In 1947, his family moved to batala gurdaspur district where his father worked as a. Shakargarh tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. The ilaqa of gurdaspur, narowal, shakargarh and sialkot remained a fertile tract in colonial times. 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. The truth about the partition of punjab eqbal ahmad centre. Darian destination guide punjab, pakistan tripsuggest.
Posts about goraya jatt history written by newpakhistory. Almost all of these converted to sikhism by mid 20 th century. 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. 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. Shakargarh simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gurdaspur was founded by guriya ji in the beginning of 17th century.
Bara pind zafarwal shakargarh narowal punjab pakistan. During partition 1947, shakargarh tehsil was allocated to sialkot district now. Devotees screened for covid19 ahead of kartarpur gurdwara. The city is at 32160n 75100e and is on the west bank of the ravi river. Pahar pur tehsil 1657 63329 74097 99236 129668 212144 rural 63329 69565 92395 121003 197564 urban 4532 6841 8665 14580 pahar pur t. The corridor also provides a corrective to the partitions traumatic history since 1947. Shakargarh is a tehsil of narowal district situated in the punjab province of pakistan. The greatest blunder was to let the pakistani army get away with its genocide in bangladesh. Shakargarh biography history of shakargarh urdu hindi shakargarh urdu. There are several buses which connect shakargarh to lahore, rawalpindi, sialkot and other cities of punjab. Redcliff awards of boundary transferred only shakargarh tehsil of.
The sundargarh district is further divided in to tehsils blocks community development blocks c. Shiv kumar batalvi a biography shiv kumar was born in bara pind lohtian shakargarh tehsil, in punjab now pakistan. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Gurdaspur was a muslim majority area and the whole of it had to go to pakistan. The population in 1901 was 234,465, compared with 250,336 in 1891. Shakargarh uc 1 bara manga, 2 barn, 3 bheri khurd, 4 bua, 5 chakamru, 6 chatrana, 7 dara pur, 8 darman, 9 dhudo chak. Block is often the next level of administrative division after the tehsil. The truth about the partition of punjab eqbal ahmad. 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. Aug 06, 2012 zafarwal is a town situated in the narowal district of punjab, pakistan. It is located at 32210n 74540e with an altitude of 268 metres 882 feet. One of the salient feature of its geographical location is that sun rays. 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.
To find your school friends through is one of the important features. The history of the punjabis and the contested region. During british rule before the independence of pakistan, shakargarh town. The history of the punjabis and the contested region on the border. 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. 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. 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. All hell broke loose because millions of punjabis were on the wrong side of the border drawn in the punjab.
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. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of which form the tehsil capital shakargarh. Narowal tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. Shakargarh was only tehsil of district gurdaspur which was included in pakistan at the time of the independence of pakistan in 1947. The evidence is from pakistani sources itself, the justice hamidur rehman commission report.
Mar 02, 2012 narowal tehsil is a subdivision tehsil of narowal district in the punjab province 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. 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. Jan 26, 2011 shiv kumar batalvi a biography shiv kumar was born in bara pind lohtian shakargarh tehsil, in punjab now pakistan. Shakargarh tehsil simple english wikipedia, the free. History and detailed information guide of shakargarh, people and near by tourist places in shakargarh. The truth about the partition of punjab daily times. Book stores in shakargarhpakistan, list of book stores in. The city is located at 32160n 75100e and is situated at the west bank of the ravi river. 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. That was the reasoning that radcliffe gave for award of gurdaspur and batala to india.
It is important to note that, in some states of india c. The literacy rate of this tehsil is topest in all over the pakistan. There is massive evidence of pakistani army brutality in bangladesh. Shakargarh narowal villages of narowal site map viewers forum. During the british rule, narowal was the town of raya khas tehsil of sialkot district. Pdf ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil. Sarwar khan, longest serving parliamentarian in the history of pakistan. Tehsil map of varanasi highlights the name and location of all the tehsils in varanasi district, uttar pradesh. What is coming next is controversial and is not common in history books, but does make appearances off record. Truck kaharb rush shakargarh bus basen ki race before coronavirus curfew duration. Zafarwal is a town situated in the narowal district of punjab, pakistan. History and detailed information guide of shakkar garh, people and near by tourist places in shakkar garh. 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, the headquarters of shakargarh tehsil, is a city in the northeast of pakistan in narowal district of punjab province.
Shakargarh is a village in deogarh tehsil in rajsamand district of rajasthan state. This tehsil lies at the eastnothern border of pakistan with india. Shakargarh tehsil government organization facebook. Pretty much a sleepy small town, like most in punjab, it however was one of. 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. Tahasil sundargarh district, government of odisha india. The land revenue and cesses in 19034 amounted to rs. Khalid, exmember board of revenue, punjab tehsil kharian, distt gujrat.
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. Oct, 2019 that was the reasoning that radcliffe gave for award of gurdaspur and batala to india. It contains 703 villages, of which shakargarh is the headquarters. Pratapgarh tehsil map, pratapgarh tehsils maps of india. The goraya were a largely pastoralist tribe, common with many jats in the region. Shakargarh bulge articles regarding pakistan india wars. 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. In prepartition punjab, kartarpur was a part of shakargarh tehsil in gurdaspur district, which became a contested terrain in 1947. Glimpses of screening of people at kartarpur for symptoms of covid19, the ministry. On august 17, 1947 the radcliffe award was made public. Another point, is that the hindu goraya were all sultani hindus, followers of the saint sakhi sarwar. Add you listing in book stores shakargarh directory.
Pakistans first educational institutes online library one and only website all over the world that contains data purely about schools. 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. 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. Sep 29, 2017 tehsil shakargarh at night presents the beautiful scene. 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. Shakargarh tehsil, is a subdistrict of narowal district in the punjab province of pakistan. During partition 1947, shakargarh tehsil was allocated to sialkot district now in narowal district in pakistan while the rest was awarded to india. Ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil shakargarh. 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.
Gurdaspur and ferozpur districts with a muslim majority became part of india. Shakargarh biography history of shakargarh urdu hindi. 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 allahabad district is further divided in to tehsils blocks community development blocks c. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 35 union councils, three of.
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. Pratapgarh tehsil map showing the name and location of all the tehsils in pratapgarh district. Shakkar garh is a village in jahazpur tehsil in bhilwara district of rajasthan state. 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. His father pandit krishan gopal was a village tehsildar and his mother shanti devi, a housewife. The literacy rate of this tehsil is highest in all over the pakistan.
Some of the testimony in that report makes very chilling reading, even 40 years after the event. 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. 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. Dec 12, 2011 the greatest blunder was to let the pakistani army get away with its genocide in bangladesh. This is the only one tehsil of pakistan that touches its border with india and jammu kashmir as well. However, the final award brought the district into india, apart from shakargarh tehsil which was transferred to pakistan. Pretty much a sleepy small town, like most in punjab, it however was one of the major theaters during the 1971 india pakistan. Ethnomedicinal studies on plant resources of tehsil shakargarh, district. 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 city is at 32160n 75100e and is on the west bank of the ravi river history. Greek historical texts mention sialkot as dating back to before 327 bc when. In old times shakargarh was used as a route for the mughals to enter gurdaspur and going to delhi. Vice chairman district council narowal shakargarh district narowal chaudhry ishfaq taj, so chaudhry abdul rahim ex mna shakargarh district narowal a.
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