Shakargarh tehsil

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Shakargarh tehsil is an administrative subdivision in the Narowal District of Punjab, Pakistan, historically part of the Gurdaspur District before Partition and known for its cultural and literary heritage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Administrative subdivision
Tehsil
administrativeUnitOf Narowal District NERFINISHED
borderedBy India NERFINISHED
containsSettlement Shakargarh NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
hasAgriculturalActivity rice cultivation
sugarcane cultivation
wheat cultivation
hasCapital Shakargarh NERFINISHED
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasCulturalTradition Punjabi folk music
Punjabi poetry
Sufi traditions
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
small-scale trade
hasEducationalInstitutionType government schools
madrasas
hasHistoricalEvent Partition of India 1947 NERFINISHED
hasLocalGovernmentType Tehsil administration
hasMajorityReligion Sunni Islam NERFINISHED
hasMinorityReligion Christianity NERFINISHED
hasRiver Ravi River (nearby) NERFINISHED
hasTransportInfrastructure regional roads
historicallyPartOf British India NERFINISHED
Gurdaspur District NERFINISHED
knownFor cultural heritage
literary heritage
languageUsed Punjabi
Urdu NERFINISHED
locatedIn northeastern Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Narowal District NERFINISHED
Punjab, Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Punjab NERFINISHED
Ravi River basin NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time NERFINISHED
locatedNear India–Pakistan border NERFINISHED
locatedOn Shakargarh–Zafarwal road NERFINISHED
partOf Pakistan NERFINISHED
religion Islam
subdivisionType Tehsil
UTCoffset +05:00
wasReorganizedIn 1947

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Shiv Kumar Batalvi placeOfBirth Shakargarh tehsil