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Lyallpur
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|presentname= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisalabad Faisalabad]]|stateprovince= [[Punjab]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_Frontier_Province North West Frontier Province](NWFP)|country= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan Pakistan]]
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'''Lyallpur''' was founded by the British. It is named for Sir James Lyall, the Lt. Governor of Punjab.
==Present name==In 1979 it was renamed as [[Faisalabad]] after the Late Shah Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Shah Faisal.