Bahawalpur (princely state)

Bahawalpur was a princely state of the Punjab in what is now Pakistan. It was on the southern bank of the Sutlej and Indus Rivers. Its capital city was Bahawalpur. 

 Caste Background 
The modernistic study research of the anthropological criterion still emphasis the ruminative fact about the Royal house of Bahawalpur, they supposed to belong to the Jat caste of medieval Jadgal stock which universally got acceptance by clerical team of academia.  

Although some scholar, believes their ancestral forbears were migrated from Punjab to bhawalpur during post-medieval ages and adequately became the protagonist for Daydpotra clan.  

 Area 
In 1941, the state had 1,341,209 people. It covered 45,911 km² (17,494 sq mi). It was divided into three districts: Bahawalpur, Rahimyar Khan and Bahawalnagar.

The state was created in 1690 by Bahadur Khan II. In 1833 Nawab Mohammad Bahawal Khan III signed an agreement with the British guaranteeing the independence of the Nawab from the British. The state agreed to become part of Pakistan on 7 October 1947. The state was then merged into the province of West Pakistan on 14 October 1955.

Languages
Seraiki (also called Riasti) is the main language spoken. Urdu and Punjabi are also major languages.

References

Category:Former subdivisions of Pakistan
Category:Pakistani princely states