Phularwan

Phularwan, is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in Bhalwal tehsil of Sargodha District. Longitude 32° 21' 20.52" N. Latitude, 73° 00' 44.67" E. It is the terminus of a branch of the North-Western railway. Phularwan was founded about in year 540 on its present site. city was designed by a Singh architect engineer who studied in Great Britain at that time about in the end of 17th century. He designed this city according to international standards, a wall around the city, markets with. 2 Nos. Mandars and 2 No. Mosques were initially present in the city. According to historical references (A Glossary of the tribes & castes of Punjab by H. a Rose page 286) and city elders, the city was given its name "Phularwan" due to a caln / tribe who migrated from central India and go through this city which was known as Chabbah and Mandi. A small village/town/mohalla named "Phularwani" is also near city where the migrated king "Phularo" rested with his people. When Pakistan came into existence a large number of people Rajput, s from Rohtak and karnal disst in india replaced Hindu population who migrated to India.The power of this region mainly rest in the hands of '''Rajputs, Rao Rana who have the dominant lands in the whole area and have business spread over the city they also have political and social influence over whole area.The only prominent figure of phularwan and sorroundings is Rao Muhammad Ashraf Advocate (ex Nazim city) S/O Late Rao Wajid Ali Khan who was first elected Chairman Phullarwan.LocationLongitude 32° 21' 20.52" N. Latitude (32.3557), 73° 00' 44.67" E (73.012408) Phularwan is located on the Lahore-Islamabad motorway (M2) at the Salam interchange in Sargodha District.The town is connected to Sargodha Gujrat Road from two different places from Salam Chowk Via Bhera Phularwan Road, distance is apx.3 km and secondly from Chakian Phularwan via Phularwan Gujrat Road distance is 4 km. The town's importance increased due to the motorway passing near Phularwan. Phularwan is 50 km from the district capital Sargodha. Now it takes only two hours to reach Phularwan from Lahore, Islamabad, and Faisalabad. A famous depot of the Pakistan Army, Mona depot, is 12 km from Phularwan.