Shahpur ( Punjabi,), alternatively Shāhpur or Shahapur, is a city and capital of Shahpur Tehsil located in

Sargodha District Sargodha District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The Sa ...

in the

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province of

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. It lies on the Jhelum River. Shahpur is distributed in two sectors, Shahpur Sadar and Shahpur City.

History

In 1893, during the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

, Shahpur District was created with Shahpur as the district headquarters. In 1914, the district headquarters were moved from Shahpur to

Sargodha Sargodha (Punjabi language, Punjabi/; ; ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Central Punjab, central Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 11th most populous city and ...

, although the district continued to be known as Shahpur. In 1960 however,

was created, and Shahpur District became Shahpur Tehsil — one of the

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

s in the district. A modern police station has been made by Punjab Government.

CSPs from Shahpur Tehsil

* Sardar Ghulam Mubashir Maken Police Service of Pakistan 33rd Common * Haseeb Ashraf Maken Police Service of Pakistan 49th Common * Dr. Rana Haseeb Ahmad

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50th Common

References

Populated places in Sargodha District Sargodha District {{Sargodha-geo-stub ca:Districte de Shahpur