About 65 years ago, the decision to transfer the capital of Pakistan from Karachi to Rawalpindi was that of the then Field Marshal President Ayub, but the decision has a different history behind the decision, which shows that this decision was made before becoming Pakistan.
Karachi and Lahore were major cities of Pakistan, but why was the decision to remove the capital from these cities?
When the city was constructed, how many small villages were settled here? What made them? How much money was spent on the purchase of land and then a new city? All this information is very interesting.
Who decided to make Rawal Pindi the capital?
According to Pakistan on January 21, 1959, President Ayub announced a 10 -time commission under the leadership of General Mohammad Yahya Khan, which was responsible for the proposal to establish a new capital.
The Commission, while presenting its report on 2 June 1959, declared Rawal Pindi suitable for the new capital, which was approved by President Ayub on 15 July.
On August 2, 1960, it was announced to travel from the capital Karachi to Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi has been a temporary capital for about six years till 26 November 1966, but this question is also important in his place, who was this decision?
Generally, it is presented that the President Ayub wanted to be close to his village, but the second principle is that his decision was made before becoming Pakistan.
Tehreek -e -Taliban Pakistan, a famous activist of Pakistan, writes in his book ‘Islamabad Manzil Murad’ that when Quad -Ezam was coming from Rawalpindi from Srinagar on July 26, 1944, he said that it is in a recruitment of the garland.
According to Musharraf Hussain Jubri, who was the secretary of the Government of India before the partition, a talks committee headed by Sardar Abdul Bar Bhanshtar decided that it would be on the outskirts of Pakistan’s proposed capital Rawalpindi, which was supported by Quad -Azam.
However, the famous historian Professor Dr. According to Ishtiaq Ahmed, there are 12 sections of the British documents ‘transfer of power’, with a memorandum of May 12, 1947 that the new capital of Pakistan will be held in Rawalpindi.
This means that since the headquarters of the Northern Command was in Rawalpindi, which was to become the new general headquarters of Pakistan, the British administration wanted the city to be the center of political leadership of Pakistan.
How many Islamabad land was purchased?
Today, where the city is situated, there were 85 small villages, whose 45,000 acres of land was purchased at that time with a compensation of Rs 16 crore.
With the establishment of Islamabad, about 50,000 people were displaced in these villages.
Mohammad Arif Raja wrote in his book ‘History Rawalpindi and Tehreek -e -Pakistan’ that about 90,000 acres of land was allotted to the victims of Islamabad with Gudu barrage of Multan, Sahiwal, Varori, Zhang and River Indus, for which about 36,000 permits were issued.
The region of Islamabad was not only taken from Rawalpindi district, but some of it were also taken from Nathia Gali and Haripur Hazara.
Pakistani workers are working on a National Memorial Building in Islamabad on December 12, 2006 (Farooq Naeem/ AFP)
How much money was the construction of important buildings?
Islamabad has earned a lot of money to create an organized city on the Australian capital Canberra and Washington DC in the United States.
Once Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was asked in Islamabad how he feels like the new capital of Pakistan.
That is, the resources of East Pakistan are also being set up on this city, but today it can be surprising for you that the money that was only on the construction of this city at that time is an underpass of so many money today.
Islamabad’s first room was made up of East Pakistan Union Minister Lal Mian, named Sultani Kothi.
Among government buildings, Pakistan House was the first building, now called MNA Hostels. Then build buildings of federal secretariat.
According to the book of King Arif Minhas, the construction of the house was spent on the construction of the House of the House.
The first Tower Building House in Blue Area, China Chowk was from the Building Finance Corporation, which was priced at Rs 8 crore.
State Bank Building was constructed for Rs 3 crore. In the first 20 years, the total expenditure on the construction of Islamabad was Rs 2 billion 76 crore rupees.
How much money did Shah Faisal pay for Faisal Mosque?
In the Faisal Mosque, where it was built, there was a living in the leg of a mountain by meeting some houses.
In the master plan of Islamabad, there was a place to build a large and magnificent mosque, but a significant amount was required.
When King Shah Faisal of Saudi Arabia came on April 21, 1966, he was informed on the construction of Islamabad.
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In which he offered to bear all expenses for the construction of a mosque in Islamabad.
The construction of this mosque started in 1975. The National Construction Company made the lowest bid of Rs 26 crore.
Faisal Mosque has a capacity of a million worshipers. The cost increased until the mosque was completed, for which the Saudi government provided Rs 40 crore.
What was the weather in Islamabad 65 years ago?
While there were many reasons to transfer the federal capital from Karachi to Islamabad, one of the reasons was to choose a place where the weather was pleasant.
In summer, the temperature did not go above 42C, but now due to changing climate change, the temperature of Islamabad has crossed 46 degrees.
According to the Gazetteer of Rawalpindi, the mountains of Margalla are covered with snow every four years in the city, while in 1883 snow came to Rawal Pindi.
This is the reason that in Rawalpindi, the roofs of British -lady were built on the slope of snow.
Due to this medium and healthy environment, Rawalpindi was chosen for the new capital of Pakistan, but later, especially after 2000, housing societies were cut and housing societies were also created, which also had an impact on the environment and gradually changed from the city.
