Sialkot

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Sialkot
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.497222°N 74.536111°E
Altitude: 256 m (840 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Sialkot
State/Province: Punjab
Country: Pakistan
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Sialkot was the headquarters of Sialkot District in the Lahore Division of Punjab Province during the British period.

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Sialkot
Variants: Sealkote, Siyal Kot, Sialhkot

History

Military history

Education

Murray College (2007)

Churches

Holy Trinity Church
  • Holy Trinity Church (now Cathedral), originally consecrated January 1857.

External Links

Historical books online

  • "Sealkote" page 387 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
  • Gazetteer Of The Sialkot District 1895. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
Punjab District Gazetteers Sialkot District Vol. 23 Pt.a 1920. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
  • "Sialkot District" page 104 A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1 by Miles Irving (1910) Hathi Trust Digital Library