- COUNTRY: PAKISTAN
- PROVINCE: HAZARA DIVISION
- DISTRICT: HARIPUR
- ELEVATION: 520M (1,706FT)
- TIME ZONE: PST(UTC+5)
Haripur is a city in Haripur District in the Hazara some 65 km(40mi) north of Islamabad and 35 km(22mi)south of Abbottabad, in a hilly plain area at on altitude of 250mi(1,706ft). The city is situated on the Karakorum highway.(N35)
History
Haripur was founded by the Sikh general "Hari Singh Nalwa" in 1822 and become headquarters of Hazara(until 1853). Hari Singh Nalwa was appointed by Sikh leader "Ranjit Sing" as the second Nazim of Hazara after the first Nazim "Amar Singh Majithia" was killed by local populace of Nara.Haripur was built as a fortress surrounded by a wall which was 4 yard (3.7m) thick and 16 yard (15m) high and had only four openings that fort later become the "City Police Station".
There are the famous campus of "Allama Iqbal Open University" and a campus of "Hazara university Dhodial Mansehra". Haripur is the famous for its greenery and is a source of nursery plants ornamental and forest plants for the rest of KPK (Khyber Pakthun Khawa) and Pakistan.Drinking water was provided by digging a tank. many small drainage were dug to carry sullage water. A small river the river "Dore" passing through the city feed the Tarbela Dam.
"Baren Hugal" visited the town on Dec 23, 1835 and the found the town humming with activity the Municipality was constituted in 1867.
An obelisk marks the grave of "Colonel Conara" European officer of Sikh artillery who fell in 1848 defending his guns single handed against the insurgents under "Chattar Sing" in 1851 the 4th (Hazara) mountain battery was raised from Hazara gunners who were trained by "Major Abbott" a British officer and first deputy commissioner of Hazara in order to defend the Hazara district.
The Hazara embanked on many campaigns through out the. the province population in 1901 was 5,578 and the income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 17,800. in 1903-4 the income and expenditure were Rs. 19,100 & Rs. 20,000 respectively.
Geographical Features
Haripur is a green valley rich in fruits and vegetables and serves as the base market for the mountainous cities of Abbottabad and Mansehra the Lest of Hazara division. the main language spoken in Haripur is "Hindko"
which is related language like Panjabi, Potohari, Gojri and Urdu.Khanpur is the one of the main area of Haripur is famous for it red blood orange. To the north the world's largest rock fill dam, the "Tarbela Dam"
Close the city of Haripur also lies the industrial area of Hattar. Another major industry lying at the outside of the city "The Telephone industry of Pakistan (T I P) the biggest telephone industry in Asia". located just next TIP is National Radio Telecommunication Corporation (NRTC).
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ReplyDeleteHazara haripur once land of freedom fighters.place kot najibullah named after najibullah Khan tareen who ruled haripur died in 1800. His son Mohammed khan tareen faught battles with sikhs .he was captured by rangit singh in 1824 prisoned in lahore fort and later same year poisoned to death.his son's and nephew bostan k was blown by Canon's in 1826. His eldest son Khan ghulam khan tareen a rebel mujhideen captured fort of haripur in 1833 and shariat was imposed under pir Sab of sithana.ghulam k tareen was later arressted in 1847 .made prisoner and hanged in Naini jail india.the British ruled this land peacefully after the death of mujhideens
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