A Review On Gujranwala Pakistan

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Gujranwala (Punjabi, Urdu: گوجرانوالہ‎) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food. The city is Pakistan's 5th most-populous metropolitan area, as well as 5th most populous city proper.

Gujranwala, city, northeastern Punjab province, northeastern Pakistan. The city is connected by rail and the Grand Trunk Road with Peshawar and Lahore. An agricultural marketing centre (grains, melons, sugarcane), it is also a commercial and industrial centre, manufacturing ceramics, iron safes, and copper, brass, and aluminum utensils. With the establishment of an industrial park, textile, silk, pipe fitting, electric fan, and tannery production increased in importance.

Gujranwala was founded by a pastoral people called Gujars and in 1867 was incorporated as a municipality. The city has a hospital and several colleges affiliated with the University of the Punjab. The birthplace of the Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh, it remained his capital until he occupied Lahore in 1799. It contains a lofty cupola covering a portion of his ashes, together with the grave and Jinnah Bagh Gardens, originally named for his father, Maha Singh.

Cultivation in the surrounding area is dependent upon canal irrigation; wheat, cotton, rice, barley, and millet are the chief crops. The Gujranwala hydroelectric project provides power from the Chenab River. There are also rice and sugar mills and glassworks in the locality. The area was annexed by the British in 1849 and ruled by them until Pakistan’s independence in 1947. Pop. (2007 est.) urban agglom.

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A Review On Gujranwala

Gujranwala (Punjabi, Urdu: گوجرانوالہ‎) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is also known as "City of Wrestlers" and is quite famous for its food.The city is Pakistan's 5th most-populous metropolitan area,as well as 5th most populous city proper. Founded in the 18th century, Gujranwala is a relatively modern town compared to the many nearby millennia-old cities of northern Punjab. The city served as the capital of the Sukerchakia Misl state between 1763 and 1799, and is the birthplace of the founder of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh.Gujranwala is now Pakistan's third largest industrial centre after Karachi and Faisalabad,[and contributes 5% of Pakistan's national GDP. The city is part of a network of large urban centres in north-east Punjab province that forms one of Pakistan's mostly highly industrialized regions.Along with the nearby cities of Sialkot and Gujrat, Gujranwala forms part of the so-called "Golden Triangle" of industrial cities with export-oriented economies.

Tourist destinations

1- Hazrat Rohri Sb, Eimnabad
One of the most important place for the Sikhs present just 12 km from City and present in Eimnabad in Gujranwala Division, its offers wonderful atmosphere of spirituality.

2-Sikhan Da Gurdwara:
Present on Ghanta Ghar Road ,its been here since independence and n0 one knows its original date of existence and its name, after 1980 it has been converted in to Primary School.

3-Ranjeet Singh Haveli:
Its the birth place of a famous Sikh Emperor ''Maharaja Ranjeet Singh''which ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. This building is approxiametly 236 Years Old Situated in Corner of Machli Mandi. Due to lack of government interest the building is in very poor conditions.

4-Darziyan Vali Kothi:
Situated on College Road,this building is known for its beautiful architect and no one know who build it, but when you are crossing college road I must say this wonder attracts you towards itself.

5-Ghanta Ghar:
Situated in the heart of city, among the crowd of thousand of peeps this historic clock tower is present ,in the middle of business hub you can witness its beauty.

6-Lahori Gate:
Its basically the entrance to oldest bazaars of the city , the market places gives you a touch of old city that was built by Ranjeet Singh, number of shops are present there mostly electronics, clothing's , crockery.

7:Sialkoti Gate:
During English empire another landmark came into being ''Brandreth Gate'' with the passage of time and downfalls of different empires its been renamed as Sialkoti Gate , inside the bazaar one can easily witness the buildings from the era of 1800, the real old colors can be seen here.