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| name = Sharifpura<br />
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| settlement_type = Neighborhood of Amritsar<br />
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'''Sharifpura''' is a locality in [[Amritsar]], in the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] state of [[India]]. It was established by Deputy Mohammad Shariff, a prominent [[Muslims|Muslim]] figure known as the ''"Raees of Amritsar",'' and his son Engineer Fazal ur Rehman Shariff in the early 1920s.{{Citation needed|date=November 2025}} Engineer Fazal ur Rehman Shariff earned a degree in [[civil engineering]] from [[University of Liverpool|Liverpool]], [[England]] in 1912 and returned to Amritsar. He later joined the irrigation department in [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] as an SDO and worked on various projects including work on the Sulemanki Headworks. He was one of the first qualified Muslim engineers in Punjab.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sharifpura govt school runs from unsafe building |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/amritsar/sharifpura-govt-school-runs-from-unsafe-building-462871/ |access-date=2025-11-19 |website=The Tribune |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Sharifpura was to envisioned as a township for local Muslim. This locality became the refuge and final safe haven for the Muslims who migrated to [[Pakistan]] in 1947. Sharifpura was attacked two months after partition, driving out any remaining survivors.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Amritsar district}}<br />
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[[Category:Muslim communities of India]]<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Amritsar district]]<br />
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Punjab, India]]</div>MichaelWhite3