Alipur, Pakistan
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Alipur is a tehsil
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

, (an administrative subdivision), of Muzaffargarh District
Muzaffargarh District
Muzaffargarh is a district in the south of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Saraiki Waseb. It is spread over an area of 8,249 km². Muzaffargarh District lies in the strip between the rivers Chenab and Indus, which pass along the Eastern and Western boundaries respectively of...

 in the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 province of Pakistan.

History

Alipur was a part of the state of Seet Purr. About 1,200 years ago, Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef sent Muhammad Bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi was a Umayyad general who, at the age of 17, began the conquest of the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River for the Umayyad Caliphate. He was born in the city of Taif...

 to conquer the Raja Dahir
Raja Dahir
Raja Dahir , born 661 AD — died 712 AD, was the last Hindu ruler situated in Sindh and parts of Punjab in modern day Pakistan. During the beginning of the Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent his kingdom was conquered by Muhammad bin Qasim, an Arab general, for the Umayyad Caliphate.- Reign...

 state,in this time famous cost of this state umrani baloch,and famous person haji ghulam mustafa umrani, Alipur being a part of this state.Hazrat Bahaudin Zakarya Hashmi Qureshi Multani and his family gave a graetest service to the peaple of Alipur while educating them.Today, Alipur is a bustling urban town burdened under over population; and although ill planning and lack of proper governance over the years has virtually halted the progress, this historic town still has much to offer to its residents and its ever increasing new settlers

Agriculture

Wheat, cotton and sugarcane are the main crops but due to negligence of the governmental agriculture and irrigation departments, its land's being wasted to soil malfunctions and floods. Pomegranates, mangoes and dates used to be the famous fruits of Alipur long time ago but they are getting vanished now.

There's a strong need for the development of the area as there's no industry, no railway station or no any business opportunities. The feudals here control everything, no higher educational institutions have been set up here since its existence, and it is considered amongst the most deprived and neglected areas in the country. The people of the area are hard working, hospitable and friendly.

Neighbouring areas

Ten kilometres east of Alipur lies Punjnad Head Works, where five rivers meet: Sutlej
Sutlej
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Sulaiman Range in Pakistan.The Sutlej...

, Ravi
Ravi River
The Ravi is a trans-boundary river flowing through Northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of the six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region ....

, Chanab
Chenab River
The Chenab River چنRiver' آب) is a major river of Jammu and Kashmir and the Punjab in Pakistan. It forms in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows through the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of the Punjab, Pakistan...

, Beas
Beas River
The Beas River is a river in the northern part of India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 km to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of Punjab....

 and Indus
Indus River
The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

. On the other side a village name khair pur sadat only 12 km distance is there. The indus river beside Langah village and eight km away from Khair Pur Sadaat. On the opposite bank of the Indus lies Rajanpur District
Rajanpur District
Rajanpur District is a district of Punjab province in Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 1,103,618 of which 14.27% were urban. Its administrative centre is the town of Rajanpur.-History & geography:...

. There lies Damar Wala Janubi and near it about 2 kilometers is Head Punjnad. In health sector Dr. Qazi Iqbal MBBS was very famous and served people of alipur from 1961 to 1998. He was died in 1998 at age of 65. He worked hard to treat the patients sympathetically throughout his life.
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