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'''Sialkot District''' was part of an administrative subdivision in the [[PunjabLahore Division]] near Jammu and Kashmir State. It was included in of [[Lahore DivisionPunjab|Punjab Province]]during the British period.
==Headquarters==
* [[Sialkot]]
==Neighbours==
* North: [[Gujrat District]] and [[Jammu ]] State
* South: [[Amritsar District]]
* East: [[Gurdaspur District]].
* West: [[Sheikhupura District]] and [[Gujranwala District]]
==History==
In 1858, the district was divided into four tehsils: Sialkot, Zafrwal, Pasrur and Daska. In 1881, it was divided into a further tehsil of Daska. After 1912, parts of Daska and Pasrur Tehsils were given to [[Gujranwala District]] while parts of Raya Tehsil went to [[Sheikhupura District]]. By 1920, it had the following 4 tehsils: Daska, Pasrur, Sialkot and Zafarwal.
==Area==
* According to the 1913-14 settlement, its area was 1,962 square miles.
==Population==
The district's population in 1911 was 979,553.
==Cities and Towns==
* Sialkot
* [[Zafarwal]]
==Tehsils==
* Sialkot
* Zafarwal
==Transportation==
====Rail====
[[North Western Railway]] 5 feet 6 inches gauge system within the district. The lines were:
* Branch line from [[Wazirabad]] to Sialkot to the frontier of the Jammu State.
* Sialkot-Narowal Railway
== External links ====Reading=Historical books online===* [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_332.gif Sialkot District] Imperial Gazetteer*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/105634 ''Gazetteer Of The Sialkot District 1895'']. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers volumeXXIII-A Sialkot 1920''. Pdf download, Lahore, 1921Digital Library of India.*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet. Reprinted as Gazetter of the in/handle/2015/105635 ''Punjab District Gazetteers Sialkot District Vol. 23 Pt.a 1920'']. Pdf download, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore, 2005Digital Library of India.
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