page_title: Multan
section_title: British Raj
hierarchical_section_title: Multan / History / British Raj
caption_attribution_description: English: Ghanta Ghar Chowk is a place in Multan, the fifth-largest city in Pakistan, which literally means "Clock Tower Town Square" in Urdu. It is the largest intersection in Multan, near the clock tower of the city called Ghanta Ghar. Wikipedia This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the PB-105
context_page_description: Multan is a city and capital of Multan Division located in Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the Chenab River, Multan is Pakistan's 7th largest city and is the major cultural and economic centre of southern Punjab.
  Multan's history stretches deep into antiquity. The ancient city was site of the renowned Multan Sun Temple, and was besieged by Alexander the Great during the Mallian Campaign. Multan was one of the most important trading centres of medieval Islamic India, and attracted a multitude of Sufi mystics in the 11th and 12th centuries, earning the city the nickname City of Saints. The city, along with the nearby city of Uch, is renowned for its large number of Sufi shrines dating from that era.
context_section_description: By December 1848, the British had captured portions of Multan city's outskirts, and destroyed the Multan Fort while bombarding the city. In January 1849, the British had amassed a force of 12,000 to conquer Multan. On 22 January 1849, the British had breached the walls of the Multan Fort, leading to the surrender of Mulraj and his forces to the British. The British conquest of the Sikh Empire was completed in February 1849, after the British victory at the Battle of Gujrat.
  Between the 1890s and 1920s, the British laid a vast network of canals in the Multan region, and throughout much of central and southern Punjab province. Thousands of "Canal Towns" and villages were built according to standardized plans throughout the newly irrigated swathes of land.
caption: Multan's Ghanta Ghar dates from the British colonial period, and was built in the Indo-Saracenic style.
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