Kotli Loharan
Kotli Loharan
کوٹلی لوہاراں | |
|---|---|
Town | |
  Kotli Loharan | |
| Coordinates: 32°21′N 74°17′E / 32.35°N 74.29°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| District | Sialkot |
| Tehsil | Sialkot |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 25,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | `052 |
Kotli Loharan (Punjabi, Urdu: کوٹلی لوہاراں) is a town in the Sialkot District of Punjab, Pakistan. Kotli Loharan consists of two sub-towns, East and West.
History
[edit]Supposedly, the town was built or just upgraded, by the British somewhere in the mid 19th Century as a weapons and artillery manufacturing town; the principle bladed weapon maker being J D Pensioner and Sons whose name and location in Kotli Loharan often appears on Nepalese Gurkha kukri and swords.[1]
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