Bahawalpur is a city of Pakistan (1998 pop. 403,408) located in the Punjab just south of the Sutlej River, formerly the capital of a Princely state of the same name. For the State (including its philately), see Bahawalpur State. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Punjab/ پنجاب province of Pakistan is part of the larger Punjab region. ... The Sutlej is a river that flows through Northern India, with its source in Tibet. ... A princely state or native state was a feudal monarchy in British India ruled by a hereditary ruler, who was nominally sovereign. ... Close examination of the Penny Red, left, reveals a 148 in the margin, indicating that it was printed with plate #148. ... The State of Bahawalpur was a princely state of the Punjab in Pakistan, stretching along the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus Rivers, with its capital city at Bahawalpur. ...

The city was founded in 1748 by Muhammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi I, whose descendants ruled the area, until it joined Pakistan in 1947. Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

It is a crossroads city, having the only railroad bridge over the Sutlej. The surrounding area is mostly agricultural, and the city is a market town for dates, wheat, sugarcane, and cotton. In addition, it has soap making and cotton spinning factories, as well as enterprises producing silk and cotton textiles, carpets, and pottery. This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Binomial name Phoenix dactylifera L. The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a palm, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Species -wild -wild -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated -cultivated Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Cotton is a soft fiber that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ... SOAP is a standard for exchanging XML-based messages over a computer network, normally using HTTP. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the web services stack, providing a basic messaging framework that more abstract layers can build on. ... Silk (< OE sioloc probably < L. SERICVS / Gr. ... Textile is also a kind of ReStructured Text. ... Historically, carpet has been a general term given to any loom-woven or felted textile and to grass floor coverings. ... A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. ...

The Islamia University is located in Bahawalpur. Islamia University is a university in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. ...