Sheikhupura, also called Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab and the headquarters of Sheikhupura District. The Mughal emperor Jahangir founded it in 1607 as a citadel west of Lahore, and it takes its present name from Shekhu, the nickname his mother gave him; his autobiography, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, first calls the town Jehangir pura. The Sheikhupura Fort, begun that year, still stands in the centre of the city. Today it is an industrial centre and satellite town about 38 kilometres northwest of Lahore, ranked tenth among the cities of Punjab and fifteenth in Pakistan by population. The 2017 census recorded 473,129 inhabitants, an increase of 68.82 percent in 19 years.
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Founding Year Sources
1. Sheikhupura (Wikipedia)
Demographics
As per 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of city was recorded as 473,129 with an increase of 68.82% in just 19 years.
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It was founded by the Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1607 as a citadel, west of Lahore.
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