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Welcome to City District Government, Rawalpindi |
The material remained found on the
site of the city of Rawalpindi prove the existance of a
Buddhist establishment contemporary to Taxila but less
celebrated than its neighbor does. It appears that the
Ancient city went into oblivation as a result of the Hun
devastation.The first Muslim endeavor,
Mahmood of Ghazni (979-1030 AD) gifted the ruined city to a
Ghakkar Chief, Kai Gohar. The town, however being on indavours
route, could not prosper and remain deserted until Jahanda Khan,
another Ghakkar Chief, resorted it and gave the name of
Rawalpindi after the village Rawal in 1943 AD. Rawalpindi
remained under the rule of Ghakkars till Muqrab Khan, the
last Ghakkar ruler, was defeated by Sikhs in 1765 AD. Sikhs
invited traders from other places to settle here. This brought
the city into prominence. Sikhs lost the city to British Army
and they established a contonment south of the old city. In
1879 , the Punjab northern Railway was extented to Rawalpindi
but the train service was formally inagurated on January 01,
1886.
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