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Gujranwala is the fourth-largest city in Punjab, Pakistan, an industrial hub on the Grand Trunk Road north of Lahore that is famous as the birthplace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, for its food and as the City of Wrestlers. Its top sights are the Gujranwala Clock Tower, Sheranwala Bagh with the Samadhi of Maha Singh, and the haveli where Ranjit Singh was born.
The city grew in the 18th century and served as the capital of the Sukerchakia Misl from 1763 to 1799 and of the Sikh Empire until 1801, before the court moved to Lahore. That era survives in the Sheranwala Bagh Baradari, Gurdwara Partab Singh and the old town of Eminabad, linked with Guru Nanak.
Today Gujranwala is one of the busiest manufacturing centres in Pakistan. Easy trips lead north to Wazirabad, the city of cutlery, with the Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan and a Sher Shah era dak chowki, and to Khanki Barrage on the Chenab River.
The Samadhi of Maha Singh in Gujranwala's Sheranwala Bagh is the domed memorial of the Sukerchakia chief who was the father of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maha Singh died in 1790, and his samadhi, with its fluted dome and arched brick base, is the most important Sikh monument in the city.
The Birthplace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh is the old haveli in Gujranwala where the founder of the Sikh Empire was born on 13 November 1780. It stands in the busy central vegetable and fish market, and its arched brick facade recalls the years when the city was the Sikh capital.
Sheranwala Bagh Baradari is the two-storey pavilion that Mahan Singh built inside his garden in Gujranwala in the late 18th century. Damaged in riots in 1992 and restored by the city in 2012, it has painted arches and panels that make it one of the most photogenic sights in town.
Eminabad, about a dozen kilometres southeast of Gujranwala, is the old town of Saidpur that Babur sacked in 1521, an event described in hymns by Guru Nanak. Sikh tradition links the town to Guru Nanak's stay at Rori Sahib, and its old houses with carved balconies reward a slow walk.
Gujranwala Clock Tower, the Ghanta Ghar, rises in the old city of Gujranwala where Clock Tower Road meets Link Hafizabad Road, beside a lively pigeon market. It is the best-known landmark of the city centre and an easy meeting point. Come in the morning before bazaar traffic builds.
Sheranwala Bagh is a public garden in Gujranwala laid out in the late 18th century by Sikh chief Mahan Singh and named after two lion statues that once stood at its gate. Its lawns hold his samadhi and a baradari, so it is the most historic green space in the city for a stroll.
Gujranwala Railway Station stands on Pakistan's main Karachi-Peshawar railway line, with four platforms and trains to Lahore, Rawalpindi and beyond. Its long arched facade and gabled centre make a handsome sight, and arriving by train is a relaxed alternative to the busy Grand Trunk Road.
Gurdwara Partab Singh on Link Hafizabad Road in Gujranwala hides behind an ornate gateway with a domed balcony and a carved wooden door. Inside, arcaded corridors and a small lawn lead to the main hall, a quiet trace of the Sikh past of the old city that is easy to pair with the Clock Tower.
Khanki Barrage on the Chenab River near Gujranwala is one of the oldest irrigation headworks in Pakistan, first built by the British in the late 19th century. A new barrage completed in 2017 replaced the old weir and feeds the Lower Chenab Canal, which waters about 3 million acres.
Wazirabad, on the Chenab River north of Gujranwala, is known across Pakistan as the city of cutlery, and a lit-up cutlery sculpture marked City of Cutlery greets visitors at its gateway. Its workshops are famous for knives and tableware, and the town is also known for its cuisine.
The Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan in Wazirabad is the resting place of the poet and editor of the Zamindar newspaper, remembered as one of the fathers of Urdu journalism. He died in 1956, and his white mausoleum stands in a garden beside a mosque, a calm stop near Gujranwala.
Dak Chowki Wazirabad is a small brick relay post with corner turrets, listed as a heritage monument from the time of Sher Shah Suri, who ruled in the 1540s and improved the Grand Trunk Road. Mail riders changed horses at posts like this, and few survive in Punjab today.
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