 Location of Haripur District (highlighted in red) within the North West Frontier Province. Haripur (Urdu: ہری پور) is a city in Haripur District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan, 65 km north of Islamabad and 35 km south of Abbottabad, in a hilly plain area. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Location of Haripur District (highlighted in red) within the North West Frontier Province. ...
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) (Urdu: شمال مغربی سرØدی صوبÛ) is the smallest in size of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Pashtuns (Pakhtoons). ...
(Urdu: اسلام آباد) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ...
Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is the principal city of Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
History Haripur formerly a military cantonment, was renamed in honour of the Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa around the year 1821. Hari Singh Nalwa was appointed by Raja Ranjit Singh as the second Nazim of Hazara after the first Nazim Amar Singh Majithia was killed by the local populace. Religions Sikhism Scriptures Guru Granth Sahib Languages English, Punjabi] A Sikh (English: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is an adherent to Sikhism. ...
Hari Singh Nalwa (1791-1837?), an Uppal Khatri born at Gujranwala, was the Commander-in-chief of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. ...
Maharaja Ranjit Singh (Punjabi: ), also called Sher-e-Punjab (The Lion of the Punjab) (1780-1839) was a Sikh ruler of the Punjab. ...
Haripur was built as a fortress surrounded by a wall which was four yards thick and sixteen yards high and had only four openings. Drinking water was provided by digging a tank. Many small drains were dug to carry sullage water. Baron Hugal visited the town on December 23, 1835, and he found the town humming with activity.
Famous People Haripur has produced numerous famous scions including the first native Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Ayub Khan who later became the president of Pakistan and gave the country its second constitution in 1962. Muhammad Ayub Khan (May 14, 1907 – April 19, 1974) was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the political leader of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. ...
Air Chief Marshal Muhammad Anwar Shamim, also from Haripur, was the Chief of Pakistan Air Force from 23rd July, 1978 to 5th March, 1985. Branches of Service Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy Pakistan Coast Guard Pakistan Paramilitary Forces Pakistan Strategic Nuclear Command Leadership Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff General Ehsan ul Haq Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Ahmed Chief of Naval...
Several federal and provincial ministers as well Chief Ministers of North West Frontier Province have come from Haripur and its surrounding villages. North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) is geographically the smallest of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
Qateel Shafai, one of the famous Urdu language poets of Pakistan and poet/journalist Fazil Jamili are also the scions of the Haripur city. Urdu ( , , trans. ...
Fazil Jamili is an emerging Urdu Poet from Pakistan. ...
Geographical Features To the south of Haripur only miles away lie the ancient Buddhist university town of Taxila. To the north within miles is the world's largest rockfilled dam, Tarbela Dam, the bulwark of Pakistani power generation and irrigation system. Also to the south lies the picturesque Khanpur dam which supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi. A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by...
Taxila is an important archaelogical site in Pakistan containing the ruins of the GandhÄran city and university of Takshashila (also Takkasila or Taxila) an important Vedic/Hindu[1] and Buddhist[2] centre of learning from the 5th century BCE to the 2nd century CE. In 1980, Taxila was declared...
Image of the Tarbela Dam from space. ...
(Urdu: اسلام آباد) is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ...
Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Pakistans capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. ...
Close to the city of Haripur also lies the industrial area of Hattar. Another major industrial complex lying at the outskirts of the main Haripur city is the Telephone Industries of Pakistan or TIP.
Haripur is a green valley rich in fruits and vegetables and serves as the base market for the mountainous cities of Abbottabad and Mansehra and rest of Hazara Division. It is currently the major city of the Haripur district, one of the five districts that used to comprise Hazara Division namely Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Batagram and Kohistan. Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is the principal city of Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
Mansehra (Urdu: مانسÛرÛ) is city located in Mansehra District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...
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Location of Haripur District (highlighted in red) within the North West Frontier Province. ...
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Abbottabad (Urdu: ایبٹ آباد) is the principal city of Abbottabad District in the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...
Mansehra (Urdu: مانسÛرÛ) is city located in Mansehra District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. ...
Batagram district is located in NWFP, Pakistan. ...
Kohistan is a Persian word meaning mountainous region or highland (Koh = mountain; -istan = suffix -land). ...
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Famous fruit Loquat is famous fruit of Haripur.Loquat ripe in early spring.Loquat fruits, growing in clusters, are oval, rounded or pear-shaped, 3-5 cm long, with a smooth or downy, yellow or orange, sometimes red-blushed skin. Both side of GT road it produce an amazing sceane in early spring. Temporary shops are decorated on both sides of road.Loquat becomes the earning of local people for short time. Binomial name Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb. ...
Famous Persons from Haripur
Poets Qateel Shifai (December 24, 1919 in Haripur, Hazara, – July 11, 2001 in Lahore) was a Pakistani poet. ...
Fazil Jamili is an emerging Urdu Poet from Pakistan. ...
Politicians This article is about a Pakistani military officer. ...
Artists and Actors
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See also Coordinates: 34°0′59.72″N, 72°55′14.05″E Location of Haripur District (highlighted in red) within the North West Frontier Province. ...
Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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