Lahor

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Lahor
General Information
Country	Pakistan
Province	North-West Frontier Province
District	Swabi
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
No. of Towns	1
Government
No. of Union Councils	17

Lahor is a town and tehsil of Swabi District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan^[1]. The town is a settlement of 35,000 people and lies west of Swabi and on the northern bank of the Indus River. Lahor is surrounded by Yar Hussain, Tordher, Ambar and the Indus River.

[edit] Administration

Lahor tehsil is administratively subdivided into 17 Union Councils. The tehsil boundaries touch the districts of Nowshera, Attock and Swabi Tehsil. The Village of Lahor itself has two Union Councils, Lahor Gharbi and Lahor Shirqi (East and West)^[1].

[edit] History

Lahor has a very old history. Alexander the Great is said to have passed through it, in trying to cross Indus River through the Village Hund, and faced significant of resistance from the people of Lahor.^{[citation needed]}

According to the historical background Lahor (the historical and original one) is very rich and has the oldest history, civilization, culture, and tradition than the capital of Punjab (Lahore).^{[citation needed]}

In old time Lahor was named Salatura .Sala in pushto means advice or unity and Tura means sword thus Salatura means The Sword of Unity Lahor is a pushto name La means more and Hor means fire Lahor means 'more fire' Shaeed Baba and his family beloned to lahor ,Shaeed baba along with his eleven brother fought against the britisih imperilisum and died fighting the british army.The grave of shaeed baba and one of his brother is still in lahor.Shaeed Baba grave is in Mollah Taous Khani

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