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| Grand Jamia mosque, Rawalpindi | Pinterest |
Rawalpindi or also Pindi, has a central position in Pothohar. Rawalpindi is the divisional headquarters of the division and is connected to the federal capital Islamabad. Taxila, a famous city in the history of the world, is now a tehsil of Rawalpindi district. Rawalpindi district has 7 tehsils including Rawalpindi, Murree, Kahuta, Gujjar Khan, Taxila, and Kotli Satyan. The total area of this district is 622 thousand acres. Half of which is cultivated. The average rainfall in Rawalpindi district is higher than any other district in the country. It is the only district in Punjab province where three tehsils Kahuta, Kotli Satyan and Murree receive several feet of snow every year. Even in Pindi Tehsil, sometimes a little snow falls. The people of Rawalpindi are mostly employed and most of them serve in the Pakistan Armed Forces. Rawalpindi became a district in 1850 during the British rule.
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| Fawara Chowk | @stringer_journalist |
Rawalpindi is a land of old civilization and here people from different regions, casts, and religions live together. Rawalpindi is very populated area and a lot of bazars, the roads of pindi are wide at someplace, but they are always busy. It was once a small town but over period of time it has expanded dramatically.
History of Rawalpindi
From Bhagwat Gita
The name of Rawalpindi is not found anywhere in ancient history. Because by the first millennium AD, this city was very small. And it was known by other names instead of Rawalpindi. For example, according to Rajasthan events, the oldest name of Rawalpindi was Solan. However, according to the Bhagwat Gita, the name of Rawalpindi was Salbahan pura about three thousand years ago, ie in 1000 BC.
Rajput's era
While it is written in Shahnameh Firdous that Alexander invaded here eight hundred years after the battle of Mahabharata, at that time Chauhan Rajput as Baajguzar Wali Taxila Raja Amini was the ruler of Rawalpindi and his seat was in Mohalla Adara near Tench Bhatta. In those days Rawalpindi was called Adarra. Later, Raja Gajj, one of the descendants of Sri Krishna, took the throne from Chauhans and this area was called Gajnipur.
When Raja Salbahn became the ruler from the descendants of Raja Gajj, Rawalpindi was called Salbahan pura. Raja Bhaati, one of the descendants of Salbahan, became the ruler of a high position here, so his descendants started calling him Bhaati and Bhatti and the area started calling him Bhattnair or Bhatti Pur. In 830 A.D., among the Bhatti Rajputs, Raja Bajan Pal Bhatti rebuilt Gajnipur into a fort, which is presumed to be located at the opposite side of the Ayub Park which is now under the control of Army.
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| A view of Pharwala Fort, Rawalpindi | Google |
Mahmud Ghaznavi era
When Mahmud Ghaznavi came, he named the city Akbarabad and his son Sultan Masood named Fatehpur Powari and named the present throne near Rawat Akbarabad. Which was later given by King Jahangir to Raja Saroop Minhas as a jagir. Raja Bazaar's Shiv Mandir was built in 1182 Bikrami.
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| Mandir in Rawalpindi | courtesy DAWN |
Rawal tribe to present
Initially, in every era and in every name, it was a very small and unknown town, but it was a village that was unable to identify itself in history. When the Rawal tribe of the Bhatti Rajputs began to settle in the area between the present Fawara Chowk and Diggi Khoi Chowk near Rawal Dam, Rawal pind (the village of Rawal) was founded. Later on, the name became Rawalpindi.
After rawal many other people tribes started to live here. To fulfil the life needs, a bazar was formed from Dingi Khoi chowk to Fawara Chowk. And it was remembered as 'Raja Bazar' because of Rawal Rajputs.
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| A historic photo of Raja Bazar | Pinterest |
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| Railway Station Rawalpindi | Google |
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| A normal rush at Pindi | @abdulhannan27 |
Very informative. Keep it up.
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