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|coordinates= [httphttps://mapswww.google.com/maps?ll=26/place/31°25'45.8128,800%22N+73°04'44.9013&spn=0%22E/@31.1429167,072.1&q0283215,8z/data=31!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d31.258,73429167!4d73.05 078889?hl=en 31.25°N429167°N, 7372.05°E0283215°E]|altitude= 184 m (605 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisalabad Faisalabad]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan) Punjab]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]
|transport= [[North Western Railway]]
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'''Lyallpur''' was founded by the headquarters of the Lyallpur District, [[Punjab]] during the Britishperiod. It is was named after Sir James Lyall, the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab. In 1979, it was renamed as [[Faisalabad]] in honour of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia who died in 1975.
==Clubs==
* Chenab Club (1910) - Photos: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8984406@N07/5539819006/ 1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/8984406@N07/5539817754/ 2]
==Further ReadingEconomy=====Banks===*[http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-5-2005_pg3_4 "The Lyalls in Imperial Bank of India"], ''The Daily Times''.(after 1920)
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711233729/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_27-5-2005_pg3_4 "The Lyalls in India"] by Ihsan Aslam May 27, 2005 ''The Daily Times'', now an archived page.
*[http://www.radio.gov.pk/09-May-2016/faisalabad-clock-tower Faisalabad Clock Tower] 9 May, 2016. Radio Pakistan. It was completed in December, 1905
===Historical books on line===
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_230.gif Lyallpur Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/257/mode/1up Sir James Lyall] Dictionary of Indian Biography
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