Murree is the most beautiful tourist site of Punjab and it is located on the Pir Panjal Range within the Murree Tehsil , Rawalpindi District in Punjab, Murree is situated about 30 km toward northeast of Islamabad City. It has average altitude of 2,291 meters (7516 ft). Murree was founded in 1851 as a sanatorium for British troops . The permanent town of Murree was constructed in 1853. Murree was the summer headquarters of the colonial Punjab Government until 1876 when it was moved to Shimla . Murree became the most popular tourist station for British within the British India , several prominent Englishmen were born here including Bruce Bairnsfather , Francis Young husband and Reginald Dyer . In 1901, the population of the town was officially 1,844, although if summer visitors had been included this could have been as high as 10,000. Since the Indepen...
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