Thursday, November 18, 2010

Akalgarh now in Pakistan:Our ancestral town

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Akalgarh is a town of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°16'0N 73°49'0E with an altitude of 193 metres (636 feet).

History

'Alipur Chatha,علی پو ر چٹھھ 'His old name was(Akalgarh) is a town of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°16'0N 73°49'0E with an altitude of 193 metres (636 feet). The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.

'Ali Pur Chathaعلی پو ر چٹھھ ' Ali Pur Chatta (formerly Akalgarh) is a town of Wazirabad Tehsil in the Gujranwala District of Pakistan. It is situated nearly 35km away in west from the district capital Gujranwala, 28km in north from Hafizabad and 8km in south from Rasool Nagar and Chenab River and almost 8 Kilometers of east of Sooianwala Chatha (سوئيانوالہ چٹھہ). It is a lush green area, the main crops are Rice, Wheat, sugar cane & Maze.

There are degree colleges both for boys and girls. Ali Pur Chattha is also known as land of fisheries and approximately 35,000 acres (140 km²) of land beyond Mandi Baha_ud _din covered by fish ponds.

Sadhanwali is 3km away from Ali Pur Chattha

The population according to the 1901 census was 4,961, the income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 5,500, and the expenditure Rs. 5,300. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 6,400, chiefly from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 6,400. The town was the residence of a family of Khattris of the Chopra clan, to which belonged the Diwan Sawan Mal and his son Mulraj, governors of Multan in the later days of Sikh rule.

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