Bahawalpur is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan, located in Punjab immediately south of the Sutlej River, with a splendid view of 4,250 ft long Empress Bridge over the Sutlej River. Bahawalpur was the former capital of Bahawalpur State ruled by Nawabs, part of Rajputana States. Now the buildings of Nawabs are opened for the public.
Bahawalpur Museum is located at the distance of 5 km on Medical Colony Ave Road via Railway Circular Road. It has a wonderful collection of coins, postage stamps of the former State of Bahawalpur, medals, manuscripts, documents, inscriptions, camel skin paintings, wood carvings, historical models and stone carvings, etc. of the Islamic and pre-Islamic period. There is a complete set of medals issued by State for military officers as well as for civilians.
It was a pleasant day of February, when we had started our journey to explore the royal history of Bahawalpur in Pakistan. We had a group of five, Mansoor, Bilal, Zain, Tariq, and Arslan. Our red color Suzuki Mehran was running toward the Lahore - Abdul Hakeem Motorway (M3) that was constructed newly and reduced the travel time from Lahore to Multan.