Ali Pur Chatta
Alipur Chattha
علی پور چٹھہ Akalgarh | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Alipur Chattha Location of Alipur Chattha | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′N 73°29′E / 32.16°N 73.49°ECoordinates: 32°10′N 73°29′E / 32.16°N 73.49°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Gujranwala |
| Tehsil | Wazirabad |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5 sq mi (12 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2017) | 60,989 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | +5 |
| Postal code type | 34451 |
| Calling code | 055 |
Ali Pur Chattha is a town and union council of Wazirabad Tehsil, Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan.[2][3] Ali Pur Chattha (formerly Akalgarh) is a town of Wazirabad Tehsil in the Gujranwala District of Pakistan. It is situated nearly 35 km away in the west from the district capital Gujranwala, 28 km in north from Hafizabad and 8 km in the south from Rasool Nagar and 15 km Chenab River (Qadirabad Head works) and almost 8 Kilometers of the east of Sooianwala Chatha.
History[]
In the Ali Pur Chattha area, there are the ruins of the historical city of Akālgarh with the remnants of the Sikh Empire in this area.[4]
The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. At that time, the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "GUJRANWALA BLOCKWISE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Location of Akalgarh - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Chief Minister looks into alleged torture of two sisters (at Alipur Chatha) Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 9 June 2012, Retrieved 1 June 2018
- ^ Bansal, Bobby Singh (1 December 2015). Remnants of the Sikh Empire: Historical Sikh Monuments in India & Pakistan. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 9789384544935.
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