Raiwind

Residential town in Lahore, Pakistan

Town in Punjab, Pakistan

Raiwind رائیونڈ
Town
Raiwind Tablighi Markaz
Coordinates: 31°15′15″N 74°13′16″E / 31.2542°N 74.2211°E / 31.2542; 74.2211
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Lahore

Raiwind (Punjabi & Urdu: رائیونڈ) is a town located within union council 149 (Dholanwal) in Allama Iqbal Town of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.^[1]^[2] The town serves as the headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat and hosts the annual Raiwind Markaz Ijtema. Raiwind is also home to Pakistan Railways Junction and Railways Track Workshop and serves as the political base for former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

History

During the British Raj, Raiwind was a tehsil of Lahore District. The town also became notable when a junction was built by the North Western State Railway between the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Lodhran–Raiwind Branch Line. Before the Ferozepore-Bhatinda Railway opened, it was an important centre of the local trade in agricultural produce and had two cotton-ginning factories and a cotton-press, which employed around 203 people.^[3] Following independence in 1947, the railway links eastwards were no longer functional. Ch. Said Rasool was appointed as the Zaildar (District Administrator) of Raiwind.

Population

The population according to the 1901 census was 1764. Today, it is over 150,0000.^{[citation needed]}

Annual Tablighi Ijtema

Every year a Muslim religious convention is held in Raiwind.^[4]

See also

References

^ Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Raiwind - Falling Rain Genomics
^ Raiwind - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 63.
^ Angel Rabasa; Cheryl Benard; Peter Chalk; C. Christine Fair; Theodore W. Karasik; Rollie Lal; Ian O. Lesser; David E. Thaler (10 December 2004). The Muslim world after 9/11 (PDF). RAND Corporation. ISBN 978-0-8330-3534-9. Retrieved 15 May 2010. Tablighi Jama'at has captured the attention of the global community and has been associated with being a "portal" for recruitment for extreme Islamist organizations.17 However, while Tablighi Jama'at does hold a massive gathering of the world's Muslims in Raiwind every year, it does not permit groups to set up recruitment booths.

External links

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