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e. Bahawalpur (Urdu, Punjabi: بہاولپُور) 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 km 2 (17,726 sq mi) and had a population of 1,341,209 in 1941. The capital of the state was the town of Bahawalpur.
Bahawalpur was established in 1748 by Nawab Bahawal Khan I, [16] after he migrated to the region around Uch from Shikarpur, Sindh. [17] Bahawalpur replaced Derawar as the clan's capital city. [18] The city initially flourished as a trading post on trade routes between Afghanistan and central India. [19]
Sir Sadeq Muhammad Khan Abbasi was born at Derawar on 29 September 1904, the only son and heir of Haji Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi V, Nawab of the state of Bahawalpur. When only two and a half, his father fell ill and died while at sea off the Aden coast, on 15 February 1907, leaving Sadeq as ruler of Bahawalpur.
In 1953, the Ameer of Bahawalpur represented Pakistan at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1955 he signed an agreement with the Governor-General of Pakistan , Malik Ghulam Muhammad , under which Bahawalpur became part of the province of West Pakistan , with effect from 14 October 1955, and the Ameer received a yearly privy purse of 32 ...
v. t. e. A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign [1] entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, [2] subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British crown.
Politician. Nawab Salahuddin Ahmed Abbasi (Urdu: نواب صلاح الدین عباسی) is a Member of Parliament in Pakistan. [1] He is also the grandson of Sadeq Mohammad Khan V, who was the last ruling Nawab of the Princely State Bahawalpur. [2][3][4] He has been elected five times as Member of National Assembly from the city Ahmadpur East.
In 1771, Jhanda Singh focused his attention on Bahawalpur, sending commander Majha Singh to attack the area. Majha Singh successfully pillaged Khai, Sadullahpur, and neighboring regions under Bahawalpur's control. In response, the Nawab of Bahawalpur deployed his nephew, Jafar Khan, to lead a select force against Majha Singh across the Satluj ...
Website. bahawalpur.punjab.gov.pk. Bahawalpur District (Urdu: ضلع بہاول پور) is a district of Punjab, Pakistan, with capital the city of Bahawalpur. According to the 1998 Census it had a population of 2,433,091, of which 27.01% were urban. [2] Bahawalpur district covers 24,830 km 2. [3]