Raipur, Pakistan

Raipur
رايپور
village
Raipur is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Raipur
Raipur
Location of Raipur in Punjab, Pakistan
Raipur is located in Pakistan
Raipur
Raipur
Raipur (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 30°20′10″N 70°43′30″E / 30.33611°N 70.72500°E / 30.33611; 70.72500
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictKhanewal
TehsilKabirwala

Raipur (Urdu: رائے پُور), (Punjabi: رائے پور) is a village in the Kabirwala Tehsil of Khanewal District[1] in Punjab, Pakistan. It is famous as the birthplace of Indian American Nobel Laureate Har Gobind Khorana.[2]

After Partition of India, it was renamed as Gajani.

Geography

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The village is situated in the Khanewal in the Pakistani Punjab, having the average elevation of 128 metres.

References

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  1. ^ Miraj, Muhammad Hassan (21 October 2013). "Khanewal: Sweet Waters – II". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. ^ Har Gobind Khorana