Ganda Singh Wala
Ganda Singh Wala
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| Nearest village | Hussainiwala |
Ganda Singh Wala (
Sutlej River flows by Ganda Singh Wala, and the area is prone to flooding.[2]
The village is now a 45-minute drive from Lahore after the construction of the new Lahore-Firozpur road. Nearby Burj Naamdaar village is noted for the cultivation of bamboo.[citation needed]
Etymology
The village was named after
Eastern Punjab, India. The Pakistani village, which was named after a Sikh man, lies opposite the Indian village of Hussainiwala
, which in turn was named after a Muslim man.
India Pakistan Border
Border crossing
The border crossing is now closed. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was the principal road crossing between India and Pakistan,Shahbaz Sharif proposed the reopening of the border when he visited Attari in India.[citation needed]
Border ceremony
Since 1970, a daily 6 pm
Attari-Wagah border ceremony.[5] Attendees are seated close by, as compared to Wagah where crowds are kept far apart. The Indian village across the border is Hussainiwala
. "Ganda Singh Wala-Hussainiwala border ceremony" is attended mostly by local Punjabis on either side of the border.
See also
- Attari-Wagah border crossing
- Hussainiwala-Ganda Singh Wala border crossing
References
- ^ Important Places Kasur District, Official District website. Retrieved 24 October 2019
- ^ Shaukati Ali Awan Flood forecasting and management in Pakistan
- ^ Paul Mason (2006) Via Rishikesh: an account of hitchhiking to India in 1970[permanent dead link]
- ^ Daily Times, 8 September 2005 Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ District Ferozepur website: Retreat Ceremony at Husainiwala
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