Wagah
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Wagah (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".), is a village and union council (UC 181) located in the Wahga Zone near Lahore City District, Pakistan.[1] The town is famous for the Wagah border ceremony and also serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India.[2]
Wagah is situated Script error: No such module "convert". west of the border and lies on the historic Grand Trunk Road between Lahore and Amritsar in India. The border is located Script error: No such module "convert". from Lahore and Script error: No such module "convert". from Amritsar. It is also Script error: No such module "convert". from the bordering village of Attari in India. The Wagah flag-lowering ceremony – by the border security personnel of Pakistan (Pakistan Rangers) and India (Border Security Force) has been taking place here every evening since 1959.[3]
Border ceremony
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Border crossing
The border crossing draws its name from Wahga village, near which the Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of British India, was drawn.[4] At the time of the independence in 1947, migrants from India entered Pakistan through this border crossing and vice versa. The Wagah railway station is Script error: No such module "convert". to the south and Script error: No such module "convert". from the border.
Border crossing ceremony
The Wagah-Attari border ceremony happens at the border gate, two hours before sunset each day.[4] The flag ceremony is conducted by the Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), similar to the retreat ceremonies at Ganda Singh Wala/Hussainiwala border crossing and Mahavir/Sadqi International Parade Ground border crossing. A marching ceremony, known as the "Silly Walk ceremony", is conducted each evening along with the flag ceremony. The ceremony started in 1986 as an agreement of peace, although there was not a conflict at that time.
Gallery
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122m high Pakistani flag on Wagah Border
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Stadium-like seating at Pakistani side of the border
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The Pakistani gate at the border crossing
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Bab-e-Azadi (Gate of Independence) on Pakistani side of Wagah Border
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Indian BSF at Wagah
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Women personnel of Indian BSF at Wagah
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Punjab Rangers at Waga
See also
References
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External links
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- Michael Palin at the India-Pakistan border ceremony on the Pakistani side (from Himalaya with Michael Palin). BBCWorldwide video on YouTube.
- Sanjeev Bhaskar at the India-Pakistan border ceremony on the Indian side. BBCWorldwide video on YouTube.
- Pictures of independence's 60th anniversary celebration at Wagah Border