Rasulnagar
Rasul Nagar is situated on Wazirabad-Pindi Bhattian highway which is being upgraded to Express Way (E-3). A road link connects it with Alipur Chatha, the nearest town.
History
Rasool Nagar was the site of the Battle of Ramnagar on 18 November 1848 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. By the 1900s Western Punjab was predominantly Muslim and supported the Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. Migration between India and Pakistan was continuous before independence. After the independence in August 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslim refugees from India settled in the Western Punjab and across Pakistan. During British rule Rasul Nagar became part of Wazirabad Tehsil, the population according to the 1901 census was 7,121. Ranjit Singh, the former ruler of Punjab, built his summer rest house (Bara-Dari) in a fruit garden on the easteren side of Rasul Nagar on the bank of Chenab river in 1831 while he was the ruler of Punjab. Rasool Nagar was a market hub at that time.
==References==
- ^ Location of Rasulnagar - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Towns & Unions in the City District of Gujranwala - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Dube, I. &. S. (2009). From ancient to modern: Religion, power, and community in India hardcover. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Wazīrābād Tehsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 24, p. 378.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timYr-_nOog