Chichawatni
Chichawatni (, ) is a city in the Sahiwal District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the administrative center of Chichawatni Tehsil, one of the two tehsils of the district. Situated near the old main road called Grand Trunk Road, it lies approximately from the district capital, Sahiwal. According to the 2017 census, Chichawatni's population was 94,733.
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Chichawatni (, ) is a city in the Sahiwal District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the administrative center of Chichawatni Tehsil, one of the two tehsils of the district. Situated near the old main road called Grand Trunk Road, it lies approximately from the district capital, Sahiwal. According to the 2017 census, Chichawatni's population was 94,733.
==History== From the beginning of the 7th century, Rajput Bhatti kingdoms dominated eastern portions of Pakistan and northern India. In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin. In 1005, he conquered the Shahis in Kabul and followed it by the conquests of some of the western Punjab region.