Rajanpur

Rajanpur (Urdu: راجن پور) is a city and the headquarters of Rajanpur District in the far southwestern part of Punjab, Pakistan. The district lies entirely west of the Indus River. it is a narrow, 32 kilometres (20 mi) to 64 kilometres (40 mi) wide strip of land sandwiched between the Indus River on the east and the Sulaiman Mountains on the west. The town is approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) from the west bank of the river. It has a population of over 50,000.

History

Rajanpur was named by a warlord Makhdoom Shaikh Rajan in 1772-73.^{[citation needed]} It remained a small and little known village located on the road from Dera Ghazi Khan (Punjab) to Sukkur in (Sindh) until 1862.^{[citation needed]} In that year, Mithankot, a larger and more prosperous town located southeast of Rajanpur and closer to the Indus River, was completely destroyed by floods.^{[citation needed]}The administrative offices of the Assistant District Commissioner of the British government were moved from Mithankot to Rajanpur, because of its location at a safer distance from the river. Many prosperous Hindu Arora merchants and traders also moved from Mithankot to Rajanpur. It became a municipality and the tehsil headquarters in 1873.^{[citation needed]} Now it is a well developed city of south punjab.

Geographical features

Rajanpur is most important city of south punjab that interconnect three provinces of the pakistan e.g punjab, balochistan, sindh.

Economy

Rajanpur is the commercial and industrial centre for both Rajanpur District and Dera Gazi Khan District. It has good rail and road connections with the rest of the country. Industries include cotton production and processing, flour mills, sugar mills and oil mills. Mangoes and oranges are two main fruits of this city. Cottage industries includes ginning, pottery and clay products, agricultural machinery, handicrafts, and embroidery. Due to industry it is an important city of pakistan