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Sialkot Cantt. (Sialkot)

Pakistan / Punjab / Sialkot
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Sialkot was annexed by the British in 1849 and Sialkot Cantonments were constructed around 1853 several kilometers away from then municipal boundaries of Sialkot City. Main contractor was Sheikh Maula Buksh who also constructed and gifted the Cathedral of Sialkot Cantt to the British. Another big trader was Sheikh Goolam Qadir who established the first departmental store of subcontinent at Sialkot Cantt. Most of the institutions established in and around the cantonment are over a hundred years old.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialkot
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Coordinates:   32°31'19"N   74°33'29"E

Comments

  • kulvir_kapoor
    Let us talk good of different lands on this earth. During British Rule, Sialkot was very much a part of British India. My parents lived here for a few months during 1940-1942. My parents went all the way to Jammu Tawi to attend the wedding of my cousin brother Prem Malhotra with Pushpa.
  • awam ki awaz (guest)
    BE nice to each other,you cant change any thing by swearing each other,love bring you closer,hate make you distant far
  • narinder (guest)
    Sialkot se meri bahut yadein babista hain kyonki mera bachpan 1943-1947 yahin beeta. woh kya ache din theh . ooper likhe comments padh kar bada afsos hua . yeh ek sachai hai ki hindustan aur pakistan 2 alag mulq hain hamein hamesha ek doosrey ke liye acha sochna aur bolna chahiye.
  • awam ki awaz (guest)
    pleas brothers think be fore you write some thing,british were ruling nearly whole world , countrys got independent,now scotland want independent,thats their right,but india and pakistan,still fighting each other,people swears at each other,where is our humanity,we are neighbours,we should protect each others,not fight each other,war is bad,friend ship is better
  • edelstahl
    i love this
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