Sidhanwali

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Sidhanwali is a village in the Sheikhupura District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 31°48'0"N 74°29'9"E.[1] The village of Sidhanwali is at the point where the Marala–Ravi Link Canal and the Bambanwala–Ravi–Bedian (BRB) Link Canal discharge into the Ravi River.[2]

History

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After the third cholera pandemic - the first case of cholera in British India's Sialkot District took place in the village on the 14th of August 1876. Sialkot's patient zero had returned from Lahore on the 13th of August - the city of Lahore had a few cases of the disease at that time.[3] On May 14, 1948, after an agreement with India, Pakistan built a canal in the Chenab River near to the village of Sidhanwali.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sidhanwali, Punjab Province, Pakistan". Mindat.org. Hudson Institute of Mineralogy. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Rivers and Link Canals of Punjab". Pakistaniat. Pakistaniat.com. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  3. ^ "Report on an Outbreak of Cholera in the District, City, and Cantonments of Sailkot [sic] in August and September 1876". Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. Pub Med. 1877. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. ^ "بی آر بی نہر اور اُس کی تاریخ (BRB Canal and its history)". Daily Express (in Urdu). Express Media Group. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
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