Bahawalpur City

Bahawalpur, located in Punjab, is the eleventh largest city in Pakistan. The city is capital of Bahawalpur District. The city was once the capital of the former princely state and later the province of Bahawalpur.
The city was founded in 1748 by #Nawab Muhammad Bahawal Khan #Abbasi 1st, whose descendants ruled the area until it joined Pakistan in 1947. The #Bahawalpur (princely state) was one of the largest states of British India, more than 450 kilometres long, and was Ruled by Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi (V) Bahadur, who decided to join Pakistan at the time of independence in 1947