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'''Hasan Abdal''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
As home of the [[Gurdwara Panja Sahib]],<ref name=Panja>{{cite web|url=http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gop-012.htm|archive-date=26 April 2006|title=Gurudwara Panja Sahib|website=All About Sikhs website|access-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426190308/http://allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gop-012.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> one of the most sacred sites in [[Sikhism]], Hasan Abdal is an important pilgrimage destination for Sikhs. The city is also notable for its association with the 16th century [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] - several monuments in the town date to the Akbar period, including the [[Mughal Garden Wah|Mughal Gardens of Wah]], [[Hakimon ka Maqbara]], and the [[Tomb of Lala Rukh]]. Hasan Abdal is also near the city of [[Taxila]] – a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] famous for its ancient
==Location==
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William Finch who travelled through India between 1608 and 1611 described Hasan Abdal to be a "pleasant town with a small river and many fair tanks in which are many fishes with golden rings in their noses ...; the water so clear that you may see a penny in the bottom".<ref name="earlyEnglishTraveller"/>
The town was the seat for Mughal warring expeditions to the empire's northwest frontier.<ref name="The Moghul Saint of Insanity"/> The Mughal emperor [[Jehangir]] mentions the town in his [[Tuzk-e-Jahangiri]] by the name of Baba Hasan Abdal where he stayed for three days. He also praised the city in these words: "The celebrated place at this station is a spring which flows from the foot of a little hill, exceedingly clear, sweet and nice...".<ref name="earlyEnglishTraveller" /> Hasan Abdal was visited by various Mughal kings on their way to [[Kashmir region|Kashmir]].<ref name="Hist">[http://www.tourism.gov.pk/archaeoilogical_historical_sites_isb_destinations.htm Archaeological & Historical Sites -Pakistan government]</ref>
The origin of the name Hasan Abdal is attributed to two men, a Gujjar named Hasan and a Faqir named Abdal, according to folk history.
[[Raja Man Singh]] built the nearby [[Mughal Garden Wah|Wah Gardens]] during the reign of [[Akbar]]. The terraced gardens were divided into four parts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Asher|first1=Catherine Blansha|title=Architecture of Mughal India, Part 1, Volume 4|date=1992|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521267281|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ctLNvx68hIC&q=%22hasan+abdal%22+mughal&pg=PA81}}</ref> [[Shah Jahan]] rested at Hasan Abdal's Wah Gardens on his four expeditions to [[Kabul]]. Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] stayed at the town for over a year beginning in 1674,<ref name=GoogleBooks>{{cite book|last1=Gandhi|first1=Surjit Singh|title=History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C.E|date=2007|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=9788126908585|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC&q=%22hasan+abdal%22&pg=PA683}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Roads Beyond Lahore: The Wah Garden at Hasan Abdal|url=https://www.mughalgardens.org/html/roads-wah.html|website=Mughal Gardens|access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> in order to quell the "[[Afridi]] Revolt".<ref name="The Moghul Saint of Insanity"/> The presence of Emperor Aurangzeb at the gardens convinced many local [[Pashtun tribes]] to abandon the rebellion, and join forces with the Mughals.<ref name="The Moghul Saint of Insanity"/>
==Gurdwara==
In 1521 the founder of the Sikh faith, [[Guru Nanak]], arrived in Hasan Abdal. A [[Gurdwara Panja Sahib|Gurudwara called Panja Sahib]] was built on the spot that he stayed containing a sacred rock that is believed to contain the hand print of Guru Nanak. Punja or panja ({{
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===Cadet College, Hasan Abdal===
[[Cadet College Hasan Abdal]] is the first [[Cadet Colleges in Pakistan|Cadet College]] in [[Pakistan]] and was established by the government of [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] at the initiative of General [[Ayub Khan|Muhammad Ayub Khan]], the then [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[Pakistan Army]], originally to serve as a feeder institution to the Services Academies. For this purpose, Military Wings were started in 1952 in [[Government Post Graduate College Sahiwal|Government College]], [[Sahiwal]], and [[Islamia College (Peshawar)|Islamia College]], [[Peshawar]]. On the completion of buildings at the present location, the Military Wings were shifted to Hasan Abdal and the Cadet College started functioning as Punjab Cadet College in April 1954. In 1960, the government constituted a Board of Governors to exercise administrative control over the college.
[[Hugh Catchpole]] (1907-1997) was the founder Principal of the College. According to his will he was buried at Cadet College Hasan Abdal. He served at Cadet College Hasan Abdal for 4 years then he joined [[PAF Public School Sargodha]] as founder principal.
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