. This cantonment is ...

Sarai Alamgir Sarai Alamgir ( pnb, ) is the main town of Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, located in the Gujrat district in the north of the Punjab province of Pakistan. Sarai Alamgir is one of four tehsils of Gujrat district. Sarai Alamgir covers on the eastern ba ...

, and Gujrat. The cantonment area is well planned and aesthetically maintained with an array of evergreen trees, some other kind of trees and seasonal flowers.

History

During British rule

was chosen as the site of a

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

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

. Under British rule, Jhelum had steadily advanced in prosperity; and it is the hub for most of the trade of the District. Although, since the completion of the Sind-Sāgar branch of the North-Western Railway; 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 octroi; 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.Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 159-160
/ref> The mission hospital was opened for women and children under the leadership of

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in 1910. During the

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, 35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance. A lectern inside St. John's Church Jhelum the church shows the names of those 35 soldiers. ''St. John's Church'' is located in Jhelum cantonment

beside the

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. 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.

Education

Jhelum Cantt. offers a number of education institutes for basic, intermediate as well as the higher education. The schools and colleges include: * Army Public School and College Jhelum Cantt. * Fauji Foundation Model School & College, Jhelum Cantt. * FG Boys Public Secondary School Jhelum Cantt * FG Girls Public Secondary School Jhelum Cantt * FG Boys High School Jhelum Cantt *

Presentation Convent School, Jhelum Presentation Convent High School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore. History On 13 January 1950, four sisters arrived in Jhelum, ...

Cantt *

St. Thomas' High School, Jhelum St. Thomas' High School is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Jhelum, a city in the Jhelum District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. History It was founded by Sr. Maureen Costelloe of the Presentation Sisters under th ...

Cantt * Cantonment Board Public School In addition there are number of good schools in the city of Jhelum and neighborhood of cantonment which include the Beaconhouse School Systems and The City School (Pakistan) etc. A famous Cadet College with a name of Military College Jhelum is located at a distance of 5 km at

Sports

The Jhelum Cantt has an eighteen-hole

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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

Cricket field A cricket field is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: some are almost perfect circles, some elongated ovals and some entirely irregular shapes with l ...

s Hockey fields, football fields,

Tennis Court A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the centre. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles matches. A variety of surfaces can be u ...

s, Squash courts and

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s are among many other sports facilities that are available.

Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Jhelum, Pakistan. It is named after Jhelumi poet Syed Zamir Jafri. It was a local district-level stadium, but now the Pakistan Cricket Board has upraised it for regional level events. Six ext ...

is also adjacent to the ''Gul Afshan Colony'' Jhelum Cantt.

Parks

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.

Health facilities

The cantonment has a "B" class standard, 500-bed teaching hospital known as Combined Military Hospital (

CMH Jhelum Combined Military Hospitals ( ur, , abbreviated as CMH) are Pakistan Armed Forces hospitals situated in various cantonments of Pakistan. History During the British Raj, the British Indian Army troops depended for their medical treatment en ...

). There is a plan to establish a medical college in the vicinity of the hospital.

Shopping

The

has number of markets with small to medium shopping stores offering variety of products.

References

External links

*
Cantonment Board Jhelum official website
{{Army Cantonments of Pakistan Cities Cantonments of Pakistan