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  2. Bahawalpur - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Bahawalpur (princely state) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Bahawalpur District - Wikipedia

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    Bahawalpur is located in the southeast of Punjab province, the capital, Bahawalpur city, is 889 km from Karachi. The region surrounding Bahawalpur to the west, called the Sindh, is a fertile alluvial tract in the Sutlej River valley that is irrigated by floodwaters, planted with groves of date palms, and thickly populated.

  5. Nicknames of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Other nicknames. " Heart of America " – Chicago is one of the largest transportation centers in America, and its location was once near the center of the United States. " The 312 " – a reference to the city's original area code under the North American Numbering Plan before the overlays of area code 773 and later area code 872.

  6. South Punjab Province - Wikipedia

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    South Punjab (Punjabi: دکھݨی پنجاب, romanized: Dakhṇī Panjāb; Urdu: جنوبی پنجاب, romanized: Junūbī Panjāb), [1][2] also proposed as Bahawalpur-South Punjab;[3] or Bahawalpur Janoobi Punjab; [4] are the names for the proposals to create a new province in Pakistan, out of the southern regions of Punjab. [5] The region ...

  7. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name means "City of Victory". The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. Agra (1501–1540): Derived from Sanskrit Agrevaṇa (अग्रेवण), or 'the border of the forest'. The name was first mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata.

  8. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown. St. Simeon Mirotočivi, a Serbian Orthodox church located in East Side. Greektown. Fiesta Boricua on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design. The Gateway Theatre 's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

  9. Bahawalnagar District - Wikipedia

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    Map of Bahawalnagar District (highlighted in red) within Punjab. Bahawalnagar District (Urdu and Punjabi: ضلع بہاولنگر), is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan. Before the independence of Pakistan, Bahawalnagar was part of Bahawalpur state governed by the Nawab of Bahawalpur. The city of Bahawalnagar is the capital of the district.