Sodhra

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Sodhra is a town and Union Council of Gujranwala District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°28'0N 74°11'0E with an altitude of 222 metres (731 feet) [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Sodhra.html Location of Sodhra - Falling Rain Genomics] ] and is part of Wazirabad Tehsil. [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=9&dn=Gujranwala Towns & Unions in the City District of Gujranwala - Government of Pakistan] ] The town lies on the left bank of the Chenab five miles east of the tehsil capital Wazirabad. [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_074.gifSodhra - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 68.] ]

History

During British rule the town became part of Wazirabad Tehsil and was located on the route of the North-Western railway. According to the 1901 census the population of the town was 5,050 and it was administered as a notified area. It is a place of some antiquity, and had given its name to the Chenab, or to that part of it which lies in the plains, prior to the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni. The river then flowed closeunder the town on the north, but is now over a mile away.

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