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Hyderābād City (Haidarābād) (Sindhi: حیدرآباد, Urdu: حیدرآباد), headquarters of the district of Sindh province of Pakistan traces its early history to Neroon, [1] [2] a Sindhi ruler of the area from whom the city derived its previous name, Neroon Kot.
Although Urdu is among the principal languages of the city, along with Marathi and Hindi, it is spoken in the Dakhni – Hyderabadi Urdu dialect. [59] [better source needed] Wali Dakhni also known as Wali Aurangabadi (1667–1731 or 1743) was a classical poet of Urdu from Aurangabad. He was the first established poet to have composed in Urdu ...
Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی, romanized: Rāwalpinḍī; pronounced [ɾɑːʋəlpɪnɖiː] ⓘ [5]) is the third-largest city in the Pakistani province of Punjab.It is a commercial and metropolitan city, being the fourth most populous in Pakistan.
Taxila or Takshashila (Punjabi and Urdu: ٹيکسلا) [2] is a city in the Pothohar region of Punjab, Pakistan.Located in the Taxila Tehsil of Rawalpindi District, it lies approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) northwest of the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area and is just south of the Haripur District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The entire district was a part of the Bahawalpur State before partition. Rahim Yar Khan has had the status of a separate district since 1943. The district derives its name from its headquarters, the city of Rahim Yar Khan, which was known as "Naushehra" until 1881.
Sukkur District (Sindhi: سکر ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع سکّھر) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur : Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki in 1993. [ 3 ]
In a 1948 speech, Jinnah declared that "Urdu alone would be the state language and the lingua franca of the Pakistan state", although at the same time he called for the Bengali language to be the official language of the Bengal province. [19] Nonetheless, tensions began to grow in East Bengal. [19] Jinnah's health further deteriorated and he ...
Rabwah is an Arabic word meaning an "elevated place". The formal inauguration of the settlement took place on 20 September 1948 after prayers and a sacrifice of five goats at the corners and centre of the area. [5] [6] The town was named Rabwah by then leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. [7]