The Second Caliph of Ahmadiyya community established the fabulous town of Rabwah soon after the
creation of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
It was not very long before Caliph managed to lease a parcel of land from the government.
On September 20th, 1948 the foundation stone was laid for the new town of Rabwah, the future
World Headquarters of the Movement.
This was indeed one of his remarkable achievements.
Caliph moved from Lahore to his permanent residence in Rabwah on September 19th, 1949.
Under the dynamic leadership most of the institutions of the Movement were re-established in Rabwah
in a relatively short period of time.
A large number of Ahmadis had arrived in Pakistan after losing their relatives, valuables, properties,
and jobs in the migration of 1947.
They were scattered all over the newly born state.
Millions of Muslims emigrated from India, they also had their community based organizations,
however none could establish a flourishing town like this one.
The establishment of Rabwah once again knitted together all the members of the Community
living in far off places of the country.
Rabwah is very beautiful city, the dwellers of the city are almost 100 percent educated.
Male and female are equally educated.
Lot of good colleges are there in the city.
People frequently visit abroad like united kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Australia
and many other countries.
Rabwah consist of many boroughs like.
Rabwah is located on the west bank of the river Chenab.
East to west is a mountain range.
Some hills are also among the population.
The river Chenab passes between two narrow gates and has two strong bridges over them.
One of these bridges was completed in 1930 under the supervision of Ahmadi Engineer Khan
Bahadur Nematullah Khan.
Two miles northwest of Rabwah is the ancient town of Ahmadnagar.
Chiniot is five miles away.
At a distance of 28 miles is Lyallpur which is now Faisalabad and at a distance of 28
miles is Sargodha.
The revelation about the migration of Rabwah, the "stain of migration", happened to the
Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) on December 18, 1894.
The name of the new center "Rabwah" was proposed by Maulana Jalaluddin Sahib Shams on September
16, 1948, which was approved by the second caliph and announced on September 20, 1948.
The new settlement of Rabwah was established on an area of 1034 acres.
Rabwah's map features open parks, green belts and roads on half the land.
And plots from 10 Marla to 4 Kanal.
The total number of plots is more than 3,000.
Institutions are beyond that.
Rabwah has a maximum elevation of 613 feet above sea level.
In the beginning, water did not come out
of Rabwah.