The truth about the partition of punjab daily times. During partition 1947, shakargarh tehsil was allocated to sialkot district now. Glimpses of screening of people at kartarpur for symptoms of covid19, the ministry. The land revenue and cesses in 19034 amounted to rs. Oct, 2019 that was the reasoning that radcliffe gave for award of gurdaspur and batala to india. Shiv kumar batalvi 19361973 was born in a saraswat brahmin family in village bara pind lohtian, shakargarh tehsil, sialkot district punjab province, pakistan.
Khalid, exmember board of revenue, punjab tehsil kharian, distt gujrat. Shiv kumar batalvi a biography shiv kumar was born in bara pind lohtian shakargarh tehsil, in punjab now pakistan. What is coming next is controversial and is not common in history books, but does make appearances off record. During partition 1947, shakargarh tehsil was allocated to sialkot district now in narowal district in pakistan while the rest was awarded to india. Justice mehr chand mahajan a nonmuslim member of the punjab boundary commission, revealed in his biography that according to the provisional boundaries agreed upon between the two dominions, the entire district of gurdaspur had been assigned to pakistan. However, the final award brought the district into india, apart from shakargarh tehsil which was transferred to pakistan.
The greatest blunder was to let the pakistani army get away with its genocide in bangladesh. Almost all of these converted to sikhism by mid 20 th century. But the real reason mountbatten wanted gurdaspur and batala to be in india was because of his friend jawaharlal nehru, and nehrus love for kashmir. History district gurdaspur,government of punjab india. Pratapgarh tehsil map showing the name and location of all the tehsils in pratapgarh district. The literacy rate of this tehsil is highest in all over the pakistan. Biography shiv kumar was born on 23 july 1936 though a few documents related to him state 8 october 1937 in village bara pind lohtian, shakargarh tehsil, sialkot district now in punjab province, pakistan, to pandit krishan gopal, village tehsildar in the revenue department, and shanti devi, a. Darian destination guide punjab, pakistan tripsuggest. Tehsil map of varanasi highlights the name and location of all the tehsils in varanasi district, uttar pradesh. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. It is important to note that, in some states of india c. The corridor also provides a corrective to the partitions traumatic history since 1947.
Ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil shakargarh, district. The history of the punjabis and the contested region. Shakargarh biography history of shakargarh urdu hindi shakargarh urdu. During the british rule, narowal was the town of raya khas tehsil of sialkot district. Vice chairman district council narowal shakargarh district narowal chaudhry ishfaq taj, so chaudhry abdul rahim ex mna shakargarh district narowal a. On august 17, 1947 the radcliffe award was made public. Shakargarh, the headquarters of shakargarh tehsil, is a city in the northeast of pakistan in narowal district of punjab province. It southern portion rests on the ravi, the northern runs parallel to the shivalik range, leaving a narrow segment between the international boundary and the hills, and its tip points towards madhopur headworks and the pathankot military base beyond.
In this post, i will look at the goraya, a large jat caste that is found mainly in the rechna doaba, in particular a region called the gujranwala bar. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of which form the tehsil capital shakargarh. Shakargarh tehsil is a subdistrict tehsil of narowal district, the only tehsil of district gurdaspur which was included in pakistan at the time of its independence in 1947. The truth about the partition of punjab eqbal ahmad centre. Gujjars are hypothesized to be the partial descendants of a number of aristocratic eurasian peoples, including the indoscythians, georgians, and khazars of the caspian sea, who took part in the scythian invasions of south asia from the 5th century bce to the 1st century ce or some other turkoiranian tribes that merged with local indoaryan groups, mainly settling in the gujarat. Ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil shakargarh. I first developed my interest in this subject in late 1980s when i was in school and studied in the books of social studies and pakistan studies about this issue. Shakargarh tehsil, is a subdistrict of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan.
Purpose of is try to solve the problems facing by students while they getting education as well as to provide the most actual information. The literacy rate of this tehsil is topest in all over the pakistan. As the census showed, over 90% of the tribe was found in the rechna doab, gurdaspur at that time included shakargarh tehsil, which was also located within the doab. Pahar pur tehsil 1657 63329 74097 99236 129668 212144 rural 63329 69565 92395 121003 197564 urban 4532 6841 8665 14580 pahar pur t. Pretty much a sleepy small town, like most in punjab, it however was one of. The city is located at 32160n 75100e and is situated at the west bank of the ravi river. The city is at 32160n 75100e and is on the west bank of the ravi river history.
New delhi, feb 24 ians the ministry of health and family welfare said on monday that devotees travelling to kartarpur in pakistan to pay obeisance at the darbar sahib gurdwara there were screened for novel coronavirus on the indiapakistan border. This tehsil lies at the eastnothern border of pakistan with india. Shakargarh is a tehsil of narowal district situated in the punjab province of pakistan. Shiv kumar was born in a saraswat brahmin family on 23 july 1936, in village bara pind lohtian, shakargarh tehsil, sialkot district now in punjab province, pakistan, to pandit krishan gopal, village tehsildar in the revenue department, and shant. The city is at 32160n 75100e and is on the west bank of the ravi river. The truth about the partition of punjab eqbal ahmad. Gurdaspur and ferozpur districts with a muslim majority became part of india. Shakargarh uc 1 bara manga, 2 barn, 3 bheri khurd, 4 bua, 5 chakamru, 6 chatrana, 7 dara pur, 8 darman, 9 dhudo chak. In prepartition punjab, kartarpur was a part of shakargarh tehsil in gurdaspur district, which became a contested terrain in 1947.
There is massive evidence of pakistani army brutality in bangladesh. Shakargarh biography history of shakargarh urdu hindi. Block is often the next level of administrative division after the tehsil. The evidence is from pakistani sources itself, the justice hamidur rehman commission report.
According to the 1998 census of pakistan, narowal districts population was 1,256,097, of which only 12. Narowal tehsil tehsil country pakistan region punjab wikipedia. Book stores in shakargarhpakistan, list of book stores in. Jan 26, 2011 shiv kumar batalvi a biography shiv kumar was born in bara pind lohtian shakargarh tehsil, in punjab now pakistan. Three tehsils of gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of ravi were given to india while shakargarh tehsil on the western bank went to pakistan. Aug 06, 2012 zafarwal is a town situated in the narowal district of punjab, pakistan. Pakistans first educational institutes online library one and only website all over the world that contains data purely about schools. Shakargarh is a village in deogarh tehsil in rajsamand district of rajasthan state. There are several buses which connect shakargarh to lahore, rawalpindi, sialkot and other cities of punjab. The goraya were a largely pastoralist tribe, common with many jats in the region.
Three tehsils of gurdaspur district on the eastern bank of ravi were given to india while shakargarh tehsil on the western bank went to. The shakargarh bulge juts out like a tongue from the main landmass of pakistan between the chenab and the ravi. History and detailed information guide of shakargarh, people and near by tourist places in shakargarh. Name of the tahasils 1 bargaon 2 balisankara 3 biramitrapur 4 bonai 5 bisra 6 gurundia 7 hemgir 8 koida 9 kutra 10 lahunipada 11 lathikata 12 lephripara panposh 14 rajgangpur 15 rourkela 16 subdega 17 sadar, sundargarh 18 tangarpalli. One of the salient feature of its geographical location is that sun rays. Shakargarh bulge articles regarding pakistan india wars. It borders jammu to the north and sialkot to the west its literacy rate is more than 85% which is the highest litracy rate tehsil wise. Bara pind zafarwal shakargarh narowal punjab pakistan. All hell broke loose because millions of punjabis were on the wrong side of the border drawn in the punjab. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of. Shivs date of birth as recorded on his horoscope is july 23, 1936, while a latter birth date, october 23, 1937 is recorded on his matriculation certificate that was the only official birth record at that time. Gurdaspur was founded by guriya ji in the beginning of 17th century. Devotees screened for covid19 ahead of kartarpur gurdwara.
The history of the punjabis and the contested region on the border. It contains 703 villages, of which shakargarh is the headquarters. During british rule before the independence of pakistan, shakargarh town. Mar 02, 2012 narowal tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. This is the only one tehsil of pakistan that touches its border with india and jammu kashmir as well. Truck kaharb rush shakargarh bus basen ki race before coronavirus curfew duration. Add you listing in book stores shakargarh directory. The sundargarh district is further divided in to tehsils blocks community development blocks c.
Gurdaspur was a muslim majority area and the whole of it had to go to pakistan. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. The ilaqa of gurdaspur, narowal, shakargarh and sialkot remained a fertile tract in colonial times. In 1947, his family moved to batala gurdaspur district where his father worked as a.
Shakargarh was only tehsil of district gurdaspur which was included in pakistan at the time of the independence of pakistan in 1947. Narowal tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. Dec 09, 2014 chaudhry shair muhammad gujjar,so chaudhry elam din gujjar, tehsil shakargarh,district narowal,sab cast khattana,a famous politician of shakargarh,and former leader of khattana tribe,died on 6 june 1993. To find your school friends through is one of the important features. Greek historical texts mention sialkot as dating back to before 327 bc when. Tahasil sundargarh district, government of odisha india. Sep 29, 2017 tehsil shakargarh at night presents the beautiful scene. Posts about goraya jatt history written by newpakhistory. Shakkar garh is a village in jahazpur tehsil in bhilwara district of rajasthan state. It was claimed that during the partition in 1947, the last viceroy mountbatten conspired against pakistan and influenced radcliffe to award an unfair decision against pakistan. Shakargarh tehsil simple english wikipedia, the free. Zafarwal is a town situated in the narowal district of punjab, pakistan.
Shakargarh narowal villages of narowal site map viewers forum. Shakargarh tehsil government organization facebook. Shakargarh is a small tehsil town on the west bank of the ravi river, originally a part of the gurdaspur district, but transferred to pakistan after partition as per the radcliffe award. Shakargarh tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. Another point, is that the hindu goraya were all sultani hindus, followers of the saint sakhi sarwar. Pdf ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil. The allahabad district is further divided in to tehsils blocks community development blocks c. Gen retd irshad ahmad khan, who commanded 1 corps in the shakargarh sector in the 1971 war, has rebutted charges that his troops gave up 500 villages of the tehsil without a fight, or that his operations jeopardized the army offensive, in a statement which includes the most comprehensive account of shakargarh battle ever given.
History and detailed information guide of shakkar garh, people and near by tourist places in shakkar garh. They say that their eponymous ancestor came from deccan in the time of sultan mamdah as commander of a force sent to suppress the insurection of shuja shaikha is the usual form of his name and settled in sialkot. Sarwar khan, longest serving parliamentarian in the history of pakistan. Prior to the creation of zafarwal tehsil in july 2009, narowal tehsil occupied 1,065 square kilometres while the remaining area 1,272 square kilometres fell in shakargarh tehsil.
Pratapgarh tehsil map, pratapgarh tehsils maps of india. Pretty much a sleepy small town, like most in punjab, it however was one of the major theaters during the 1971 india pakistan. Shakargarh simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil shakargarh, district narowal, pakistan article pdf available in pakistan journal of botany 411 february 2009 with 577 reads. Redcliff awards of boundary transferred only shakargarh tehsil of. Some of the testimony in that report makes very chilling reading, even 40 years after the event. In old times shakargarh was used as a route for the mughals to enter gurdaspur and going to delhi. While amritsars dependence on gurdaspur was claimed by radcliffe as the reason why gurdaspur was awarded to india, it is popularly believed that mountbatten influenced the award in indias favour, thereby keeping india. Dec 16, 2018 shakargarh is a small tehsil town on the west bank of the ravi river, originally a part of the gurdaspur district, but transferred to pakistan after partition as per the radcliffe award.
Dec 12, 2011 the greatest blunder was to let the pakistani army get away with its genocide in bangladesh. His father pandit krishan gopal was a village tehsildar and his mother shanti devi, a housewife. It is located at 32210n 74540e with an altitude of 268 metres 882 feet. That was the reasoning that radcliffe gave for award of gurdaspur and batala to india.
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