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JAMRUD , a fort and See also:cantonment in See also:India, just beyond the border of See also:Peshawar See also:district, See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province, situated at the mouth of the Khyber Pass, 1o2 m . W. of Peshawar See also:city, with which it is connected by a See also:branch railway . It was occupied by Hari Singh, Ranjit Singh's See also:commander in 1836,; but in See also:April 1837 Dost Mahommed sent a See also:body of Afghans to Popular See also:Ballads and Songs from Tradition, See also:Manuscript and attack it . The Sikhs gained a doubtful victory, with the loss of their See also:general . During the military operations of 1878—79 70 M . S.W. of See also:Milwaukee and 90 M . N.W. of See also:Chicago . Pop . Jamrud became a See also:place of considerable importance as the frontier outpost on See also:British territory towards See also:Afghanistan, and it was also the See also:base of operations for a portion of the See also:Tirah See also:campaign in 1897—1898 . It is the headquarters of the Khyber Rifles, and the See also:collecting station for the Khyber tolls . Pop . (19o1), 1848 .
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JAMRUD is in North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. JAMRUD became part of Pakistan on 14th August 1947.
Jamrud is a town situated in the Khyber Agency of Peshawar Division, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, lying 1,512 ft (461 m) above sea level at the entrance to the Khyber Pass. It is connected by road and rail with Peshawar and with Landi Kotal through the pass by the Afghan border.
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