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Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) [ 4 ] (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع فیصل آباد) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad City. It is the third largest city of Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore.
Faisalabad (/ f ɑː ɪ s ɑː l ˌ b ɑː d /; Punjabi, Urdu: فیصل آباد, Punjabi pronunciation: [fɛːsə̆ləˌbäːd]; Urdu pronunciation: [fɛːsˈlɑˌbɑːd] ⓘ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), is the second largest city and industrial heart of Punjab, Pakistan.
Lyallpur Town is a municipal administration area in Faisalabad city, Pakistan. [1] [2] References This page was last ...
In 1977, Lyallpur District was renamed Faisalabad District, at the same time of the city of Faisalabad's renaming; [16] In 1978, Campbellpur District was renamed Attock District, at the same time of the city of Attock's renaming; [16] by the time of the 1981 Census, Punjab was divided into five divisions covering 21 districts.
By the 1920s, thirty years after the establishment of the Chenab Colony, the average land price in Lyallpur was Rs. 1200 providing a capital gain of 9,900 percent. [59] A significant beneficiary of the colonisation was the city of Lyallpur, now Faisalabad, originally named after Sir James Broadwood Lyall who pioneered the Chenab colony. At the ...
Lyallpur Museum, located in Faisalabad, originally known Lyallpur until 1977, is a heritage museum dedicated to preserving the city's history and culture. [1] The government-established museum features 10 galleries that highlight the region's ancient and modern history.
Thus, seh-mandri means a small city with three temples. The name later evolved into Samundri. The city has many buildings constructed in the 1930s or before. Until 1904, during British rule, Samundri was headquarters of a tehsil in Jhang district. Samundri Tehsil was transferred to Lyallpur District when the latter was created. At that time, it ...
The Faisalabad Clock Tower (Punjabi, Urdu: فیصل آباد کلاک ٹاور), formerly known as the Lyallpur Clock Tower, is a clock tower in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan, and is one of the oldest monuments still standing in its original state from the period of the British Raj. It was built in 1905 by the British, when they ruled much of ...