Shakargarh ( ur, ), is a ''

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

'' located in

Narowal District Narowal District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ), is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab of Pakistan. Narowal city is the capital of the district. During the British rule, Narowal was the town ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. Shakargarh was the only ''tehsil'' of Gurdaspur district which was included in Pakistan at the time of the

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in 1947. The literacy rate of Shakargarh is more than 97.6%, the highest in Pakistan. Pakistan Standard Time is referenced from Shakargarh.

Administration

The tehsil of Shakargarh is administratively subdivided into union councils, three of which form the ''tehsil'' capital

Shakargarh Shakargarh ( ur, ), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-eastern part of Narowal District in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. It borders Jammu, India to the north and Sialkot to the west Its literacy rate i ...

. These are:

History

Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Kas ...

was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of

Sialkot district Sialkot District (Punjabi and ur, ), is one of the districts of Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the Majha region of Panjab, otherwise the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sial ...

was transferred to

Gurdaspur District Gurdaspur district is a district in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, India. Gurdaspur is the district headquarters. It internationally borders Narowal District of Pakistani Punjab, and the districts of Amritsar, Pathankot, Kapurthal ...

and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur district until Partition in 1947. Under the Radcliffe Award, three of the four ''tehsils'' of Gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of the Ujh river (which joined the Ravi a little further down) – Gurdaspur, Batala and Pathankot – were awarded to India and only one, Shakargarh, was assigned to Pakistan. After the creation of Pakistan, Shakargarh became a part of Sialkot district once again. In July 1991, two ''tehsils'' (Narowal and Shakargarh) were split off from Sialkot district and Shakargarh became a ''tehsil'' of the newly formed

Narowal district Narowal District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ur, ), is a Districts of Pakistan, district in the province of Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab of Pakistan. Narowal city is the capital of the district. During the British rule, Narowal was the town ...

. The ''

Imperial Gazetteer of India ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869. ...

'', written over a hundred years ago during British rule, describes Shakargarh as follows:

''Tahsīl'' of Gurdāspur District, Punjab, lying between 32°2' and 32° 30' N. and 74° 57' and 75° 23' E., with an area of . The Ravi divides it from the rest of the District to the south, while on the north it touches Jammu territory. West of the narrow lowlands along the Ravi, the country is an arid expanse of rolling downs intersected by torrent beds. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. It contains 703 villages, of which Shakargarh is the headquarters. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 4,29,000.

Demographics

Famous people

Danyal Aziz Danyal (Arabic/Persian: دانيال, ''Dányál'') is a masculine given name which means known Intellectual and careful to justice is also a variant spelling of Daniel. It is also the Islamic name given to the Prophet Dányál Which translates to ...

: former member of National Assembly of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. *

Nek Chand Nek Chand Saini (15 December 1924 – 12 June 2015) was a self-taught Indian artist, known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in the city of Chandigarh. Early life and background Nek Chand hailed f ...

: Indian sculptor and creator of Rock Garden, Chandigarh *

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: Indian Bollywood actor *

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: former minister, human rights lawyer in Pakistan * Shiv Kumar Batalvi : Punjabi poet

References

External links

* Shakargarh Official Website : https://shakargarh.net {{Tehsils of Punjab (Pakistan) Narowal District Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan