Gogera
Place in Pakistan
30°35′N 73°11′E / 30.58°N 73.18°E / 30.58; 73.18Gogera (Urdu: گوگيره), is a town and union council of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is located at 30°58'4N 73°18'24E with an altitude of 166 metres (547 feet) and lies to the north-west and 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from the district capital Okara.[2]
History
Gogera was head of this region during the rebellion of 1857. It remained the administrative seat of the region until the capital was shifted to Montgomery (now Sahiwal District). Lord Burkley's grave is at Gogera who was the commissioner of Gogera and was killed in battle with Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal after mutiny.
See also
- Gugera Branch Canal
- Rai Ahmad Khan Kharal
- Chak (village) GB Gugera Branch Canal
References
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Okara District
- Depalpur
- Okara
- Renala Khurd
- Ahmadabad
- Awan Kalan
- Behlolpur
- Bhela Gulab Singh
- Bhoman Shah
- Bhone Manzebta
- Bibi Pur
- Burj Jeway Khan
- Chak 4GD
- Farid Pur Sohag
- Gogera
- Jaboka
- Jandraka
- Kaman
- Klair Kalan
- Mahant Darshan
- Maruf
- Muhammad Nagar
- Muhib Ali Uttar
- Mustafabad
- Qila Tara Singh
- Satgarah Okara
- Satghara
- Shah Nawaz Khan
- Shergarh
- Thatta Ghulamka
towns
- Adda Gamber
- Basirpur
- Dipalpur
- Haveli Lakha
- Okara (district headquarters)
- Renala Khurd