Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

·       introduction of Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi (/ˌrɑːwəlˈpɪndi/ or /rɔːlˈpɪndi/; Punjabi, Urdu: راولپِنڈى‎, Rāwalpiṇḍī), usually called Pindi (Punjabi: پِنڈی), may be a town within the geographical region province of Asian nation. Rawalpindi is adjacent to Pakistan's capital of national capital, and also the 2 area unit collectively called the "twin cities" on account of robust social and economic links between the cities. Rawalpindi is that the fourth-largest town in Asian nation by population, whereas the larger national capital city metropolitan space is that the country's third-largest metropolitan space.

Rawalpindi is located on the Pothohar Plateau, known for its ancient Buddhist heritage, especially in the neighbouring town of Taxila - a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was destroyed during the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni before being confiscated by Gakhars in 1493. In 1765, the ruling Gakhars were defeated because the town came underneath Sikh rule, and eventually became a significant town among the Sikh Empire based mostly in metropolis. The city was conquered by the British Raj in 1849, and in 1851 became the largest garrison town for the British Indian Army. Following the partition of British India in 1947, {the town|the town|town} became home to the headquarters of Asian nation Army thus holding its standing as a significant military city

·       History

·       Origins

The region around city has been underpopulated for thousands of years. Rawalpindi falls among the traditional boundaries of Gandhara, and is in a very region tormented by Buddhist ruins. In the region north-west of Rawalpindi, traces have been found of at least 55 stupas, 28 Buddhist monasteries, 9 temples, and various artifacts in the Kharoshthi script. To the southeast are the ruins of the Mankiala stupa – a 2nd-century stupa where, according to the Jataka tales, a previous incarnation of the Buddha leapt off a cliff in order to offer his cadaver to seven hungry tiger cubs.The close city of Taxila is assumed to possess been home to the world's 1st university. Sir Alexander Cunningham identified ruins on the site of the Rawalpindi Cantonment as the ancient city of Ganjipur (or Gajnipur), the capital of the Bhatti tribe in the ages preceding the Christian era

·       British

Following Rawalpindi's capture by the British East India company, 53rd Regiment of the company army took quarters in the newly captured city.The decision to man a permanent military cantonment in the city was made in 1851 by the Marquess of Dalhousie.The city saw its first telegraph office in the early 1850s.The city's Garrison Church was built shortly after in 1854, and is the site where Robert Milman, Bishop of Calcutta, was buried following his death in Rawalpindi in 1876.The city was home to 15,913 people in the 1855 census. throughout the 1857 insurrection, the area's Gakhars and Janjua tribes remained loyal to the British.

Numerous civil and military buildings were built during the British era, and the Municipality of Rawalpindi was constituted in 1867,while the city's population as per the 1868 census was 19,228, with another 9,358 people residing in the city's cantonment. The city was also connected to railways that offered connection to India and the northwest frontier in Peshawar in the 1880s. The Commissariat Steam Flour Mills were the first such mills in Punjab, and supplied most of the needs of British cantonments throughout Punjab.Rawalpindi's cantonment served as a feeder to other cantonments throughout the region

·       Religion

96.8% of Rawalpindi's population is Muslim, 2.47% is Christian, 0.73% belong to other religious groups. The city's Kohaati Bazaar is site of large Shia mourning-processions for Ashura.The neighbourhoods of Waris Shah Mohallah and Pir Harra Mohallah form the core of Muslim settlement in Rawalpindi's old city.

Rawalpindi was a majority Hindu and Sikh city prior to the Partition of British India in 1947,[while Muslims made up 43.79% of the population.The Baba Dyal Singh Gurdwara in Rawalpindi was where the reformist Nirankari movement of Sikhism originated.The city's Sikh population is small, but has been bolstered by the arrival of Sikhs fleeing political instability in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The city is still home to a few hundred Hindu families.Despite the fact that the vast majority of the city's Hindus fled en masse to India after Partition, most Hindu temples within the previous town stay standing, although in disrepair and often abandoned.Many of the old city's neighbourhoods continue to bear Hindu and Sikh names, such as Krishanpura, Arya Mohallah, Akaal Garh, Mohanpura, Amarpura, Kartarpura, Bagh Sardaraan, Angatpura.

·       Media

Rawalpindi, being therefore on the brink of the capital, has an active media and newspaper climate. There are over a dozen of newspaper companies based in the city including Daily Nawa-i-Waqt, Daily Jang, Daily Asas, The Daily Sada-e-Haq, Daily Express, Daily Din, Daily Aajkal Rawalpindi, Daily Islam, and Daily Pakistan in Urdu and Dawn, Express Tribune, Daily Times, The News International and The Nation in English.

There area unit an outsized variety of Cable TV service suppliers within the town like Nayatel, PTCL, SA Cable Network and DWN. Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation includes a centre in city tv channels based mostly in city include:

ATV

Lights Asia

Aapna Channel

Pothohari TV (Regional language channel)

City 51

Pahariwood Network (Regional language channel)

K2 TV

Oxygene TV

Samaa News

·       Climate

Rawalpindi features a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cwa) with hot and wet summers, a cooler and drier winter. Rawalpindi and its twin town national capital, during the year experiences an average of 91 thunderstorms, which is the highest frequency of any plain elevation city in the country. Strong windstorms are frequent in the summer during which wind gusts have been reported by Pakistan Meteorological Department to have reached 176 km/h (109 mph). In such thunder/wind storms, which ends in some injury of infrastructure