Bahawalnagar
Sign in to saveBahawalnagar (Punjabi, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well. It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2023 census. Old name of Bahawalnagar was Rojanwali/Ubbha. It was named Bahawalnagar in 1904 after Bahawal Khan V, the ruler of the Bahawalpur state comprising the present districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan. It is south of Lahore and about miles east of Bahawalpur. It is far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes
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Place details
- Locality
- بہاولنگر
- Region
- پنجاب
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 241,873
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
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Key facts
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- Bahawalnagar
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
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- Govt post graduate college Bahawalnagar.jpg
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- Municipal Committee Bahawalnagar.jpg
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- Municipal Committee logo
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- Municipal Committee Bahawalnagar
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- 100px
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- Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan
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- left
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- Location of Bahawalnagar
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- Country
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- Bahawalnagar Tehsil
- Population
- +141935
- Elevation
- +163
- Time zone
- Pakistan Standard Time
- Capital of
- Bahawalnagar Tehsil
- Official website
- mcbahawalnagar.lgpunjab.org.pk
- Image
- Govt post graduate college Bahawalnagar.jpg
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Bahawalnagar (Punjabi, ), is the capital city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Bahawalnagar is the headquarter of the district and tehsil as well. It is the 39th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2023 census. Old name of Bahawalnagar was Rojanwali/Ubbha. It was named Bahawalnagar in 1904 after Bahawal Khan V, the ruler of the Bahawalpur state comprising the present districts of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan. It is south of Lahore and about miles east of Bahawalpur. It is far from District Pakpattan. River Sutlej passes on the northern side at a distance of about 6 miles.
==History== Bahawalnagar originally known as Rojhanwali was a small settlement consisting of few huts and shacks. This village Rojhanwali is still in existence at a distance of about 1.5 miles north of the Railway Station. Bahawalnagar is located at the historic road constructed by Indian Muslim Emperor Sher Shah Suri.