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unusual facts about Jand, Chakwal



Baha-ud-din Zakariya

His descendants are found in Multan, Karor laal esun, Gujrat, Watli Distt.Chakwal, Pir Khara Distt.Jhelum, Bhera, Karuli, Attock (Pourmiana), Lahore, pail, Delhi, Meerut, Allahabad.

Chakwal

Abdul Khaliq (athlete) born in the village Jand, Chakwal who was Dubbed as Fastest Man of Asia & The Flying Bird of Asia in 1954 Asian Games & 1958 Asian Games.

For much of its early history, Dhanni was an uninhabited part of the Jammu state of the Dogra Rajputs, and Khokhar Rajputs, held as a hunting ground for the Rajas of Jammu.

Chaudhry Chaku Khan

Chaudhry Chaku Khan the founder of Chakwal and the chief of the Minhas Rajput tribe from Jammu, who founded Chakwal in 1525 C.E during the era of the Mughal Emperor, Zaheerudun Babur.

Dharowali

The residents of the village (mainly Randhawa Jatts) are descendants of Baba Lachhman Singh Dharowali, a martyr of the Nankana Sahib Holocaust, where he was burnt alive after being hung upright from a jand tree.

Fedayeen al-Islam

The group also claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that targeted a Shia mosque in Chakwal, Punjab province.

Gah

Gah, Pakistan, a village in Chakwal District (formerly in Jhelum District when Chakwal was Tehsil of Jhelum District) of Pakistan

Government Postgraduate College, Chakwal

Government Post Graduate College, Chakwal is a tertiary college located in Chakwal District, Punjab Province, Pakistan.

Il-Arslan

In 1152 Il-Arslan was made governor of Jand, an outpost on the Syr Darya which had recently been reconquered, by his father.

Kassar

Ch.Ayaz Amir, Columnist, Member of National Assembly NA-60(Chakwal-I).

Murree Tehsil

While Mohazzam Shah, alias Dhanni Pir (from whom the Dhanyal tribe descended), arrived around 1190 from Dhanni, Chakwal, Shah's parents had ruled Multan State for about 190 years and were descended from Alvis, who migrated from Iraq early in the 8th century.

Between Dhanyals, they have seven or eight offshoots of the tribe living in Hazara, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Bagh Azad Kashmir, Sialkot, Chakwal, Multan and other parts of Pakistan.

Sukerchakia Misl

He extended his rule in Rohtas, Chakwal, Pind Dadan Khan which Stood in Pothohar Region of Northern Punjab and took Wazirabad under his control.

Timeline of 12th-century conversion of Hindu clans to Islam

However, besides Chakwal, there are a quite a few other Minhas villages scattered all over the province including the famous village of Rohtas in Jhelum, Sagri in Rawalpindi, and in Gujar Khan, Kahuta, Sargodha and Faisalabad.


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