Kallar Syedan ( Punjabi/) is a city located in

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...

, and is the headquarters of the

Kallar Syedan Tehsil Kallar Syedan is a tehsil in the Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Earlier a part of the Kahuta Tehsil, it became a separate tehsil on 1 July 2004. Kallar Syedan is the capital of the tehsil. Demography According to the 2017 census of Pak ...

History

Kallar Syedan's existence dates back approximately 1,200 years. The town rose to prominence during Sikh rule, evident today from the ''

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'' (townhouses),

gurdwaras A gurdwara or gurudwara () is a place of assembly and worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths and religions are welcomed in gurd ...

(temples) and small fortresses that can be found around the

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, third-largest city in the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is a commercial and industrial hub, being the list of cities in P ...

district. Krishna Temple is an example of a Hindu temple built during Sikh rule. The Bedi Mahal palace was built by Baba Khem Singh Bedi in the latter half of the 19th century. According to records, Baba Khem Singh assisted the

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in suppressing a rebellion in

Gugera Gogera (), is a town and union councils of Pakistan, union council of Okara District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'4N 73°18'24E with an altitude of 166 metres (547 feet) and lies to the north-west ...

, a town near the

Okara district Okara District ( Punjabi and ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. It became a separate district in 1982, prior to that it was part of Sahiwal District.Indian mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form ...

. In recognition of his services, he was appointed

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and was later nominated to the Viceroy's Legislative Council in

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. After the division of India and Pakistan, the palace was transformed into a boy's high school named Kallar Syedan.

Transport

Road

Kallar Syedan is located on the N-38 Kallar Syedan Road from Rawalpindi to

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 ...

. Kallar Syedan Road links the east of the city to Choha Khalsa and

Dadyal Dadyal () is a tehsil in Mirpur district, located in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. It is home to roughly 84 villages. Notable people *Chauhdry Abdul Rashid, Former Lord Mayor of Birmingham *Moeen Ali, English cricketer *Mohammed Ajeeb, Form ...

Tehsil of Azad Kashmir. Kallar Syedan Bypass is a newly built road south of the city.

Bus and minibus

Local services also provide extensive

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and

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routes around the local towns, and smaller shuttles travel around the villages in the surrounding area. There are also services to

and

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

Places of interest

* Dhamali * Bedi Mahal * Sangni Fort *

Pharwala Fort Pharwala Fort ( Punjabi:قلعہ پھروالہ) is a 15th-century fort located near Kahuta Tehsil, about 40 km from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. The fort is naturally defended on one side by the Himalayan range and on the other by the S ...

Notable people

Tikka Khan Tikka Khan, also known as the Butcher of Bengal.Tikka Khan title: * * * * * * * * (; 10 February 1915 – 28 March 2002) was a Pakistani military officer and war criminal who served as the first Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan), chief of the a ...

* Abdul Aziz Mirza * Khem Singh Bedi

Weather

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References

{{Pakistani cities Populated places in Kallar Syedan Tehsil Populated places in Rawalpindi District Cities in Rawalpindi District