To Ensure Pro-People and Efficient Local Governance in Cantonments and Effective Defence Land Management
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The name Rawalpindi means the abode of Rawals. The Rawals, a Jogi tribe, founded a village namely ‘Rawal’ at the site of Rawal Dam. When Jhanda Khan, founded a new town nearby, at site of Fatehpur Baori, he named it Rawalpindi. Established in 1849, Rawalpindi Cantonment is the second oldest and a premier Cantonment of Pakistan. Population-wise it is the largest Cantonment. Prior to its bifurcation it was stretched over 18,577 acres of land and after its division in 2003, it now encompasses 10,172 acres (41.16 sq km)
