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Sheikhupura Stadium
Sheikhupura District is a district of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sheikhupura
is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District. According to the 1998 census of
Pakistan, the district had a population of 3,321,029 of which 25.45% were
urban.formerly Kot Dayal Das or Singhpuria , is an industrial city in the
province of Punjab slightly northwest to Lahore in Pakistan. It is known for
its historical places, and is commonly known locally as Qila Shaikhupura,
because of the fort in the city, constructed by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.
The name Sheikhupura is derived from a nickname of Jahangir, who was known
as Sheikhu by his father Akbar the Great. The city is the headquarters of
Sheikhupura District and is approximately 35 km from Lahore. The original
name of Virkgarh was renamed by Jahangir.
The city was renamed Singhpuria in Sikh rule ,and had a large Sikh
population prior to independence in 1947, Gurudwaras are seen throughout the
city.
Waris Shah was a Punjabi Sufi poet, best-known for his seminal work Heer
Ranjha, based on the traditional folk tale of Heer and her lover Ranjha.
Syed Waris Shah was born into a reputed Syed family in the village of
Jandiala Sher Khan, Sheikhupura District, Punjab (now Pakistan) in or around
1706. The popular Hindi film lyricist Gulshan Bawra (Gulshan Kumar Mehta),
was born here.
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History
The history of Sheikhupura goes back to 100 BC. Historical research has
established the fact that Sangla or Sakala was the capital of Punjab once,
and it was here that Alexander the Great of Macedonia (known locally as
Sikandar e Azam) fought one of his most serious battles of his career. Its
name is spoken of, firstly in the pages of Tuzk-e-Jahangiri as Jahangirpura,
after the name of Prince Salim Nur u Din Muhammad Jahangir. He changed the
name from Virkgarh to Sheikhupura after converting the majority of the
population to Islam. This area belongs to the Jats.
Mughal Emperor Nor-u-Din Muhammad Jahangir laid the foundation of historical
Sheikhupura. In 1607, Sheikhupura was constructed following an order of
Jahangir. The father of Jahangir, Emperor Jalal-uddin Mohammad Akbar use to
call him Sheikhu (a nick name). During Sikh rule the new city was named
Singhpuria, previously was known as Jahangirabad.
During the reign of Emperor Jahangir (1605 to 1627), Sheikhupura had the
status of royal hunting ground. In Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, Jahangir wrote during
the events in 1607:
“ On the day of Tuesday, I reside in Jahangirpura, my hunting ground.
According to my order, a Minar and a grave for my deer, Mansraj, were
constructed here. ”
Mughal Emperor Jahangir granted the estate of Sheikhupura to Syed Usman, the
father of Shah Bilal, a religious preceptor of the line of Qadiriyyah.
Over the whole district, the period between the decline of the Mughal Empire
after the death of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and the rise of Sikh
confederacies was one of utter confusion and anarchy. The successive shocks
of invasion from the northwest, and the devastation caused again and again
by the invading armies of Nadir Shah.
Nader Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali (1724-1773) almost completely ruined the
prosperity of the tract. After the death of Aurangazeb, Muslim power
declined and the Sikhs who occupied the region and ruled through various
misls or small to medium sized groups. Nadir Shah and Ahmad Shah Abdali led
raids that further weakened local Muslim rule. Several raids were made by
the Bhangi Sardars, a Sikh community. Finally around 1780, Ranjit Singh, a
Sikh ruler defeated the grandson of Ahmad Shah Abdali and later occupied
this district. The Sikhs were defeated by the British around 1850 and it
stayed under British rule until independence in 1947.
In 1851, Sheikhupura Tehsil became part of Gujranwala District. The
Artimapal Secretary Chief Commissioner Lahore wrote a letter to the
Department of Wealth in 1855 to combine the Sheikhupura Tehsil with the
Lahore District but it was never done. As soon as it became a District
Zillah, a lot of lawyers came to practice. Under Sir Ganga Ram, district
courts and hospitals were constructed in the city.
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Geology
The area is a part of Rachna Doab, and consists of some recent sediment
brought by spill channel from Chenab River. There are some old channel levee
remnants and old basins filled up with clay materials. It is probably of
late Pleistocene age derived from mixed calcareous, sedimentary and
metamorphic rocks of the lower Himalayas. The only mineral products of the
District are Kankar and Kallar. The small particles of Kankar may be burnt
into lime. These are the features of all bare lands and are found on the
surface or a little below it. Kallar is found on mounds, which are sites of
old ruined habitations, and is used for the manufacture of crude saltpeter.
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Boundaries
Sheikhupura is bounded by 6 other districts of Pakistani Punjab namely:
Lahore, Nankana Sahib, Narowal, Hafizabad, and Gujranwala.
To the east is the international boundary of Amritsar - Indian Punjab
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Population
With the modest figure of 22,300 in 1951, the population of Sheikhupura has
increased more than tenfold to more than) 300,000 in half a century. In
recent decades, the rate of growth has increased due to growing agricultural
and industrial activities. The current population has been growing steadily
and is projected to exceed to 700,000 by 2019.
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Economy
As a satellite town of Lahore, Sheikhupura has developed an industrial base.
According to the Census of Manufacturing Industries of 1987-1988, the
value-added generated in large-scale industries was higher in Sheikhupura
than in Lahore. The GRP of the city for the year 1993 has been estimated as
Rs. 6,260 million, that constitutes about 32% of the district's GRP. The
industrial sector contributes with 68% to the GRP and 45% to the total
employment. The total number of establishments in the city has been
estimated to be between 11,500 and 12,000 for 1993.
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Tourist Area
Sheikhupura has a number of historical places in the city which attracts
visitors to the city
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Sheikhupura FortHiran Minar
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Sheikhupura Fort (Qila
Sheikhupura)
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Company Bagh
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Shrine of Shah Jamal
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Muqadssa-e-Mariam
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Sacha Sodha
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Tomb of Mian Sher Muhammad
Sharaqpuri
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Sheikhupura Stadium
Sheikhupura Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Sheikhupura, Pakistan. It is
currently used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 15,000
spectators and hosted its first test match in 1996.Famous Cricketer Wasim
Akram scored his best score at this venue.
There is also a hockey stadium named after Saeed Anwar, a public park, a
gymnasium,electronic scoreboard, and stadium shopping center in the
neighborhood.
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