[1] Rawalpindi cantonment is part of Rawalpindi Metropolitan city Population 3,461,806(2017) It is situated on the Grand Trunk Road on Railway Line 1, the main railway line of the country.

It contained an arsenal, one battery of horse and one of field artillery, one mountain battery, one company of garrison artillery, and one ammunition column of field artillery; one regiment of British and one of local cavalry; two of British and two of local infantry; and two companies of sappers and miners, with a balloon section.

It was the winter headquarters of the Northern Command, and of the Rawalpindi military division.

However, this was one of the most poorly managed cantonments and it was facing administrative challenges due to its size, area and population.

Following the partition, a number of streets and neighborhoods in Rawalpindi Cantonment underwent a renaming process.