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[[File:Lady Mountbatten among the Hindu evacuees at the Punjab Scouts Camp, Layallpur during partition of India.jpg|thumb|300px|[[ايڊوينا مائونٽ بيٽن]] تقسيم ھند وقت لائلپور جي پنجاب اسڪائوٽس ۾ ھندو پناهگيرن سان گڏ ڪيمپ]]
آگسٽ 1947 ۾ پاڪستان ۽ ڀارت جي قيام وقت ھندوستان جي تقسيم سان گڏ پنجاب بہ تقسيم ٿي ويو.اوڀر پنجاب ڀارت ۾ ۽ اولھ پنجاب پاڪستان ۾ شامل ڪيو ويو. 1977 ۾ ھن شھر جو نالو لائلپور مٽائي فيصل آباد رکيو ويو. 1985 ۾ ھي شھر ڊويزنل صدر مقام بڻيو . ھن نئين ڊويژن ۾ ٽي ضلعا :فيصل آباد، جھنگ ۽ ٽوبہ ٽيڪ سنگھ شامل ڪيا ويا. 1980 واري ڏھاڪي ۾ ھن شھر ۾ غيرملڪي سرمائيڪاري جو تيزي سان اضافو ٿيو<ref name="Tribune-26-April">{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/875965/business-ties-faisalabad-encourages-turkish-investment/|title=Business ties: Faisalabad encourages Turkish investment|date=26 April 2015|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> ھتان جا ماڻھو ملڪ کان ٻاهر وڃڻ شروع ٿيا ۽ ٻاھرين دنيا سان باھمي تعلقات بھتر ٿيڻ جي ڪري ھتي فنڊنگ ۾ اضافو ٿيو ۽ ترقي ۾ واڌ آئي.
In August 1947, following three decades of nationalist struggles, [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] achieved independence. The British agreed to [[Partition of India|partition colonial India]] into two sovereign states – Pakistan with a [[Muslim]] majority, and India with a [[Hindu]] majority; however, more Muslims remained in India than what governing authorities believed would assimilate into Pakistan.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/modern/partition1947_01.shtml | title=The Hidden Story of Partition and its Legacies | work=British History | publisher=BBC | date=3 March 2011 | accessdate=4 December 2015 | author=Crispin Bates, Phd}}</ref> The partitioning led to a mass migration of an estimated 10 million people which made it the largest mass migration in human history.<ref name="BBC" /> India's [[Bengal]] province was divided into [[East Pakistan]] and [[West Bengal]] (India), and the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]] was divided into [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab (West Pakistan)]] and [[Punjab, India]]. There were also respective divisions of the [[British Indian Army]], the [[Indian Civil Service]], various administrative services, the central treasury, and the railways.<ref name="Yale">{{cite book | url=http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300120783 | title=The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan | publisher=Yale University Press | author=Yasmin Khan | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-300-12078-3}}</ref> Riots and local fighting followed the expeditious withdrawal of the British, resulting in an estimated one million civilians deaths, particularly in the western region of Punjab.<ref name=BBC /> Lyallpur, which was located in the region of the Punjab Province that became West Pakistan, was populated by a number of [[Hindu]]s and [[Sikh]]s who migrated to India, while [[Muslim]] refugees from India settled in the district.<ref name="Yale" />
In 1977, Pakistani authorities changed the name of the city to "Faisalabad" to honour the close relationship of [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] with Pakistan.<ref name="Burki">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=rk-sBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=faisalabad+named+after#v=onepage&q=faisalabad%20named%20after&f=false | title=Historical Dictionary of Pakistan | publisher=Rowman & Littlefield | author=Shahid Javed Burki | year=2015 | page=196 | isbn=978-1-4422-4148-0}}</ref> During the eighties, the city realised an increase in foreign investment.<ref name="Tribune-26-April">{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/875965/business-ties-faisalabad-encourages-turkish-investment/|title=Business ties: Faisalabad encourages Turkish investment|date=26 April 2015|work=The Express Tribune}}</ref> More Faisalabadis began working abroad as bilateral ties improved within the new dominion. This led to more monetary funds returning to the city that aided the development of the region.<ref name="FCCI:City History"/> In 1985, the city was upgraded as a division with the districts of Faisalabad, Jhang and Toba Tek Singh.<ref name=TUF />
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