History
During the British Raj, Chichawatni was reputedly transformed from a small Punjabi village into a relatively modern city by infrastructure investment and planning decrees, starting in 1918. At the time of the India-Pakistan Partition of 1947, many aristocratic Indian Muslim families migrated from Punjabi towns like Ludhiana, Jallandhar, Amritsar and Firozpur, and settled in towns like Chichawatni, shaping the city's present-day Muslim elite. Another legacy of the Partition is a large Christian community, with Christianity being most prominent among poorer residents.
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