Bahawalnagar City Punjab

Bahawalnagar is the major city of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. As well as being district capital it has the administrative headquarters of the tehsil
Bahawalnagar District, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan, was agricultural region with forests during the Indus Valley Civilization. The Vedic period is characterized by Indo-Aryan culture that invaded from Central Asia and settled in Punjab region. The Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Madras, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas and Kurus settled and ruled ancient Punjab region. After overrunning the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander marched into present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. The Bahawalnagar was ruled by Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites and Shahi kingdoms. bahwalnagar was ruled by rajpoots kings(chandar gupat,maharaja bakarmajeet,ashoka,raja chandar bhan singh,sabdal rao, sodha rao hameer)for many years. In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005, and followed it by the conquests of Punjab region. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. The Punjab region became predominantly Muslim due to missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region. From 1690 A.D. to 14 October 1955 Bahawalnagar District was occupied by Daudpota Abbasid and it became one of the districts of Bahawalpur (princely state). The town was named after an Abbasid nawab, Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan Abbasi IV.

After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikh invaded the various districts of the Punjab but Bahawalnagar District was not under Sikh rule because it was the part of former Muslim Abbasid state Bahawalpur (princely state). During the period of British rule, Bahawalnagar increased in population and importance.

The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslims refugees from India settled down in the Bahawalnagar District.