My Lovely City, Ali Pur Chattha Ali Pur Chattha is a town and one of the 36 union councils of Wazirabad Tehsil of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It contains ruins of the historical city of Akālgarh. History The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule. The town lies on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur (Faisalabad) branch of the North-Western Railway. The population, according to the 1901 census, was 4,961. The town was the residence of a family of Khattris of the Chopra clan, to which belonged the Diwan Sawan Mal and his son Mulraj, governors of Multan in the later days of Sikh rule. Paki Deohri Once in old days the city was walled and it had gates, there is only one gate present nowadays named as Paki Deohri. Wood crafted gates are marvelous in some havilies (houses). At present the city is expanding, new localities are being nourishing. However the old city is still a hub of business. Mostly, all the neighboring villagers come here for shopping of all kinds of things. In old days outside the city were many ponds used as water reservoir. One of them is nowadays known as Purana Talab and other one was called bara Dari. Geography Ali Pur Chattha is located at an elevation of 418 m (1374 ft). It is situated nearly 37 km away in west from the Gujranwala, 16 km in north from Hafizabad and 6 km in south from Rasulnagar and Chenab River, one Kilometer from the lower canal of Chenab. It is 10 kolometer from Qadrabad Dam. The main crops of the town are rice, wheat, sugar cane and maize. Famous for inland fishery, approximately 35,000 acres (140 km²) of land are covered by fish ponds. Reference: en.wikipedia.org/
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 10:08:02 +0000
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