Dipalpur

This article is about the town in the Pakistan. For the town in India, see Depalpur, India.

For the tehsil, see Depalpur Tehsil.

City in Punjab, Pakistan

Dipalpur

دیپال پور
دِيپالپُور

City

The shrine of Hujra Shah in Depalpur City

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Coordinates: 30°40′15″N 73°39′12″E﻿ / ﻿30.67083°N 73.65333°E﻿ / 30.67083; 73.65333
Country| Pakistan
Province| Punjab
District| Okara
Tehsil| Dipalpur
Elevation

| 167 m (548 ft)
Population

(2017)[1]

• City| 99,858
Time zone| UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code| 044
Number of towns| 10+
Number of Union councils| 3

Dipalpur (Urdu: دِيپالپُور), also spelt Depalpur, is a city in the Okara District of Pakistani province of Punjab that served as headquarters of Depalpur Tehsil, the largest Tehsil of Pakistan. It is situated 148 kilometres from the province capital Lahore on a bank of river ravi.[2][3] It is located in the west of District Kasur.

## History[edit]

### Early[edit]

Depalpur has a great historic past and is a very ancient town.It was Founded By Raja Depa Chand Bhatti. The fortified town of Dipalpur is built on an old Kushan site (40 A.D. to 172 A.D.). The fortifications themselves are very ancient; though it is impossible determine their dates. All that can be said is that they are older than the visitation of Timur in 1398 A.D. From the time of Alexander to the time of Mahmud Ghaznavi, there were no found accounts of Dipalpur.[4] According to the Gazetteer of 1935, The modern name is claimed to have been named by Raja Deva Pala Bhati Rajput after he re-founded the town.[4]

### Early Muslim period[edit]

#### Mughal and Delhi Sultanates[edit]

However, in older times, Dipalpur fell on the way to Delhi and, as such, was considered to be a place where an invader could be engaged. Dipalpur, therefore, was one of the 3 lines of defense; the other two begin Uch Sharif, Samana, and Hansi. Ain-i-Akbari reveals that the militia force at Dipalpur, during the reign of Abul Fazal, consisted of 5,210 mounted Horsemen and 53,300 infantry. In the 14th Century, Firuz Shah Tughlaq regularly visited this place. It is also believed that he built a large Mosque outside the city, which no longer remains. At the time of Timur’s invasion, Depalpur was second to Multan in size and importance. The town, it is believed may have been deserted due to Taimurs’s invasion and drying up old Beas River.[4] The Mughal Emperor Akbar, along with his son Saleem (Jahangir) along with their royal entourage, stayed in Dipalpur when he came to pay homage to Fariduddin Ganjshakar in 1578. Akbar named the corridor Bari Doab by combining the syllables of the names of the two rivers, Beas and Ravi River, that bounded the area.[5]

Hujra Shah Muqeem

#### Sufism[edit]

Many Muslim saints have come to preach in this area. Bahawal Haq commonly known as Bahawal Sher Qalandar came from Baghdad and settled in the village of Patharwall near Dipalpur. The saint constructed a hujra (small living room) and a mosque outside the village. His grandson Shah Muqeem continued his mission. The village came to be known as Hujra Shah Muqeem. This is the place mentioned in the famous Punjabi love story Mirza Sahiban, in which Jati Sahiban came here are prayed, although there is no historical evidence to that. A Muslim saint named as Saayin Abdul Razaq stayed in Dipalpur and later on he started his volunteer activity for local people and after his death he was buried in city. Now, his death place is known as Razaqia Darbar.[6]

### Mongols[edit]

The Mongols invaded this part of the country repeatedly and they were checked at Dipalpur by Ghiyas-ud-Din Balban and his son Muhammad Khan, during their last invasion of Punjab in 1285 A.D. Pir Muhammad Khan Mangol (also called Samar Khan) was defeated at Dipalpur but during the pursuit of the retreating Mongols, Muhammad Khan was killed. It is believed that Shahzada Muhammad Khan is laid to rest in a small tomb to the west of the Badshahi Mosque. Conformation from any authentic sources is, however, not available.[4]

## Notable residents[edit]

* Bushra Bibi (born 1974), wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan
* Qaiser Shehzad (born 1986), cricketer
* Mian Mazhar Zubair Mohal (born 1990), politician

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Punjāb (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information".
2. ^ Location of Dipalpur - Falling Rain Genomics
3. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Okara - Government of Pakistan Archived February 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ a b c d "History | Punjab Portal". www.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
5. ^ "The sorry state of Dipalpur Fort". Daily Times. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
6. ^ Cunningham, Alexander (1994). The Ancient Geography of India. Delhi: Low Price Publications. pp. 213–214. ISBN 8185395470.

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Okara District

Tehsils|

* Depalpur
* Okara
* Renala Khurd

Union councils|

* Ahmadabad
* Awan Kalan
* Behlolpur
* Bhela Gulab Singh
* Bhoman Shah
* Bhone Manzebta
* Bibi Pur
* Burj Jeway Khan
* Chak 4GD
* Farid Pur Sohag
* Gogera
* Jaboka
* Jandraka
* Kaman
* Klair Kalan
* Mahant Darshan
* Maruf
* Muhammad Nagar
* Muhib Ali Uttar
* Mustafabad
* Qila Tara Singh
* Satgarah Okara
* Satghara
* Shah Nawaz Khan
* Shergarh
* Thatta Ghulamka

Cities and
towns|

* Adda Gamber
* Basirpur
* Dipalpur
* Haveli Lakha
* Okara (district headquarters)
* Renala Khurd

Villages|

* Arjun Singhwali
* Bhone Manzebta
* Bibi Pur
* Chak 4GD
* Chak 10/1.A.L
* Chak 31/1-AL
* Chak 16/1-L
* Chak no.48/3R
* Faram
* Farid Pur Sohag
* Faridkot
* Gulsher
* Kaluwal Okara
* Sunari Wala
* Youngpur

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