Fazilka
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thumb|right|Population history of Fazilka, Punjab, India Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project originating in Turkmenistan will have its last station in Fazilka.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Fazilka
- Settlement.native_name
- (Punjabi)
- Settlement.other_name
- Bangla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- From top clockwise: Fazilka TV Tower, Raghuwar Bhawan, Fazilka Clock Tower, Asafwala War Memorial and Khuranj Haveli
- Settlement.nickname
- FZK
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab#India
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Fazilka
- Settlement.established_date
- 1844
- Settlement.founder
- J.H Oliver
- Settlement.named_for
- Mian Fazil Watoo
- Settlement.government_type
- Democratic
- Settlement.leader_title
- Member of Parliament
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Background
- Etymology
- History
- Geography
- Location and distance
- International border crossing
- Sadiqui-Sulemanki border ceremony
- Asafwala war memorial
- Culture
- Demography
- Languages
- Regional dance
- Fazilka Heritage Festival
- Climate
- Transport
- Railway
- Roads
- Air
- Intra-city-Ecocabs
- Notable people
- References
thumb|right|Population history of Fazilka, Punjab, India Fazilka, also known as Bangla, is a city and a municipal council in Fazilka district of Punjab, India. In 2011, it was made the headquarter of the newly created Fazilka district. The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline project originating in Turkmenistan will have its last station in Fazilka.
== Background == === Etymology === Fazilka, founded in 1844 CE, is named by its founder JH Oliver after the Mian Fazil Watoo who had earlier owned the land before it was ceded to the British by the Bahawalpur princely state. Prior to its establishment as a district headquarter by JH Oliver, and as a shopping centre by him, it was an uncultivated bushy area. JH Oliver turned the town into a trading hub between Punjab and Sindh and it was hub of wool trading till partition of India.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fazilka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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