Shahpur District was a district in current day
Pakistan
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from 1893, during the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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, till 1960. From 1893 to 1914
Shahpur was the district headquarters. In 1914 the district headquarters were moved from Shahpur to
Sargodha
Sargodha (Punjabi and ur, ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city by population and one of the fastest-growing cities of the country. Sargodha is also known as t ...
, although the district continued to be known as Shahpur. In 1960 the
Sargodha District was created and Shahpur District became
Shahpur Tehsil.
History
The Shahpur district was one of the six districts of the
Rawalpindi Division
Rawalpindi Division, also known as Pothohar Division, is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Rawalpindi city is the capital of the division. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the total population of division was 10 m ...
. It was divided into two equal parts by the
river Jhelum, the western half constituting the
Khushab
Khushab (punjabi: خُوشاب) is a town as well as a district of Sargodha Division, located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The word ''Khushab'' means "sweet water." Khushab city also serves as the headquarters of Khushab Tehsil, an admi ...
tehsil, while the cis-Jhelum portion was subdivided into two tehsils also nearly equal in area, the
Bhera
Bhera ( pa, ; ur, ) is a city and tehsil of Sargodha District, Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is known for wood-carved items, textiles (such as quilts and khussas), and certain desserts (such as pheonian and pateesa).
The city i ...
tehsil to the east, and the Shahpur tehsil in the middle.
Four census were conducted between 1855 and 1891 by the British. The proportion percent of total populations returned as belonging to the chief religions at successive censuses is as follows.
''Percentage of total populations''
[Gazetteer of the Shahpur District 1897, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Page 77, ]
References
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Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
Districts of British India