Behlolpur
Behlolpur is a town in Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Geography Behlolpur is the name of a small village, within Gujrat District. Behlolpur is located 40 km from Gujrat city on Jalalpur- Head Marala road. It is located on the bank of river Chenab. This village is the second last village of district Gujrat on its border with Sialkot. History The history of Behlolpur is ancient. This village was named after Behlol Lodhi, the Sultan of Delhi. The Mughal emperor Babar also stayed in this village during his march from Kabul to Delhi. Babar also mentioned his visit in his book Tuzuk-e-Babri. After the Partition of India and the creation of Pakistan, this village has become a major centre of trade and commerce. Tourism From the village, one can get a very good view to Marala Headworks where the river Chenab majestically winds its way into Pakistan from Jammu and Kashmir. Marala Headworks on the river Chenab is a tourist spot and is located just about ...
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Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, mor ...
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