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Ganda Singh Wala گنڈا سِنگھ والا
village
Flag lowering ceremony in Ganda Singh Wala near, Lahore City
Ganda Singh Wala Location in Punjab, Pakistan Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Ganda Singh Wala Ganda Singh Wala (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 31°2′16.71″N 74°31′6.47″E / 31.0379750°N 74.5184639°E / 31.0379750; 74.5184639
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Kasur
Languages
• Official	Urdu, Shahmukhi
Time zone	UTC+5:00 (PST)
Nearest village	Hussainiwala

Ganda Singh Wala (Punjabi/Urdu: گنڈا سنگھ والا) is a village, just 58 km from Lahore City in Kasur District in the Punjab, Pakistan. Until 1986, it served as the main border crossing between Pakistan and India.^[1] The Sutlej River flows by Ganda Singh Wala, and the area is prone to flooding.^[2]

The village is now a 45-minute drive from Lahore after the construction of the new Lahore-Firozpur road. Nearby Burj Naamdaar village is noted for the cultivation of bamboo.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology

The village was named after Ganda Singh Datt. It lies on the border with Eastern Punjab, India. The Pakistani village, which was named after a Sikh man, lies opposite the Indian village of Hussainiwala, which in turn was named after a Muslim man.

India Pakistan Border

Border crossing

The border crossing is now closed. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was the principal road crossing between India and Pakistan,^[3] but was replaced by the border crossing at Wagah, a little further north. In 2005 there were proposals to reopen the border,^[4] but it remained closed. More recently the Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif proposed the reopening of the border when he visited Attari in India.^{[citation needed]}

Border ceremony

Since 1970, a daily 6 pm Beating Retreat Border Ceremony is jointly held at the border crossing by the military of both nations. It is similar to the Attari-Wagah border ceremony.^[5] Attendees are seated close by, as compared to Wagah where crowds are kept far apart. The Indian village across the border is Hussainiwala. "Ganda Singh Wala-Hussainiwala border ceremony" is attended mostly by local Punjabis on either side of the border.

References

^ Important Places Kasur District, Official District website. Retrieved 24 October 2019
^ Shaukati Ali Awan Flood forecasting and management in Pakistan
^ Paul Mason (2006) Via Rishikesh: an account of hitchhiking to India in 1970^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Daily Times, 8 September 2005 Archived 20 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ District Ferozepur website: Retreat Ceremony at Husainiwala

External links

Ceremony at the Ganda Singh Wala India-Pakistan border

v t e Neighbourhoods of Kasur
Administration: Kasur District
Tehsils	Chunian Kasur Kot Radha Kishan Pattoki
Cities	Chunian Habibabad Kanganpur Kasur (capital) Kot Radha Kishan Mustafaabad Pattoki Phoolnagar Rao Khan Wala Usmanwala
Towns and councils	Ahlowal Alpa Kalan Akbrabad Baghiana Kalan Bahadurpura Bazidpur Beharwal Kalan Bhagiwal Bhamba Kalan Bhedian Kalan Bhoe Asal Chathian Wala Daftuh Deo Sial Fatehpur Gehlan Hithar Habibabad Halla Jaguwala Jajjal Jambar Jamsher Kalan Jamsher Khurd Kanganpur Khai Hithar Khudian Kotha Kotli Rai Abubakar Kull Matta Mir Muhammad Mudke Dhariwal Mundayki Mustafaabad Naroki Nathoki Orara Phoolnagar Phulliani Pial Kalan Raja Jang Rajowal Nau Rao Khan Wala Rasool Pur Sadda Sehjra Talwandi Usmanwala Wan Aadhan Wan Khara Zafarke
Localities	Atma Singh Baba Kot Baherwal Kalan Barki Bhai Kot Bhopay Wal Bohge Burj Ran Singh Chahal Chak No 18 Chanda Singh Wala Dhainke Dhing Shah Fattiwala Ganda Singh Wala Gohar Jageer Gop-e-Rah Grinkot Khara Kot Abbas Pura Qadiwind Sahjowal Sikandar pura Tara Garh Targa
Website: Kasur District at NRB

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