the independence of Pakistan in
1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while
the Muslims refugees from India settled down in the Bahawalpur
state. Bahawalpur became a province of Pakistan in 1952 and was merged into the
province of West Pakistan on 14 October 1955. When West Pakistan was divided
into four provinces — Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
and Punjab — Bahawalpur was amalgamated in Punjab
