Which British officer replaced Haripur as Hazara's capital with Abbottabad?
Lord Mountbatten
Robert Clive
Charles Cornwallis
James Abbott
Answer
James Abbott, a British military officer in the Bengal Army of British Raj, founded Abbottabad in the early 1850s and replaced Haripur as Hazara's capital. The city was named after him in his honor.
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