Sahiwal Division
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Sahiwal Division ساہیوال |
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 Location of Sahiwal(in red) in Punjab, Pakistan and (inset) Punjab in Pakistan. |
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| Coordinates: 30°39′52″N 73°6′30″E / 30.66444°N 73.10833°ECoordinates: 30°39′52″N 73°6′30″E / 30.66444°N 73.10833°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Capital | Sahiwal |
| Established | 2008 |
| Districts | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Type | District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,302 km2 (3,978 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 6,271,247 |
| Combined population of all Districts of Sahiwal | |
| Main language(s) | |
| • Urdu, English, Punjabi | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 57000 |
| Dialling code | 040 |
| Website | www |
Sahiwal Division (Punjabi, Urdu: ساہیوال) is one of the nine Divisions of Punjab province of Pakistan. As of 1998, current regions of Sahiwal had a population of 6,271,247 people, with an annual growth-rate of 1.92%. Since 2008, Sahiwal District along with Okara District and Pakpattan District has comprised the Sahiwal Division. The city of Sahiwal is the capital of both the district and the division. About 18 miles south-west of Sahiwal is Harappa, an ancient city of the world, oldest urban center of Harappan or Indus civilization in South Asia. About 28 miles (45 km) west of Sahiwal, at Kamalia, is the site of Malli city captured by Alexander the Great in 325 bc. Alexander stayed in this region of Punjab for two years and fought almost 12 wars during his stay.
In 1849, a district (now Sahiwal) was made with the name Pakpattan between Lahore and Multan for the administrative purposes. In 1851, its headquarters was moved to Gogera and this region got the name Gogera. In September 1858, participating in India's First War of Independence, this region fought under the command of great Freedom Fighter Rai Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal who was the famous landlord in this area. Along with his companions Murad Fatiana, Shujaa Bhadur, and Mokha Wehniwal, Rai Ahmed Nawaz Khan Kharal killed Lord Berkeley the Commissioner for Gogera. They led an insurrection in the wide area of Punjab covering Ganji Bar, Neeli Bar and Sandal Bar area (an area between rivers Sutlej, Ravi River and Chenab River covered with thick forests in past). These great warriors held the jungles of Gogera and gave the immense resistance to the British forces, besieging Major Crawford Chamberlain at Chichawatni. In 1854, when Railway tack between Lahore and Multan was laid under the British Raj, a large railway station was constructed here and this region got the name of Sahiwal after the Sahi Clan of Kharal Jatt who were the inhabitants of this area. In 1865, Sahiwal name was changed and it was named Montgomery after Sir Robert Montgomery, then Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab.[1] Its current name was reinstated in 1966.
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