Akalgarh, Pakistan

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official_name= Akalgarh


province= Punjab
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n2= 16
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e1= 73
e2= 49
e3= 00
elevation_m= 193
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Akalgarh is a town of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°16'0N 73°49'0E with an altitude of 193 metres (636 feet). [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Akalgarh6.html Location of Akalgarh - Falling Rain Genomics] ]

History

The municipality was created in 1867 during colonial rule the town lay on the Wazirabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway.

The population according to the 1901 census was 4,961, the income during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 5,500, and the expenditure Rs. 5,300. The income in 1903-4 was Rs. 6,400, chiefly from octroi; and theexpenditure was Rs. 6,400. The town was the residence of a family of Khattris of the Chopra clan, to which belonged the Diwan Sawan Mal and his son Mulraj, governors of Multan in the later days of Sikh rule. [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_185.gifAkālgarh - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 5, p. 177.] ]

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