Wazirabad

Wazirabad (Urdu: وزِيرآباد‎), is an industrial city located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100 kilometres north of Lahore on the Grand Trunk Road. It is 45 kilometres from Sialkot, 30 kilometres from the district capital - Gujranwala and about 12 kilometres from Gujrat. The city of Wazirabad is the headquarters of Wazirabad Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is itself subdivided into 5 Union Councils. Wazirabad City is located near the south banks of the Chenab River near a village Chanawan where the picturesque Nala Palkhu, a snow stream from the Himalayas joins to this big river.

History

Wazirabad, literally the city of the Wazir, was first settled in 1542 CE. In 1636 CE Wazir Hakim Illmmudiddin, an amir of Shah Jahan constructed the first ever residential building of Wazirabad namely Musaman Burj on the bank of Palkhu Nala. During the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb another building namely Shesh Mahal at the east of Musaman Burj was built during 1705 CE. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikhs, who were natives of Punjab formed a secular empire and took charge of Wazirabad.

Wazirabad (disambiguation)

Wazirabad or Waziribad may refer to:

See also

Wazirabad (Gurgaon)

Councillar ASHOK KUMARFor other places with the same name, see Wazirabad (disambiguation).
Wazirabad (Hindi: वजीराबाद अहीर) is a large village in Gurgaon district Haryana state, India. It lies on the Gurgaon-Faridabad road and is dominated by the Yaduvanshi Ahirs caste, mainly of the Dagar gotra. It has a population of about 8279 persons living in around 1461 households. The village is spread over three wards under the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon: wards 30, 31 and 33. Sector 52, 56 and Ardee city also comes under Wazirabad; its Pin code is 122003.

Majority of village land was purchased by DLF Limited, Haryana Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) and Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA). The village made news in 2010, when it came open that 350 acres of prime land in the village, acquired from the panchayat, was sold for Rs. 17 billion to developer DLF Limited for development of a recreation and leisure park. Wazirabad is the highest revenue-generating village of Gurgaon.