Raiwind (
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabis, Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a ...
& ) is a town located within
union council Union council may refer to:
*Union Council of Ministers
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149 (Dholanwal) in
Allama Iqbal Town
Allama Iqbal Town () (also known as Iqbal Town or abbreviated as AIT) is a commercial and residential locality in the south-western Lahore, in Pakistan's Punjab province.
It is named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan. D ...
of
Lahore
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,
Punjab
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,
Pakistan
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. The town serves as the headquarters of
Tablighi Jamaat
Tablighi Jamaat ( , also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is an international Islamic schools and branches, Islamic religious movement. It focuses on exhorting Muslims to be more religiously observant and encourages f ...
and hosts the annual
Raiwind Markaz Ijtema. Raiwind is also home to
Pakistan Railways Junction and Railways Track Workshop and serves as the political base for former Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif
Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms, first serving from 1990 to 1993, then ...
.
History
During the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
*
* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
*
* It is also called Crown rule ...
, Raiwind was a
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
of
Lahore District
Lahore District () is a Districts of Punjab, Pakistan, district in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous Districts of Pakistan, district of Pakistan, with ...
. The town also became notable when a junction was built by the
North Western State Railway
The North Western State Railway (NWSR) was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway, the Indus Valley State Railway, the Punjab Northern State Railway, the eastern section of the Sind–Sagar Railway and the ...
between the
Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and
Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line
Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line () is one of several Railway lines in Pakistan, branch lines in Pakistan, operated and maintained by Pakistan Railways. The line begins from Lodhran Junction railway station, Lodhran Junction station and ends at R ...
. Before the Ferozepore-Bhatinda Railway opened, it was an important centre for local trade in agricultural produce and had two cotton-ginning factories and a cotton-press, which employed around 200 people.
Raiwind - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 63.
/ref> Following independence in 1947, the railway links eastwards were no longer functional.
Population
The population according to the 1901 census was 1764. Today, it is over 150,000.
Annual Tablighi Ijtema
Every year a Islam, Muslim religious convention is held in Raiwind.[
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See also
* Raiwind Markaz
* Raiwind Junction railway station
References
External links
Rejecting publicity, yet drawing millions to Raiwind
{{Neighbourhoods of Lahore
Populated places in Lahore District
Raiwind Tehsil