Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil
Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil ( Urdu / Punjabi : پنڈ دادن خان) is a subunit of Jhelam District in Pakistan's Punjab . The Pakistani name of such district levels is Tehsil, the districts are subdivided into Tehsile and partly also into Subtehsile. The county seat of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil is the town of Pind Dadan Khan , which is located on the banks of the Jhelam about 22 kilometers from the M2 motorway.
State organization
Pakistan is federated in three levels, the Punjab is the upper level, the district is subordinate and is divided into Tehsile. The district of Jhelam also includes the three other districts: Jhelum tehsil, Sohawa tehsil and Dina tehsil. The Punjab has the following 34 districts: Rawalpindi, Attock, Rajanpur, Jhelum, Multan, Gujranwala, Sargodha, DGKhan, Mianwali, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Pakpattan, Narowal, Khushab, Vehari, Chakwal, Bhakkar, Sheikhupura, Toba Tek Singh, Khanewal, Lodhran, Hafizabad, Gujrat, Layyah, Bahawalnagar, Jasur, Jhang, Faisalabad, Mandi Baha ud Din, Lahore, Okara, Muzaffargarh, Sialkot, Rahim Yar Khan.
The name of the central city is composed of pind and Dadan Khan . In Punjabi , pind means village, locality. Dadan Khan was a humble Sufi from the Awan tribe.
location
The Pind Dadan Khan Circle is between 32 ° 27 'and 32 ° 50' North, and 72 ° 32 'and 73 ° 29' East, covering an area of 875 square miles (2270 square kilometers). This area is well known for the Khewra Salt Mines . The largest rock salt deposit in Asia has existed here in the salt mountains for over 2000 years . The long history goes back to the Indian campaign of Alexander the great . After belonging to the Mughal Empire and as a Sikh territory , it was added to British India in the 19th century , before they transferred independence to India when the Punjab was divided, excluding Pakistan. The small town of Jalalpur Sharif belongs to the Tehsil, in which, according to legend, the horse Bucephalus of Alexander is buried. This city is the seat of the Union Council (Shawran) to which the Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil belongs. A Shawran is the elected local authority of a constituency in Pakistan, which is formed in various forms. It is the fifth tier of the Pakistani government. The Shawran consists of 13 elected representatives, the chairman is the "Union Nazim" (Subahdar, for example mayor) and attached to him is the Naib Nazim (assistant).
history
The Imperial Gazetteer of India was founded in 1869 and is an important historical document from the time of the "British Raj" (Raj is the Hindi word for rule). This Tehsil is described in this document under the heading "Pind Dādān Khān Tahsīl".
“Southern subdivision and tahsil of Jhelum District, Punjab, lying. [...] on the south-east by the Jhelum river, and is traversed in its northern portion by the Salt Range. The hills consist of two roughly parallel ranges about 6 miles apart, with a strip of richly cultivated and fairly level uplands between. The southern slopes of the hills are steep and barren. The rest of the tahsil consists of a belt of alluvial plain, a portion of which is much affected by saline deposits. The population in 1901 was 170,130, compared with 173,071 in 1891. It contains the town of Pind Dadn Khan (population, 13,770), the headquarters; and 207 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4. To 2.8 lakhs. KATAS and MALOT are places of considerable archaeological interest, the village of Jalalpur possesses historical importance, and the Mayo mine at Khewra is one of the chief sources of the supply of salt in India. Source of income here is agriculture. "
“The southern subdivision and Tehsil of the Jehlam district in Punjab. [...] in the southeast of the Jehlam River and is crossed by the salt mountains in the north. The mountains consist of two almost parallel ridges six miles apart, separated by a strip of lush, cultivated and reasonably flat highlands. The southern slopes of the mountains are steep and barren. The rest of the Tehsil is a zone of alluvial land, part of which is affected by salt deposits. The population was 170,130 in 1901 compared to 173,071 in 1891. This number concerns the city of Pind Dadan Khan (13,770 inhabitants), the British sites and 207 villages. The income and taxes in the country were 2,800,000 [rupees]. Katas and Malot are places of considerable archaeological interest, the village of Jalalpur is of historical importance and the Mayo mine at Khewra is one of the main sources of salt supplies in India. "
literature
- Pind Dadan Khan . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 21 : Payn - Polka . London 1911, p. 621 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhelum - Government of Pakistan ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Government of Pakistan: Election Results ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pind Dādān Khān Tahsīl . Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, pp. 145-146
Coordinates: 32 ° 25 ' N , 73 ° 45' E