Khairpur Tamiwali

Khairpur Tamewali is a city and the capital of Khairpur Tamewali Tehsil, Bahawalpur District, Punjab, Pakistan.[1]

Khairpur Tamewali (KPT)
City
Khairpur Tamewali (KPT)
Coordinates: 29°34′48″N 72°13′58″E
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictBahawalpur
TehsilKhairpur Tamiwali
Population
 (2006)
 • Total300,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code062

History

It was ruled by a Jadobansi Rajput king named Lakhi Rai Jadhaun till 1750, when Ahmad Shah Abdali seized it from the Raav. Khairpur Tamewali was known as only Khairpur in the early 18th century. It was named after "Tommy", an Englishman who discovered a meteor which fell in early 1900 at the junction of the Sidhnai Mailsi Link river and the Bahawal canal. The meteor is still viewable at a museum in London, England. The name became Khairpur Tamewali with the passage of time.

Lake in Khairpur tamewali

References
  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bahawalpur - Government of Pakistan
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