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Abbotabad
Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in the country and 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake tehsil and district. It is about north of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and east of Peshawar, at an elevation of . Kashmir lies a short distance to the east. Etymology The name combines the name of the city founder, Major James Abbott, and the Persian ending ''ābād'', meaning "settlement, town of". Abbottabad is one of two cities named after British army officiers in Pakistan, the other being Jacobabad. History Following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the British annexed the entire Punjab region up to Peshawar. Abbottabad was founded and named after Major James Abbott in January 1853, a British military officer in the Bengal Army of the British Raj. Following its foundation Abbottabad replaced Haripur as Hazara's capital and headquarters of Hazara District afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbottabad City View
Abbottabad is a city in the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 40th largest city in the country and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, 6th largest in the province by population, and serves as the headquarter of its namesake Abbottabad Tehsil, tehsil and Abbottabad District, district. It is about north of Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area, Islamabad-Rawalpindi and east of Peshawar, at an elevation of . Azad Kashmir, Kashmir lies a short distance to the east. Etymology The name combines the name of the city founder, James Abbott (Indian Army officer), Major James Abbott, and the Persian ending Oikonyms in Western and South Asia#Ābād, ''ābād'', meaning "settlement, town of". Abbottabad is one of two cities named after British army officiers in Pakistan, the other being Jacobabad. History Following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, the British Empire, British annexed the entire Punjab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistan Standard Time
Pakistan Standard Time (, abbreviated as PKT) is UTC+05:00 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The time zone is in use during standard time in Asia. History Present day Pakistan had been following UTC+05:30 since 1907 (during the British Raj) and continued using it after independence in 1947. On 15 September 1951, following the findings of mathematician Mahmood Anwar, two time zones were introduced. '' Karachi Time (KART)'' was introduced in West Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes from UTC+05:30 to UTC+05:00, while '' Dacca Time'' (DACT) was introduced in East Pakistan by subtracting 30 minutes off UTC+06:30 to UTC+06:00. The changes were made effective on 30 September 1951. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Karachi Time was renamed to Pakistan Standard Time. Daylight saving time Daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (Daylight saving time in the United States, United States an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the English overseas possessions, overseas possessions and trading posts established by Kingdom of England, England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and colonisation attempts by Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the 17th century. At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it became the List of largest empires, largest empire in history and, for a century, was the foremost global power. By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, of the world population at the time, and by 1920, it covered , of the Earth's total land area. As a result, Westminster system, its constitutional, Common law, legal, English language, linguistic, and Culture of the United Kingdom, cultural legacy is widespread. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Anglo-Sikh War
The Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company which took place from 1848 to 1849. It resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab region, Punjab and what subsequently became the North-West Frontier Province, by the East India Company. On 19 April 1848, Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew, Patrick Vans Agnew of the civil service and Lieutenant William Anderson of the Bombay European regiment, having been sent to take charge of Multan from Diwan Mulraj Chopra, were murdered there; within a short time, the Sikh troops joined in open rebellion. Governor-General of India James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Lord Dalhousie agreed with Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Sir Hugh Gough, the commander-in-chief, that the British East India Company's military forces were neither adequately equipped with transport and supplies, nor otherwise prepared to take the field immediately. He also foresaw the spre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacobabad
Jacobabad, also known as Khanger, is a city in Sindh, Pakistan, serving as both the capital city of Jacobabad District and the administrative centre of Jacobabad Taluka, an administrative subdivision of the district. The city itself is subdivided into eight Union Councils. Sitting far to the northwest of the province, near the provincial boundaries of Sindh and Balochistan, Jacobabad became a city on the site of an existing village (Khangarh), and is crossed by the Pakistan Railways and many main roads of the province. It is the 43rd most populous city in Pakistan. The city is one of the hottest places on earth, with summer temperatures regularly rising to a mean temperature of . In particular, compounded by the humidity and climate change, Jacobabad has several times exceeded a wet-bulb temperature of , above which the human body cannot sufficiently cool itself. Jacobabad has been cited as one of the world's most vulnerable places to global warming, and one where the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oikonyms In Western And South Asia
Oikonyms in Western, Central, South, and Southeast Asia can be grouped according to various components, reflecting common linguistic and cultural histories. Toponymic study is not as extensive as it is for placenames in Europe and Anglophone parts of the world, but the origins of many placenames can be determined with a fair degree of certainty. One complexity to the study when discussing it in English is that the Romanization of names, during British rule and otherwise, from other languages has not been consistent. Names after natural features In Rajasthan, names are frequently given after rock, stone, ravine, and embankment. In the Gangetic plain, the predominant natural features are trees, grass prairies, and bodies of water. Prominent trees, visible from a long way off, would often serve as landmarks and give their name to places before there was any permanent settlement there. This was especially the case where a large tree indicated a ford across a river; for example, the na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Abbott (Indian Army Officer)
General Sir James Abbott, (12 March 18076 October 1896) was an English military officer in the Bengal Army and an administrator in British India. The city of Abbottabad, in present day Pakistan, was founded by and named after him. Early life James Abbott was the third son of Henry Alexius Abbott, a retired merchant of Blackheath, Kent, and his wife Margaret Welsh, the daughter of William Welsh of Edinburgh. Abbott was educated at a school in Eliot Place, Blackheath and at the East India Company Military Seminary in Addiscombe, Surrey. A number of his siblings achieved distinction, notably Augustus Abbott, Sir Frederick Abbott, Saunders Alexius Abbott and Keith Edward Abbott. Early career in India He was commissioned as a cadet in the Bengal Artillery at the age of sixteen, arriving in India in 1823.Chambers Biographical Dictionary, , page 2 He first saw action at the Siege of Bharatpur under the command of his older brother Augustus. In 1827 he was promoted to lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir ( ), is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (e), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied" (see (j) below). On its eastern side, Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian–administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir by the Line of Control (LoC), which serves as the '' de facto'' bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peshawar
Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census. It is situated in the north-west of the country, lying in the Valley of Peshawar. Peshawar is primarily populated by Pashtuns, who comprise the second-largest ethnic group in the country. Situated in the Valley of Peshawar, a broad area situated east of the historic Khyber Pass, Peshawar's recorded history dates back to at least 539 BCE, making it one of the oldest cities in South Asia. The area encompassing modern-day Peshawar is mentioned in the Vedic scriptures; it was one of the principal cities of the Gandhara, ancient Gāndhāra. Peshawar served as the capital of the Kushan Empire during the rule of Kanishka and was home to the Kanishka Stupa, which was among the tallest buildings in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islamabad–Rawalpindi Metropolitan Area
The Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area (Urdu:) is the fourth-largest metropolitan area of Pakistan, after Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad. It consists of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. The area includes the Pothohar Plateau and the colonial city of Rawalpindi, as well as the modern planned city of Islamabad. The region received a major boom with the construction of Islamabad as the capital city of Pakistan in the 1960s. Geography Islamabad and Rawalpindi are located in the Potohar Plateau in the north of Punjab, against the backdrop of the Margalla Hills. Economy Islamabad contributes 1% to the gross domestic product of the nation, despite comprising only 0.8% of the total population. Islamabad Stock Exchange was founded in 1989 and is the third-ranked stock exchange in Pakistan after the Karachi Stock Exchange and Lahore Stock Exchange. The exchange had 118 members with 104 corporate bodies and 18 individual members. The stock exchange averages a da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbottabad Tehsil
Abbottabad Tehsil () is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. History During the British rule, the current district of Abbottabad was created as a Tehsil of Hazara District. After Pakistan′s independence from Britain on 14 August 1947, it remained a tehsil of Hazara until 1981 when the old Abbottabad Tehsil became a district, containing two tehsils - Abbottabad and Havelian. Subdivisions Municipal Committees * Abbottabad (Headquarters) Cantonments * Abbottabad Cantonment * Murree Gallies Cantonment Town Councils *Nawan Shehr Union Councils *Bagan * Bagh *Bagnotar Bagnotar is a union councils of Pakistan, union council of Abbottabad District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Bagnator is situated on the Abbottabad-Nathi Gali Road some 18 kilometers away from Abbottabad. Loca ... * Bakot * Bal Dheri * Banda Qazi * Bandi Dhundan * Biran Gali * Birot Kalan * Birot Khur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Most Populous Cities In Pakistan
This is a list showing the most populous cities in Pakistan as of the 2023 Census of Pakistan. City populations found in this list only refer to the population found within the city's defined limits and any adjacent cantonment, if exists (except for Gujranwala and Okara). The census totals below come from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for the four provinces of Pakistan and the Islamabad Capital Territory, and from the Planning & Development Department of Azad Jammu Kashmir (PND AJK) for cities of Azad Kashmir. As of the 2023 Pakistani census, there are two megacities, ten million-plus cities, in Pakistan. Overall 127 cities of the country, have a population of over 100,000. Of these 127 cities, 81 are located in the country's most populous province, Punjab, 22 in Sindh, 13 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 8 in Balochistan, two in Azad Kashmir, and one is the Islamabad Capital Territory itself. It is unknown whether Gilgit-Baltistan has any city with over 100,000 people or not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
