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10 unusual facts about Bahawalpur


Bibi Amtus Salam

She established the Kasturba Seva Mandir and settled down in Rajpura where she worked on the resettlement of Hindu migrants from Bahawalpur.

Carlos Azpiroz Costa

I remember the faces of Christian families badly wounded at Bahawalpur (Pakistan 2001), the neighbors of our sisters in the poorest barrios of Kinshasa (Congo), the children following us in Cameroon, in the Civil War Square in Campodos (Tibú), Colombia, families fishing from the canoes off Gizo in the Solomon Islands or in the Urubamba River in the Peruvian Amazon.

Government Post Graduate College–Chishtian

The foundation stone of the present campus of the college was laid on June 9, 1965, by G. Yazdani Malik, the Commissioner of Bahawalpur Division, who in his inaugural speech recognized the efforts of Maulvi Shah Mohammed Bijli in establishing the institution.

Lashkar-e-Omar

Finally on 28 October 2002, a church in Bahawalpur in Punjab, was attacked by six gunmen, killing 17 Christians and a police officer.

Munir Hafiez

He also stayed GOC 7th Infantry Division at Peshawar and as Commander, XXXI Corps at Bahawalpur from August 2000 to October 2001.

Pakistan Boy Scouts Association

In Bahawalpur, Wilson was welcomed by Brigadier M.A. Abbasi, Deputy Chief Scout Commissioner who had been at the 1951 World Jamboree in Austria and would later lead the Pakistani contingent at the 1957 Jubilee Jamboree.

Pirzada

The Pirzada in Punjab are found mainly in the cities of Multan and Bahawalpur and now they are also living in cities like Thatta and Badin.

Sadeq Mohammad Khan V

Sir Sadeq Muhammad Khan Abbasi was born at Derawar on 29 September 1904, the only son and heir of Haji Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi V, Nawab of the state of Bahawalpur.

1907–1921: His Highness Rukn ud-Daula, Saif ud-Daula, Hafiz ul-Mulk, Mukhlis ud-Daula wa Muin ud-Daula, Nawab Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi V Bahadur, Nusrat Jung, Nawab of Bahawalpur.

Shaukat Malik

Prior to joining the INA, Shaukat Malik fought in the Burma theatre as an officer in the Bahawalpur State Forces.


Akhtar Abdur Rahman

General Akhtar and General Zia along with a number of other top Pakistani military personnel were earlier in Bahawalpur to witness a US M1 Abrams tank demonstration.

Asif Nawaz

At the completion of three-year term of General Mirza Aslam Beg, four generals were in the race to replace him: Lt Gen Shamim Alam Khan, commander XXXI Corps, Bahawalpur; Lt Gen Asif Nawaz, chief of general staff (CGS); Lt Gen Zulfiqar Akhtar Naz commander I Corps, Mangla ; and Lt Gen Hamid Gul, commander II Corps, Multan.

Bahawalpur Tehsil

Saraiki is the most spoken language in bahawalpur Punjabi is also spoken on a large number and 2nd after the saraiki in bahawalpur is the most spoken language.

Fazilka TV Tower

Radio Pakistan then slowly and steadily kept opening new radio stations in the cities of Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Islamabad and Sialkot.

Jajja

Derawar Fort is believed to be constructed by Jajjas which was later conquered by Abbasi rulers of Bahawalpur.

Javed Chaudhry

Chaudhary received a degree in Mass Communication from Islamia University, Bahawalpur in 1991.

Kot Sabzal

As the historian Mohan Lal tries to remember in his travelogues, the city had gates, that had perished through want of repair and that one had a gun, which was kept towards the Bahawalpur country.

Usually accessible via the N-5 National Highway this town is overshadowed by the presence of other larger towns like Rahim Yar Khan, Jacobabad and Bahawalpur around it.

Mumbai serial train blasts investigations

LeT's Azam Cheema masterminds the blasts at his mansion in Bahawalpur with two modules of SIMI and LeT and their leaders.

Rafique Haider Khan Leghari

Leghari was born in the village Rahimabad in Rahim Yar Khan District, Pakistan, the third son of Sardar Gulam Haider Khan Leghari – a landlord of the district and Member of the Legislative Assembly MLA of the Bahawalpur Assembly.

Sadiq Public School

In order to accomplish this project, the Ameer of Bahawalpur State, Ala Hazrat Nawab Sir Sadeq Mohammad Khan V allocated a sum of rupees one million and nine hundred thousand for the construction of the buildings.

Salahuddin Saeed Khan

:Not to be confused with Nawab Salahuddin of the former princely state of Bahawalpur.

Saraikistan

As of 2002, there were approximately 15 million Saraiki people, who were speaking the Saraiki language, in central Pakistan in the Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan provinces, mainly based in the former princely state of Bahawalpur.