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MURREE , a See also: town and sanatorium of See also: British See also: India, in the See also: Rawalpindi See also: district of the See also: Punjab, 7517 ft. above the See also: sea, about five See also: hours' journey by cart-road from Rawalpindi town, and the starting-point for See also: Kashmir
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The houses are built on the
See also: summit and sides of an irregular See also: ridge, and command magnificent views over See also: forest-clad hills and deep valleys, studded with villages and cultivated See also: fields, with the snow-covered peaks of Kashmir in the background
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The population in r901 was 1844; but these figures omit the summer visitors, who probably number 1o,000
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The garrison generally consists of three See also: mountain batteries
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Since 1877 the summer offices of the provincial See also: government have been transferred to See also: Simla
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The Murree brewery, one of the largest in India, is the chief See also: industrial establishment
.
The See also: Lawrence Military See also: Asylum for the See also: children of See also: European soldiers is situated here
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