Kunjah
Kunjah کنجاہ | ||
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Calling code 053 | | |
| Number of Union Councils | 1 | |
Kunjah (
.History
Various accounts date the founding of Kunjah
Starting during the Muslim period, Kunjah was considered a strategically important town. Ibrahim Bin Masood used Kunjah as his main base for his attack on neighboring districts. In the Mughal period, King Aurangzeb Alamgir also visited Kunjah,[2][3] and during his stay in Kunjah he built a mosque that is now named after him.
Kunjah prospered during the time of the Sikh Empire. In that period the town was home to a number of gardens, two royal palaces and a royal bathing pool connected by tunnels, and a baradari that still stands today.
Demographics
According to 1998 Population and Housing Census, population was estimated to be 30,000.
Politics and government
Kunjah lies in the
Aside from the local government and a regional police station,
Tribes and Clans
Major tribes in Kunjah include
Education
The government operates seven schools: two primary schools for boys, two high schools for girls and one for boys,[9] a boys higher secondary school and a girls degree college.[10]
Economy
Most economic activity revolves around agriculture. The primary crops are wheat, rice, tobacco and vegetables. Farms are supplied with irrigation from the Upper Jehlum Canal, and tobacco production is supported by two tobacco factories and a research substation.[11] The main bazaar is a regional trade centre consisting of 500 shops.
Culture
People of Kunjah believed that The famous Sohni among the Sohni Mahiwal folklore came from Kunjah but the intellectual Dr. Qureshi Ahmad Hussain Qiladari had other ideas and he contradicted from this myth.[12] For now Kunjah has a modest type of culture i.e. it is semi-urban type. Both men and women wear shalwar qameez.
Fairs and festivals
An annual fair is held in Kunjah on 4 August. It is held at the shrine of a cleric Shah Shujah Bukhari so it is also known to be an urs. Other festivals are also held but they are losing their touch nowadays due to the busy lives of the modern days and children getting more interested in the TV films and Computer Games rather than the oldies.
Sports
Cricket like all the other parts of the country is the game of choice for majority. Along with cricket, indoor games like snooker and billiard are also played. Some other games like chess, badminton and football are also played seasonally. Volleyball is being played in adjacent Villages.
Transport
Only road transport is available. There is no railway station. The transport is available only in form of wagons and buses. Along with these the cars are available as taxis. The transport is available for
Notable people from Kunjah
- Baisakhi Mal, tradesman and father to Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Generalsand commander-in-chief in the [[Battle of Attock
- Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, holder of the Nishan-e-Haider, Pakistan's highest military award for bravery.[13][14]
- Ex-General Raheel Sharif, brother of Major Shabir Sharif, and ex-Army Chief of Staff of Pakistan.
- Shareef Kunjahi, (1915–2007) was one of the leading writers and poets of Punjabi language. He was among the first faculty members of the Department of Punjabi Language, University of Punjab[15]in the 1970s and contributed to Punjabi literature as a poet, prose writer, teacher, research scholar, linguist
References
- ^ Page no.2-5 on Book. Kiran Kiran Ghaneemat.
- ^ Introduction of Kunjah on the Starting Pages of Kiran Kiran Ghaneemat.
- ^ He built a mosque here in Kunjah during his stay which is known as the Alamgiri Mosque after his name
- ^ Population|https://web.archive.org/web/20071222134939/http://population.wn.com/country/Pakistan/Punjab/Kunjah
- ^ "Unofficial results: PML-Q's Moonis Elahi wins Gujrat-II NA-69". 14 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "NA 105". Hrcpelectoralwatch.org. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Kunjah Police Station Established In 1919
- ^ Police Posts in Gujrat
- ^ "Schools and colleges list at pak fellow.com". Pakfellows.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ HEMIS Colleges in district Gujrat
- ^ "-*-Pakistan Tobacco Board-*-". Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2007.
- ^ "Sohni Mahiwal, a romantic legend of Gujrat". Dailytimes.com.pk. 15 February 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ "History of the Punjab Regiment (1759–1981)", by Brig. Syed H.A. Rizvi
- ^ Sharif Story
- ^ Safir Rammah (2007) MALIK ARIF, Sharif Kunjahi – Serving his language
...Sushaila Nayyay, the personal physician of Mohandas Gandhi was born in this town in 1917 before partition of Indo pak sub continent....