Hafizabad Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Hafizabad Town
Head-quarters of the tahs'il oi the same name in Gujranwala District, Punjab, situated in 32° 4' N. and 73° 41 E., on the WazTrabad-Lyallpur branch of the North-Western Railway. Population (1901), 4,597. It was formerly a place of some importance, and is mentioned in the Ain-i-Akbarl as head-quarters of a mahal. Hafiz, the founder, was a favourite of the emperor Akbar. The main channel of the Chenab (]anal runs 2\ miles east of the town, and the newly irrigated land sends its produce to Hafizabad as the nearest mart and railway station. The factory industries of the place are cotton- ginning and flour-milling, and the number of employes in the three mills in 1904 was 73. The District board maintains an Anglo- ver- nacular middle school and a Government dispensary. The town is administered as a ' notified area.'
