Sialkot Tehsil
Appearance
تحصِيل سيالكوٹ | |
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Tehsil | |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Punjab |
District | Sialkot District |
Capital | Sialkot |
Union councils | 52 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Sialkot Tehsil (Template:Lang-ur), is a subdivision (tehsil) of Sialkot District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is administratively subdivided into 52 Union Councils.[1]
History
According to the 1901 census, taken during British rule the tehsil of Sialkot contained 637 villages and a population of 312,688 an increase of almost 10,000 since the 1891 census (302,866). The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs.4,00,000.[2]
Administration
The tehsil is subdivided into 52 Union Councils, these are:
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References
Notable people of Sialkot
Allama Iqbal, poet and philosopher Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Islamic religious scholar Shoaib Malik, Former caption of Pakistani cricket team Harbans Lal,Chairman International Group Ludhiana
Abubaker Ashraf, Scientist, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commiss MUHAMMAD UMAR LANGREALL