Kallar Syedan (

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/ ur, ) is a city located in

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, and is the headquarters of the

Kallar Syedan Tehsil Kallar Syedan is a tehsil in the Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Earlier a part of the Kahuta Tehsil, it became a separate tehsil on 1 July 2004. Kallar Syedan is the capital of the tehsil. Demography According to the 2017 census of Paki ...

History

Kallar Syedan's existence dates back approximately 1,200 years. The town rose to prominence during Sikh rule, evident today from the ''

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'' (townhouses),

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(temples) and small fortresses that can be found around the

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

district. Krishna Temple is an example of a Hindu temple built during Sikh rule. The Bedi Mahal palace was built by Baba Khem Singh Bedi in the latter half of the 19th century. According to records, Baba Khem Singh assisted the

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in suppressing a rebellion in

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, a town near the

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. In recognition of his services, he was appointed

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and was later nominated to the Viceroy's Legislative Council in

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. After the division of India and Pakistan, the palace was transformed into a boy's high school named Kallar Syedan.

Transport

Road

Kallar Syedan is located on the N-38 Kallar Suedan Road from Rawalpindi to

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. Kallar Sayyidan Road links the east of the city to Choha Khalsa and Dadyal Tehsil of Azad Kashmir. Kallar SyedanBypass is a newly built road south of the city.

Bus and minibus

Local services also provide extensive bus and

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routes around the local towns, and smaller shuttles travel around the villages in the surrounding area. There are also services to

and

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

Palala syedan

* Dhamali * Bedi Mahal *

Sangni Fort Sangni Fort also known as Sangani Killa is a fort of Sikh Period near the village Takal in Kallar Syedan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, in Punjab, Pakistan. History The fort was built in the Sikh Period (1799–1849). This area came under Sandhawa ...

* Pharwala Fort * Dhan Gali

Notable people

* Tikka Khan *

Abdul Aziz Mirza Admiral Abdul Aziz Mirza ( ur, ; born 1943) was a Pakistan Navy officer who served as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1999 until retiring in 2002, amid taking over the command of the Navy after the revolt and resignation Admiral Fasih Bokhari ...

Khem Singh Bedi Khem Singh Bedi KCIE (21 February 183210 April 1905) claims he was a direct descendant of Guru Nanak, a leader, founder of the Singh Sabha in 1873. It instituted many charitable causes for Sikhs, was a landowner and politician in the Punjab durin ...

References

{{Pakistani cities Populated places in Kallar Syedan Tehsil Populated places in Rawalpindi District Cities in Rawalpindi District