Mehrabpur

Mehrabpur
City
Mehrabpur Sindh Pakistan
Mehrabpur Mehrabpur
Coordinates: 27.099444°N 68.420833°E / 27.099444; 68.420833
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (2023 census)
• Total	273,764
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	0242

Mehrabpur (Urdu: محراب پور), (Sindhi:محرابپور), is a city in the Naushahro Feroze District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Councils. It has a busy railway station on the main railway line between Karachi and Lahore. It is a junction station with a disused branch line to Naushahro Feroze.

History

Mir Mehrab Khan Talpur came here from Khairpur and made his residence with his family. Most people came later to take up residence here and named the village Mehrabpur. Mehrabpur was also in the way of the Indus River in previous history. Mehrabpur station was inaugurated in 1914. It has an attractive market that covers most of the surrounding areas. Mehrabpur city has a very large furniture market which is the largest in the Sindh province after Karachi. Mehrabpur also has a large market of wheat, and rice called Gala Mandi, which is the largest in Sindh and second largest In Pakistan. Mehrabpur also has some notable names In National Accountability Bureau and In Pakistan Army, Navy, and Police. Including Director NAB Headquarters Muhammad Imtiaz Bandesha, and Additional Director NAB Karachi -Operational wing Salahudin Khan.

Nearby Villages Behlani Behlen (بهلانى) is a historical village (Union Council) situated in the City of Mehrabpur of Sindh in Pakistan. It is located 1 km from Halani (National Highway). It has many nineteenth-century buildings, some of which still have their original architecture. It remains a source of conflict between Kalohars & Mirs'. A nearby town Mehrabpur is named for one of the brave soldiers of Kalhoras' army "Mir Mehrab Khan Jatoi"

Battle of Halani The Battle of Halani was fought in 1782 between the Afsharid tribe Talpurs and the Sindhi tribe Kalhora for the control of the Sindh region, in modern-day Pakistan. The Talpurs, led by Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, won the battle over Mian Abdul Nabi Kalhoro who became the last ruler of the Kalhora Dynasty. The Talpur dynasty ruled in Sindh until defeated by the British forces at the battle of Miami.

Crops of Mehrabpur

Rice Crop Cotton Crop Wheat Crop SugarCane Crop Chillies Crop Sunflower Crop Tomato Crop Maize Crop Mango Fruit Crop Dates Fruit Crop Banana Fruit Crop

The conventional fruit crops raised are mango, guava, grapefruit, lemon, lime, sapodilla, cherimoya, coconut, lychee, and Zizyphus Mauritania.

Union Councils

Mehrabpur Taluka is administratively further divided into the following 8 Union Councils:

• UC Mehrabpur 1
• UC Mehrabpur 2
• UC Halani
• UC Behlani
• UC Kotri.M.Kabir
• UC Lakha road
• UC Jaindo Rajper
• UC Saeed Pur
• UC Hote Khan Jalbani

Train crash

On 19 December 2007, at 2:30 am an overcrowded express train traveling from Karachi to Lahore derailed 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Mehrabpur killing over 49 people and injuring two hundreds more. The derailment seems to have been caused by defective rails.

See also

• Rajkumar Hirani
• The Educators