Sadiqabad
is located on the main Railway Line and Shahrah-e-Pakistan also
called as KLP Road. To the east of Sadiqabad is Rahim Yar Khan
Tehsil, on the west Ghotki (Sindh), in the north Rajanpur District
and the India is on its south.
Rahim Yar Khan was created as a separate
administration district in 1943 (during the days of the
British Raj.
The district derives its name from its headquarters - the city of
Rahim Yar Khan. The previous name of this district was Nowshera
which was built as a castle in 1750 by Fazal Elahi Halani on the
ruins of the ancient Pul-Wadda during Sumra rule in Sindh. In 1883,
Nawab Sadiq Khan-IV of Bahawalpur renamed it after his son
Rahim Yar Khan.
Rahim Yar khan was declared as a separate
administration district in the year 1881, the Railway Authorities
desired to change the name of railway station in the name of a town
called Nowshera situated in Peshawar district. Consequently in 1881
to avoid any confusion because of similar nomenclature, Nawab Sadiq
Khan-IV of Bahawalpur changed the name of the sub-division Nowshera
after the name of his first son crown prince Rahim Yar Khan.
