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6 unusual facts about Attock


Attock

In 1001, he defeated Raja Jayapala of the Hindu Shahi Dynasty of Gandhara in the Battle of Peshawar and marched further into Peshawar and, in 1005, made it the center for his forces.

The city's foundations were laid in 1903, and it was named Campbellpur after Sir Colin Campbell.

Government Degree College Attock

Government Degree College Attock is a college for women in Attock, Punjab province of Pakistan that offers degree programs in Sciences, Social Sciences, Business and more.

Government Polytechnic Institute Attock

The Government Polytechnic Institute Attock, or GPI Attock is a government technical education institute in Attock and Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.

Puntambekar

The Maratha empire at its peak was spread across much of India from Thanjavur in the South to Indo-Gangetic plain of the North and in the West to Attock in what is today's Pakistan.

Shahbaz Khan Kamboh

In 1589 AD, General Shabaz Khan led an expedition from Attock against the Yousafzai Afghans and defeated and dispersed them.


Aornos

The site lies north of Attock in Punjab, on a strongly reinforced mountain spur above the narrow gorges in a bend of the upper Indus River.

Attock District

The Syed, Khattar, Awan, Shaikh, Gheba, Jat, Qanungoh Shaikhs, Paracha, Arains, Pashtun, Gakharss, Gujjars, Rajput, Mughal and Qureshi are the main tribes and clans of Attock district.

Attock Group of Companies

Attock Group of Companies commonly known as Attock Group is a Pakistani multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Rawalpindi District.

Attock Khurd

In the spring of 326 BCE Alexander III of Macedon passed into the Punjab (at Ohind, 16 m. above Attock), using a bridge over the Indus constructed by Perdiccas and Hephaestion.

Attock then finds its name in the history books dating to the rule of Chandragupta's grandson Ashoka, the Emperor of upper India, who had converted to the Buddhist faith.

In 1813, the Sikh Empire wrested the Attock Fort from the Kingdom of Kabul in the Battle of Attock.

Baha-ud-din Zakariya

His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.

Chhachh

It is located 20.4 kilometres from Attock city and 22.9 kilometres from Topi Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Hazro

Hazro Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Attock District, Pakistan

Malik Amin Aslam

Aslam was elected in 2002 as the Member of National Assembly affiliated with Pakistan Muslim League (Q) from NA-57 (Attock-I) and served as the state mister for environment till 2007.

Nartopa

Nartopa is situated in the middle of the Chhachh area of Attock District and is the third largest village of the area, located to the west of Hazro.

Orakzai

Due to limited resources and fertile land, many Orakzai have settled in Pakistan's major urban centres such as Hangu, Thall, Parachinar, Tirah, Peshawar, Attock, (Nowshera-Amangarh) Islamabad,Battagram-Allai, Wazirabad, Lahore, Abbottabad and Karachi.


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