| Wagah | |
| Official Name: | Wahga |
| Settlement Type: | Union Council of Pakistan |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Punjab Pakistan#Pakistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 31.6047°N 74.5731°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lahore |
| Subdivision Type3: | Zone |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wahga Zone |
| Subdivision Type4: | Union Council |
| Subdivision Name4: | 181 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population Total: | Cantonment village: 26,900 Municipal corporate council: 560,968 Border: 230,008 |
| Timezone: | PKT |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
Wagah (; pa|{{nq|واگھا pronounced as /pa/; ur|{{nq|واہگہ pronounced as /ur/), also spelled Wagha or Wahga, is a village and union council (UC 181) located in the Wahga Zone near Lahore City District, Pakistan.[1] The town is famous for the Wagah border ceremony and also serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India.[2]
Wagah is situated 600m (2,000feet) west of the India-Pakistan border and lies on the historic Grand Trunk Road between Lahore and Amritsar in India. The border is located 24km (15miles) from Lahore and 32km (20miles) from Amritsar. It is also 3km (02miles) from the bordering village of Attari in India. The Wagah flag-lowering ceremony – by the border security personnel of Pakistan (Pakistan Rangers) and India (Border Security Force) has been taking place here every evening since 1959.[3]
See main article: Wagah-Attari border ceremony.
The border crossing draws its name from Wahga village, near which the Radcliffe Line, the boundary demarcation line dividing India and Pakistan upon the Partition of British India, was drawn.[4] At the time of the independence in 1947, migrants from India entered Pakistan through this border crossing and vice versa. The Wagah railway station is 400m (1,300feet) to the south and 100m (300feet) from the border.
The Wagah-Attari border ceremony happens at the border gate, two hours before sunset each day.[4] The flag ceremony is conducted by the Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF), similar to the retreat ceremonies at Ganda Singh Wala/Hussainiwala border crossing and Mahavir/Sadqi International Parade Ground border crossing. A marching ceremony, known as the "Silly Walk ceremony", is conducted each evening along with the flag ceremony. The ceremony started in 1986 as an agreement of peace, although there was not a conflict at that time.
