It was the biggest tehsil of Multan District and two districts Lodhran and Vehari were carved out by taking land of Mailsi in 19th and 20th centuries. Vehari which is now district was sub-tehsil of Mailsi. Mailsi is famous for Jhandhir Library and Siphon at Sutlej river. Mailsi Siphon was constructed by Gamon construction company on 1964 is splendid piece of construction to contol water to manage between Sutlej river and Sindhnai link canal during flood.
Mailsi is municipality and also one of Tehsil Headquarters of District Vehari. The city's center is its most oldest part which consist of muhallas, koochas and bazaars having very narrow streets situated inside the circular road. Before partition of 1947 this part of the city was populated by Hindu merchants and landlords. There were some buildings of historic significance in the city which are mostly demolished, but few still exist like a very beautiful well " chasma baoli" built by a Chaudry Balik Ram Jugga however now this place is very much in deteriorated condition. 19th century's Mailsi tehsil office building is glimpse of English architecture but due to lack of maintenance it is in critical condition. Shrine of Syed Nathey Shah Gardezi is many hundred years old where people pay visits and an annual festival (meela) is held at this shrine. Tahseel bazaar, pipal bazaar, pakka bazaar, faddah bazaar, thana bazaar are situated in the old part of the city while Quaid e Azam (old Saleem Akhtar Road), Multan Road, Allama Iqbal Road (colony road) are glimpse of city expansion in the last few decades. The city is expended in area and size of population has increased substantially. First modern area was developed in 1960s for meeting the housing needs of Gamon company's European workers and engineers and this area is now Mailsi Garrison housing Pak army air defence units. Before partition in Mailsi city there were two cotton ginning factories (1. Roberts Cotton Factory 2. Ram Narayen Bholanath Cotton Factory) except this there was no major industry however increase in cultivated area resulted high production of cotton which led to establishment of many cotton ginning factories and oil mills.
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