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Shakargarh became tehsil in 1853. Its literacy rate is 97 percent. Sialkot was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of Sialkot district was transferred to Gurdaspur District [4] and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur district until Partition in 1947.
Shakargarh (Urdu: شکَرگڑھ), the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil, is a city in the north-east of Narowal District, Punjab, Pakistan. It borders Jammu to the north and Sialkot to the west [2] Its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest literacy rate tehsil-wise. [3]
Shakargarh became tehsil in 1853. Its literacy rate is 97 percent. Sialkot was annexed by the British after the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1849. In 1853, Shakargarh Tehsil of Sialkot district was transferred to Gurdaspur District [4] and it remained an administrative subdivision of Gurdaspur district until Partition in 1947.
During the Sikh regime, Sikh sardars took hold of major part of fertile land and annexed Narowal town to Rayya Khas Tehsil of District Amritsar whereas Shakargarh town was headquarter of Tehsil Shakargarh and formed part of Gurdaspur District.
During British rule (before the independence of Pakistan), Shakargarh became the capital of Shakargarh Tehsil. In 1947 when the British were leaving, they divided British India between Pakistan and the modern republic of India.
Shakargarh Tehsil is a subdivision (tehsil) of Narowal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 Union Councils, three of which form the tehsil capital Shakargarh.
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Pakistan, Shakargarh town was the headquarters of Shakargarh Tehsil, which formed part of Gurdaspur district (now in India). Under the Radcliffe Award, Shakargarh tehsil was transferred to Pakistan and attached with Sialkot District.
