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22-549: Located on the Grand Trunk Road , Kamoke is 21 km from Gujranwala and 44 km from Lahore , offering convenient access to both cities. The city is also well-connected by rail, situated on the main Lahore-Rawalpindi Railway Line. Kamoke was historically settled during the reign of Mughal emperor Akbar and was officially declared a tehsil in 1992 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. It is administratively governed by

44-478: A distance of around 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi). The route of Chandragupta was built over the ancient " Uttarapatha " or the Northern Road, which had been mentioned by Pāṇini . The emperor Ashoka had it recorded in his edict about having trees planted, wells built at every half kos and many "nimisdhayas", which is often translated as rest-houses along the route for the travelers. The emperor Kanishka

66-581: A four- to six-lane highway which also has service lanes on either sides at the busier parts. Apart from being a part of the National Highway , the road is also significant because it consist of many industrial and IT business houses. The IT industrial park Electronic City is also located alongside Hosur Road . The National Highways Authority of India has constructed a 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) elevated highway between Bommanahalli and Electronic City . This toll road has made travel to Electronic City

88-452: A notable urban center in Punjab. Kamoke is committed to enhancing its infrastructure to meet the standards of modern cities. Key projects include: Kamoke's economy is primarily driven by its rice market. However, the city is diversifying its economic base with initiatives such as: Kamoke is investing in education and healthcare to improve the quality of life for its residents: Sustainability

110-675: A river of life as nowhere else exists in the world." The ensemble of historic sites along the road in India was submitted to the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2015, under the title "Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Banho, Grand Trunk Road". The Indian sections of the Grand Trunk Road coincide with NH 19 , NH 112 and NH 44 of the National Highways in India . Psephologists sometimes refer to

132-449: Is a key focus for Kamoke, with initiatives aimed at preserving the environment: Kamoke values its rich cultural heritage and is working to promote social development: For further details and updates, you can visit the [official website of MC Kamoke]( http://mckamoke.lgpunjab.org.pk/ ). Grand Trunk Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath , Sarak-e-Azam , Shah Rah-e-Azam , Badshahi Sarak , and Long Walk )

154-531: Is also known to have controlled the Uttarapatha. Sher Shah Suri , the medieval ruler of the Sur Empire , took to repair The Chandragupta's Royal Road in the 16th century. The old route was further rerouted at Sonargaon and Rohtas and its breadth increased, a sarai was built, the number of kos minars and baolis increased. Gardens were also built alongside some sections of the highway. Those who stopped at

176-737: Is based as per Google Maps. 27°20′13″N 79°03′50″E  /  27.337°N 79.064°E  / 27.337; 79.064 National Highway 44 (India) National Highway 44 ( NH 44 ) is a major north–south National Highway in India and is the longest in the country. It passes through the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir , in addition to the states of Punjab , Haryana , Delhi , Uttar Pradesh , Rajasthan , Madhya Pradesh , Maharashtra , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , and Tamil Nadu . It came into being by merging seven national highways, in full or part, starting with

198-564: Is being upgraded, at a cost of ₹2,178.82 crores, to an elevated tolled expressway with 8 (4+4) main lanes and 4 (2+2) service lanes, which was completed in July 2023. The NH-44 road between Salem and Thoppur in Tamil Nadu is much prone to fatal accidents due to the poor road design in the hilly slopes. Agra - Gwalior section of this highway is part of the legendary AB Road ( Agra - Bombay Road). The highway starts from Srinagar. NH 44 covers

220-479: Is mentioned in a number of literary works including those of Foster and Rudyard Kipling. Kipling described the road as: "Look! Look again! and chumars , bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias , pilgrims – and potters – all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly the Grand Trunk Road is a wonderful spectacle. It runs straight, bearing without crowding India's traffic for fifteen hundred miles – such

242-620: Is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent . It runs roughly 3,655 km (2,271 mi) from Teknaf , Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar west to Kabul , Afghanistan , passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata , Kanpur , Agra , Aligarh , Delhi , Amritsar in India, and Lahore , Rawalpindi , and Peshawar in Pakistan . The highway

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264-538: The Great Khurasan Road that ran from Media to Bactria). During the time of the Mauryan Empire in the 3rd century BCE, overland trade between India and several parts of Western Asia and Bactria world went through the cities of the north-west, primarily Takshashila and Purushapura (present-day Taxila and Peshawar respectively, in Pakistan ). Takshashila was well connected by roads with other parts of

286-864: The Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (former NH 1A ) from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir , former NH 1 in Punjab and Haryana ending at Delhi , part of former NH 2 starting from Delhi and ending at Agra , former NH 3 (popularly known as Agra- Bombay National Highway) from Agra to Gwalior , former NH 75 and former NH 26 to Jhansi , and former NH 7 via Lakhnadon , Seoni , Nagpur , Adilabad , Nirmal , Hyderabad , Kurnool , Anantapur , Chikkaballapur , Devanahalli , Bangalore , Hosur , Krishnagiri , Dharmapuri , Salem , Namakkal , Karur , Dindigul , Madurai , Virudhunagar and Tirunelveli terminating at Kanyakumari . The 70 km Delhi-to-Panipat section, also known as Delhi-Panipat Expressway ,

308-515: The North-South Corridor of NHDP and it is officially listed as running over 4,112 km (2,555 mi) from Srinagar to Kanyakumari . It is the longest national highway in India. Bengaluru–Hosur Road of this highway connects Bengaluru , the capital of the state of Karnataka , and the city of Hosur , in the Krishnagiri district on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu . It is

330-1389: The British period between 1833 and 1860. Over the centuries, the road acted as one of the major trade routes in the region and facilitated both travel and postal communication. The Grand Trunk Road is still used for transportation in the present-day Indian subcontinent, where parts of the road have been widened and included in the national highway system. The road coincides with the current N1 , Feni ( Chittagong to Dhaka ), N4 & N405 (Dhaka to Sirajganj ), N507 (Sirajganj to Natore ) and N6 (Natore to Rajshahi towards Purnea in India ; NH 12 ( Purnea to Bakkhali ), NH 27 ( Purnea to Patna ), NH 19 ( Kolkata to Agra ), NH 44 ( Agra to Jalandhar via New Delhi , Panipat , Karnal , Ambala and Ludhiana ) and NH 3 ( Jalandhar to Attari , Amritsar in India towards Lahore in Pakistan ) via Wagah ; N-5 ( Lahore , Gujranwala , Gujrat , Lalamusa , Kharian , Jhelum , Rawalpindi , Peshawar and Khyber Pass towards Jalalabad in Afghanistan) in Pakistan and AH1 ( Torkham - Jalalabad to Kabul ) to Ghazni in Afghanistan . The Buddhist literature and Indian epics such as Mahabharata refer to

352-701: The Mauryan Empire. The Mauryas had maintained this very ancient highway from Takshashila to Patliputra (present-day Patna in India). Chandragupta Maurya had a whole army of officials overseeing the maintenance of this road as told by the Greek diplomat Megasthenes who spent fifteen years at the Mauryan court. Constructed in eight stages, this road is said to have connected the cities of Purushapura , Takshashila , Hastinapura , Kanyakubja , Prayag , Patliputra and Tamralipta ,

374-582: The Town Municipal Administration under the City District Government of Gujranwala, featuring Tehsil Civil Courts, its own police circle, and a tehsil headquarters hospital. Kamoke stands out for its economic activities, particularly in the rice industry, where varieties like Basmati, Super Basmati, and Karnal are grown, processed, and exported globally. The city's modern infrastructure, vibrant economy, and cultural significance make it

396-517: The area around the GT Road as the "GT Road belt" it is also known as Gujarat road sometimes within the context of elections. For example, during the elections in Haryana the area on either side of the GT Road from Ambala to Sonipat , which has 28 legislative assembly constituencies where there is no dominance of one caste or community, is referred to as the "GT road belt of Haryana". Distance calculation

418-589: The existence of Grand Trunk road even before the Maurya Empire and was called Uttarapatha or the "Northern road". The road connected the eastern region of India with Central Asia , the terminus of the Khorasan Road . The precursor of the modern Grand Trunk road was built on the orders of the emperor Chandragupta Maurya and was inspired by the Persian Royal Road (more precisely, its eastern stretch,

440-514: The path of the highways. The route was referred to as "Sadak-e-Azam" by Suri and "Badshahi Sadak" by the Mughals. In the 1830s the East India Company started a program of metalled road construction, for both commercial and administrative purposes. The road, now named the Grand Trunk Road, from Calcutta , through Delhi , to Kabul , Afghanistan was rebuilt at a cost of £1000/mile. The road

462-506: The sarai were provided food for free. His son Islam Shah Suri constructed an additional sarai in-between every sarai originally built by Sher Shah Suri on the road toward Bengal. More sarais were built under the Mughals . Jahangir under his reign issued a decree that all sarais be built of burnt brick and stone. Broad-leaved trees were planted in the stretch between Lahore and Agra and he built bridges over all water bodies that were situated on

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484-460: Was built along an ancient route called Uttarapatha in the 3rd century BCE, extending it from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of India. Further improvements to this road were made under Ashoka . The old route was re-aligned by Sher Shah Suri to Sonargaon and Rohtas . The Afghan end of the road was rebuilt under Mahmud Shah Durrani . The road was considerably rebuilt in

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