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"Wagah Border" redirects here. For the border ceremony called "lowering of the flags", see
Wagah border ceremony
.
Union Council of Pakistan
Wagah
(
Punjabi
:
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;
Urdu
:
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), also spelled
Wagha
, 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]
Wahga is situated 600 metres (2,000 ft) west of the border and lies on the historic
Grand Trunk Road
between
Lahore
and
Amritsar
in
India
. The border is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) from
Lahore
and 32 kilometres (20 mi) from
Amritsar
. It is also 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the bordering village of
Attari, India
. The Wagah ceremony takes place every evening.
Wagah-Attari border ceremony
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Border crossing
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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.
[3]
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 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the south and 100 metres (330 ft) from the border.
Border crossing ceremony
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The
Wagah-Attari border ceremony
happens at the border gate, two hours before
sunset
each day.
[3]
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. Other
Middle East
nations have adopted similar ceremonies in recent years.
[
citation needed
]
Wagah flag
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Following
India's
erection of a 360 ft (110m)
flagpole
on their side of the border in
Attari
and a stadium with Balcony Gallery overarching the Pakistani side of 25000 seating capacity for Indians and visitors, in August 2017, a 400 ft (122m)
Pakistani flag
was installed on the Wagah side.There is no stadium on the Pakistani side like that of India’s. The pole in pattadei is the largest in India.
[4]
[5]
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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Women personnel of Indian
BSF
at Wagah
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Punjab Rangers at Waga
See also
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References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Wagah
.
Flag-lowering ceremony at Wagah border becomes more peaceful
at
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