Sarai Alamgir سرائے عالمگیر | |
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 The River Jhelum and the bridge from Sarai Alamgir side | |
  Sarai Alamgir سرائے عالمگیر Location in Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′N 73°45′E / 32.900°N 73.750°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Gujrat |
| District | Gujrat |
| Towns | 4 |
| Union councils | 7 |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 73,967 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Postal code | 50000 |
Sarai Alamgir (Punjabi: سرائے عالمگیر , Urdu: سرائے عالمگیر) is the main town of Sarai Alamgir Tehsil, located in the Gujrat district in the north of the Punjab, a province of Pakistan.
Sarai Alamgir is one of four tehsils of Gujrat district.[1][2][3][1]
The Sarai Alamgir town was mainly founded by the mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir.[1] That's why the name of town was given Sarai Alamgir which means Sarai of Alamgir because this place was used as "Sarai" (rest area) by the army of Aurangzeb Alamgir. The town also gains strategic importance that time due to its position at Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) originally built by the emperor Sher Shah Suri (1472- 1545).[1][4]
Sarai Alamgir covers 575 km2 (222 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the Jhelum River, across from the larger town of Jhelum. East of the town is the Upper Jhelum Canal. Sarai Alamgir was raised to the level of Municipal Committee in 1976. After the implementation of Punjab Local Government Ordinance 2001, it was given the status of Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA).[2]
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TheNationwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Sarai Alamgir". Tehsil Municipal Administration Sarai Alamgir, Government of the Punjab website. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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- ^ "TMA Sarai Alamgir website". (Tehsil Municipal Administration, Sarai Alamgir Tehsil website). Retrieved 20 December 2023.