Bhakkar (Urdu: بھکر, Seraiki: بکھر) is city in Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. Bhakkar (Known as Bakhar in Seraiki) is district headquarter with a population of almost a 0.3 million. Bakhar was given status of district in 1981. In political geography and international politics a country is a geographical entity, a territory, most commonly associated with the notions of state or nation. ... Currently, Pakistan is subdivided into four provinces, two territories, and also portions of Kashmir that are administered by the Pakistani government. ... Look up Punjab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A telephone number is a sequence of decimal digits (0-9) that is used for identifying a destination telephone line in a telephone network. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Pakistan Standard Time (PST) is the time zone for Pakistan. ... UTC +5 is the timezone for : Pakistan Standard Time in Pakistan. ... A street in Ynysybwl, Wales, relatively stereotypical of a small town A town is usually an urban area which is not considered to rank as a city. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Union Council Union Council is a sub part of a district, usually it is a large village also including the nearby small villages. ... NGO is an abbreviation or code for: Non-governmental organization Nagoya Airport (IATA code) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... (, historically spelled Ordu), is an Middle Eastern-Aryan language. ... Seraiki is a language of great antiquity in Pakistan. ... Bhakkar District (Urdu: بھکر) is one of the districts in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. ... This article is about the Pakistani province of Punjab. ... Siraiki (Saraiki, Seraiki, Multani and Southern Punjabi) is an old language or dialect mostly spoken in southwest Punjab and central Pakistan by approximately 14 million people[1]. It is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian subfamily. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Etymology

Its original name is Bakhar as Sakhar. Bakhar is an old city, and said to be named after great Baloch Sardar Bakhar Khan. There are some other places named Bakhar, which means town of sun-baked bricks. Some people state his name as Bhake Khan Baloch, which is not correct as Bhake Khan is not a Baloch name. Sukkur (Urdu: سکھر, Sindhi:سکر) is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River (Pakistan) in Sukkur District. ... Balouchis in their National Dress, from a 1910 photograph. ...

History

The town has some historical places like Dilkusha Bagh which is believed to be Mughal garden and is attached to Humayun; but historical facts do not verify it. Humayun never came here. On his retreat to Iran, he went to another Bakhar in Sindh to seek help from Mahmood Khan, which was however denied by Major Henry Raverty. The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Nasiruddin Humayun (March 6, 1508 – February 22, 1556), second Mughal Emperor, ruled in India from 1530–1540 and 1555–1556. ... Nasiruddin Humayun (March 6, 1508 – February 22, 1556), second Mughal Emperor, ruled in India from 1530–1540 and 1555–1556. ... Sindh (Sindhī: سنڌ, Urdū: سندھ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis, and Muhajirs and various other groups. ...

• The old town was walled and had gates as Tavela gate and Imamanwala gate. The only remaining gate Jinnah Gate ( formerly King Gate) was built in British period in the name of Mr. King the then Deputy Commissioner. There are remains of a handera (tomb) near Sheikh Raoo bridge, which is believed to be burial place of Bakhar Khan, the founder of the city. The present police station was originally a Baloch fortress. Some 30 years ago a branch of River Indus flowed past the town. West side of the town was green and pleasant.
• This is a very scarce silver coin belonging to the reign of Nadir Shah 1148-1160 AH (AD1735-1747) from Afsharid dynasty. It is an Indian type minted during his post-occupation of. It is listed by type as Album #2744.2 (Type D). It weighs 11.3 gr. (18 mm.) and minted in the city of Bhakkar in the state of Punjab in India, dated 1157AH.

Balouchis in their National Dress, from a 1910 photograph. ... The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ...

District Headquarter

Bhakkar city is the headquarter of district Bhakkar

Tehsils of Bhakkar

• Bhakkar
• Mankera
• Kalurkot
• Daryakhan

Mankera is situated at a distance of about 320 kilometers from Lahore in the West. ...

Colleges

Govt.College Bhakkar
Govt.College of Commerce Bhakkar
District Public School and Interscience college bhakkar
Govt.Girls College Bhakkar
Pioneer College of Commerce Bhakkar
Islamic Junior Cambridge School Mandi Town Bhakkar

High Schools

Govt.Model High School Bhakkar
Govt.CTTM high school Bhakkar
Govt.MC high School Bhakkar
Govt.Girls Higher Secondary school Bhakkar --Updated by: Fahad Bin Ali KHILGI-- how r u

Hospitals and Medical Centres

District Headquarter Hospital bhakkar
Safdar Hospital
Sidiq Medical Complex
Nasir Hospital
Jatial Hospital

Specialities

• Bakhars famous souvnir was Karna oil, which was extracted fron karna flower.
• CHANNA is the major crop here

Industry

• A Textile Mills "Colony Thal Textile Mills Ltd.,Ismailpur BHAKKAR" working since 1956.
• A Sugar Mill "Fecto Sugar Mills Ltd., Darya Khan.

Population

• Bakhar now is a bustling town, with population of more than three hundred thousand.

Language

Seraiki is the most dominant language of the district. The district has a population of over one million. Siraiki (Saraiki, Seraiki, Multani and Southern Punjabi) is an old language or dialect mostly spoken in southwest Punjab and central Pakistan by approximately 14 million people[1]. It is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian subfamily. ...

• Its area consists of riverine tract along Indus called Kacha and the Thal anciently called Chol-e-Jalali. The most of its area comprises greater thal.
• Mankera in centre of The Great Thal is a place of great antiquity. The old fort here; a historical heritage, is a great land mark of Thal needs preservation. Another old place in the district is Kallurkot. Bakhar is part of Seraiki Wasaib in western Punjab.

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External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 31°38′N, 71°04′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...