Bahawalpur is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is one of the ten largest cities of Pakistan and 6th most populous city of Punjab. Bahawalpur is the capital of Bahawalpur Division.
Bahawalpur was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British Raj, and later Dominion of Pakistan, that was a part of the Punjab States Agency. The state covered an area of 45,911 km2 (17,726 sq mi) and had a population of 1,341,209 in 1941. The capital of the state was the town of Bahawalpur.
Khwaja Ghulam Farid was a 19th-century Saraiki poet. He belonged to the Chishti Order and was a mystic from Bahawalpur, Punjab during the British Raj. He was originally from Thatta, Sindh. A contemporary of Mast Tawakali and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, he penned resistance through poetry against the British colonial rule.
General Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan V Abbasi was the 12th and final Nawab (ruler) of the state of Bahawalpur from February 1907 to October 1955, and then as a titular figure until his death in 1966.
Nawab Salahuddin Ahmed Abbasi is a Member of Parliament in Pakistan. He is also the grandson of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, who was the last ruling Nawab of the Princely State Bahawalpur. He has been elected five times as Member of National Assembly from the city Ahmadpur East. He is also the Chief of Bahawalpur National Awami Party (BNAP) which is allied with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf.
Ahmadpur East or Ahmadpur Sharqia is one of the five tehsils, or administrative subdivisions, of Bahawalpur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Ahmadpur East. With approximately 1 million inhabitants, it is the largest tehsil in terms of population in Pakistan. The main language spoken in the region is Saraiki. Urdu And Punjabi are also spoken. Urdu and English are the official languages used in various educational and government institutions.Famous social worker Irfan Balouch Tehsil President of international Human Rights Movement & Human Rights Protection and Social Justice Ahmadpur East lives here who got Best Influencer award in Jeddah 2023.
Rahim Yar Khan is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the 16th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is the capital of the Rahim Yar Khan District. The administration of the city is subdivided into nine Union Councils.
Derawar Fort is a fortress in Ahmadpur East Tehsil of Bahawalpur District in the Punjab, Pakistan. Approximately 20 km south of the city of Ahmedpur East, the forty bastions of Derawar are visible for many miles in the Cholistan Desert. The walls have a perimeter of 1500 metres and stand up to thirty metres high.
Rahim Yar Khan District is a district in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Its headquarters is the city of Rahim Yar Khan.
The Noor Mahal is a historic real estate owned by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) under the management of the Army Secretariat in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
The Sadiq Public School (SPS) is a college-preparatory boarding school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It also takes day pupils. It is one of the largest schools in Pakistan and its area of 451 acres (1.83 km2) makes it both the largest in the country and in continental Asia.
Ahmedpur East or Ahmedpur Sharqia, also spelled Ahmadpur, Ahmed Pur or Ahmad Pur, is a city in Bahawalpur District, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Ahmadpur East Tehsil. It is the 69th largest city of Pakistan according to the 2017 census. Irfan Balouch Tehsil President of International Human Rights Movement & Human rights protection and social justice Ahmadpur East lives here who got Best Influencer award in Jeddah. He is famous for his social work.
Bahawalpur National Awami Party is a Pakistani political party formed in 2010 by Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi.
The Bahawalpur Central Library, also known as Sadiq Reading Library, is a library in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It was founded on 8 March 1924 by Sir Rufus Daniel Issacs during the coronation year of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V. It cost 100,000 rupees by Bahawalpur State and is the second largest library in the province of Punjab.
The Government Sadiq College Women University (GSCWU) (Urdu: دی گورنمنٹ صادق کالج وؤمن یونیورسٹی بہاولپور) is a public university located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Chaudhry Tariq Bashir Cheema is a Pakistani politician who is serving as the Secretary General of the PML-Q since 2003. He had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023 and from June 2013 till May 2018. He served as the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research.
Muhammad Abbas Khan Abbasi also known as Alhaj Mohammad Abbas Khan Abbasi, was the Nawab and later Amir of the Bahawalpur State. He was also a Brigadier in the Pakistani Army, Governor of Punjab and member of the Bahawalpur royal family.
Al-Sadiq Mosque is a mosque located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
Government Sadiq Dane High School, also known as S. D. High School, is a high school located in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the largest school in Bahawalpur with over 2000 students currently enrolled. The building of the school is well known for its clocks.
Sadiq Muhammad Khan IV was the 10th Nawab of Bahawalpur who ruled the Bahawalpur State from 1879 to 1899 under the supervision of the British Raj. He died in 1899 and was succeeded by his eldest son Bahawal Khan V.
