District Fazilka

Fazilka District (Indo-Pak Sadqi Border Retreat, Asafwala 1971 War Memorial, Kinnow Citrus Capital, and Historic Wool Mandi)

Fazilka is a vital frontier district in southwestern Punjab situated directly along the international Indo-Pakistan border. Founded in 1844 by British officer J. H. Van Cortlandt on land acquired from Mian Fazil Wattoo, it is acclaimed as the 'California of Punjab' for its lush, high-yielding Kinnow citrus orchards. The district preserves the sacred Asafwala War Memorial honoring martyrs of the 1971 Indo-Pak war (including Major Narayan Singh, MVC) and hosts the ceremonial flag-lowering retreat ceremony at the Sadqi border post.