The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir has further spoiled the already stressful relations between India and Pakistan. Many historical agreements like the Indus Water Treaty and the Shimla Agreement have now been sidelined. But there was a time when India and Pakistan were part of the same country. At the same time, a historic road was built, which worked to connect these areas-Sadha-e-Azam, which is today known as Grand Trunk Road (GT Road).
Sher Shah Suri’s foresight: 4000 km long road construction
About 400 years ago, when modern roads were not even imagined, Sher Shah Suri built a grand road between 1540 and 1545. This road added the area from Kabul (today’s Afghanistan) to Bengal in the west. It was then called the road-e-Azam or royal road. During the British rule, it was renamed Grand Trunk Road and became a lifeline of India’s military and business activities.
How to make this route
Without modern technology, this road was made of stone, soil and roads. It was made extremely flat so that horses, bullock carts and royal messengers could travel fast. Sher Shah Suri also built Sarai (rest house), water ponds and stables on the side of this road, which was a revolutionary step for that time. It is believed that 15,000 to 20,000 people were engaged in this construction work and on this project, Sher Shah spent a large part of his income – if seen today, thousands of crores of rupees!
Also mention in Akbarnama
Written by Abul Fazal Akbarnama I also describe this grand road. The route passed through Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, Agra, Allahabad (Prayagraj), Banaras (Varanasi), Munger and Sonargaon (Bangladesh).
Historical road connecting India-Pakistan
After the Indo-Pakistan partition in 1947, a part of the Grand Trunk Road moved to Pakistan, which extends from Attari to Kabul. At the same time, the part from Attari to Kolkata remained in India. The same road on the Attari-Wagah border still connects both countries.
Today’s NH-1: The main axis of national security and trade
In view of the importance of this historic road in India, it was given the status of National Highway-1 (NH-1). Today NH-1 connects Amritsar with Delhi and Kolkata and is considered very important for defense and business activities.
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