The Administrative System of District Muzaffargarh 1901-1970
Keywords:
Muzaffargarh, Administrative, System, Backward, Region, District etcAbstract
After the start of the great game colonial government felt the need of extension to cross the Indus and entered in Punjab. In the successes of the 2nd Sikh war in 1849 British forces occupied Punjab. They announced the annexation and divided the Punjab in different new administrative units. The established new administrative zones as divisions and districts. Layyah was made as a Divisional Head Quarter, While Khangarh was declared as a district of Layyah division. In1861 Layyah lost its divisional and district status and Muzaffargarh was declared as a district in place of Khangarh. In 1909 Tehsil Layyah became a part of district Muzaffargarh. In 1947, administratively Muzaffargarh became a part of Bahawalpur State but at the end of One Unit Muzaffargarh district added in Multan division. On 1st July 1982 Dera Ghazi Khan was announced as a new division, Layyah tehsil was upgrade as district and both the districts Muzaffargarh and Layyah became the part of Dera Ghazi Khan Division.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10104412
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