Wazirabad

Wazirabad ( Urdu وزیرآباد ) is a city in the province of Punjab in Pakistan with 104 148 inhabitants ( 2006).

Geography

Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the river Chanab about 100 kilometers north of Lahore 62 meters above the sea level.

For administrative area of ​​the city include the main places Ahmad Nagar, Alipur, Kailianwala, Kialasike, Kotkhizari, Pathanky, Rasol Nagar, Saroki and Sohdra.

History

After the death of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb Alamgir in 1707, the Sikhs established gradually in the Punjab. A moment of weakness took the British East India Company from 1849 and ended the rule of the Sikh via Wazirabad. After that, the area was part of the British Empire.

1947 with the independence of India and the partition of the Punjab came the larger western part with the new state of Pakistan Wazirabad. In this division, there was civil war -like conditions: Hindus and Muslims fled to the east to the west. Both sides committed over several weeks, numerous massacres of the other group.

Economy and infrastructure

The local economy produces, among others, rice, sugar cane, corn, iron and steel, leather goods and surgical instruments.

Wazirabad is an important railway junction with links to Faisalabad and Sialkot. The city is situated on the main line from Peshawar to Karachi. The railway line also passes through the Opened in 1876 by ​​the Prince of Wales Alexandra Bridge over the River Chanab.

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