Jahanian
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Jahanian, is a town in Khanewal District
, Punjab
, Pakistan
. It is 30 minutes drive from Khanewal
(28 km) and 45 minutes drive from Multan
(42 km). It is the headquarters of Jahanian Tehsil
a sub-division of the district name. The town is located at the crossroads of the Khanewal-Lodhran
National Highway (N-5A), and the Multan
-Delhi
Grand Trunk Road. It is situated at 416 feet above sea level. Its climate is dry and hot in the daytime, but nights are usually pleasant.
, the first Muslim invader of the sub-continent passed through the area on the way to Multan
,famous "Generali sark"(The way of Generals)
The name may be derived from the saint
Makhdoom Jalal-ud-Din Jahanian; whose place of sitting still exists at basti Peer Jahanian where a fair (Urs) is held every year and whose shrine is at Din pur Muzaffar Garh.
Quid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah requested Maulana Nawab ud din Ramdasi to allow Hazrat Hassan ul Asar Hafiz Mazhar ud din to participate in election but Maulana Ramdasi ordered his spiritual follower Chaudhary Zafarullah of Jahanian.Chaudhary Zafarullah defeated Congress opponents and succeded on plate form of Muslim League in Jehanian.
(Ref Encyclopedia 1984)
The town has its own boys and girls degree colleges & lots of private colleges also placed. The division public school is already working call in short D.P.S Jahanian.
There is another great school is working in Jahanian,that was Missali Zakariya Cadet Secondry School Jahainan.
, Faisalabad
, Bahawalpur
, Sadiqabad
, Sukkur
, Hyderabad
and Karachi
etc. Even by railway station, passengers can go to the same cities as mentioned in previous lines.
The old city of Jahanian was planned on a similar pattern to New York City
in 1919. It is divided into seven main blocks. Most people are small traders, sole proprietors and business people. Others are employed in private and public sectors. It is also an important trading center of the area, known for its cotton and oilseed mills.
A Municipal Committee, THQ Hospital, Veterinary Hospital, NSRC office and a civil court.
The town itself has about one hundred thousand residents. In the sub-division (tehsil) of which it is administrative capital are 180 villages with populations ranging from 500 to 5,000.
Jahanian has a digital telephone exchange containing near about 8500 telephone lines.
The well-known and most central mosques are the "Haqqani" mosque,
The "Abdul Rehman Wahla Stadium" is the well-known stadium and Govt high school ground is also very famous for sports activities. In Jahanian the young persons are very motivated and take part in different games.
Jahanian has a main cemetery cross road near general bus stand.
There are also too many shops of computer,garments cell phones,food bars & books center.
Makhdoom Rasheed is a famous due to Shrines of ancestors of Makdoom Javed Hashmi , a brilliant and honest politician.
Chisht Nagar is a well known and famous in all country having tomb of Maulana Ghulam Rabbani Chishti Sabri , the son of Great scholar , saint Hazrah Maulana Nawab ud din Ramdasi
, and younger brother of great Scholar, poet, Journalist and saint Hazrat Hafiz Mazhar ud din
Ramdasi.Maulana Rabbani was a great saint has followers in all over Pakistan.Late Makhdoom Sajjad Qureshi Governor of Punjab was much involoved in devotion to Maulana Rabbani.
Khanewal District
Khanewal is District of Punjab province in Pakistan. It most widely known for being the host city to the second largest Train Station in Pakistan...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is 30 minutes drive from Khanewal
Khanewal
Khanewal is the capital city of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is notable for being the host city to the second largest train station in Pakistan. Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°56'0E with an altitude of 128 metres and is named after the earliest settlers here who...
(28 km) and 45 minutes drive from Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
(42 km). It is the headquarters of Jahanian Tehsil
Jahanian Tehsil
Jahanian is an administrative subdivision, tehsil, of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Jahanian is the headquarters of the tehsil.-Administration:...
a sub-division of the district name. The town is located at the crossroads of the Khanewal-Lodhran
Lodhran
Lodhran is the chief city of Lodhran District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located on the northern side of River Sutlej.-Administration:...
National Highway (N-5A), and the Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
-Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
Grand Trunk Road. It is situated at 416 feet above sea level. Its climate is dry and hot in the daytime, but nights are usually pleasant.
History
Jahanian has a rich history. It is believed that Alexander the Great left some traces during the conquest of this area and that Muhammad Bin QasimMuhammad bin Qasim
Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi was a Umayyad general who, at the age of 17, began the conquest of the Sindh and Punjab regions along the Indus River for the Umayyad Caliphate. He was born in the city of Taif...
, the first Muslim invader of the sub-continent passed through the area on the way to Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
,famous "Generali sark"(The way of Generals)
The name may be derived from the saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
Makhdoom Jalal-ud-Din Jahanian; whose place of sitting still exists at basti Peer Jahanian where a fair (Urs) is held every year and whose shrine is at Din pur Muzaffar Garh.
Quid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah requested Maulana Nawab ud din Ramdasi to allow Hazrat Hassan ul Asar Hafiz Mazhar ud din to participate in election but Maulana Ramdasi ordered his spiritual follower Chaudhary Zafarullah of Jahanian.Chaudhary Zafarullah defeated Congress opponents and succeded on plate form of Muslim League in Jehanian.
(Ref Encyclopedia 1984)
Education
The main educational institutions of jahanian are Govt. High School Jahanian, Govt Islamia School Jahanian, Govt girls High School jahanian.The town has its own boys and girls degree colleges & lots of private colleges also placed. The division public school is already working call in short D.P.S Jahanian.
There is another great school is working in Jahanian,that was Missali Zakariya Cadet Secondry School Jahainan.
Transport
There is a railway station and a public bus stand. People rely mostly on Public Station Van type transport. As Jahanian is situated at the National Highway (N5-A) bypass, so that's why for traveling to other cities, people can easily get conveyance all of the time during day and night. From this bypass, passengers can go to Lahore, IslamabadIslamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
, Faisalabad
Faisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
, Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur , located in the province of Punjab, is the twelfth largest city in Pakistan. The city was once the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur. The city was home to various Nawabs and counted as part of the Rajputana states...
, Sadiqabad
Sadiqabad
Sadiqabad or Sadiq Abad or Sadik Abad or Sadikabad is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. Sadiqabad is also the administrative centre of Sadiqabad Tehsil, which is a sub-division of Rahim Yar Khan District....
, Sukkur
Sukkur
Sukkur, or Sakharu , formerly Aror and Bakar, is the third largest city of Sindh province, situated on the west bank of Indus River in Pakistan in Sukkur District. However, the word Sakharu in Sindhi means "superior", which the spelling of the city's name in Sindhi suggests is the origin of the...
, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Sindh
is the second largest city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the seventh largest city in the country. The city was founded in 1768 by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro upon the ruins of a Mauryan fishing village along the bank of the Indus known as Neroon Kot...
and Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
etc. Even by railway station, passengers can go to the same cities as mentioned in previous lines.
City life
Jahanian is basically an agriculture-oriented area.The old city of Jahanian was planned on a similar pattern to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
in 1919. It is divided into seven main blocks. Most people are small traders, sole proprietors and business people. Others are employed in private and public sectors. It is also an important trading center of the area, known for its cotton and oilseed mills.
A Municipal Committee, THQ Hospital, Veterinary Hospital, NSRC office and a civil court.
The town itself has about one hundred thousand residents. In the sub-division (tehsil) of which it is administrative capital are 180 villages with populations ranging from 500 to 5,000.
Jahanian has a digital telephone exchange containing near about 8500 telephone lines.
The well-known and most central mosques are the "Haqqani" mosque,
The "Abdul Rehman Wahla Stadium" is the well-known stadium and Govt high school ground is also very famous for sports activities. In Jahanian the young persons are very motivated and take part in different games.
Jahanian has a main cemetery cross road near general bus stand.
There are also too many shops of computer,garments cell phones,food bars & books center.
Shrines
Jehanian is famous due to some shrines .Makhdoom Rasheed is a famous due to Shrines of ancestors of Makdoom Javed Hashmi , a brilliant and honest politician.
Chisht Nagar is a well known and famous in all country having tomb of Maulana Ghulam Rabbani Chishti Sabri , the son of Great scholar , saint Hazrah Maulana Nawab ud din Ramdasi
Maulana Nawab ud din Ramdasi
Sultan ul Manazrin, Imam ul Ulema wal mashaikh, First Fatah e Qadian Maulana Nawab ud Din Ramdasi was a scholar, debator and in Sufi orer of Silsila Chishtia Sabria Sirajia. About 10 Lakh persons took oath on his hands...
, and younger brother of great Scholar, poet, Journalist and saint Hazrat Hafiz Mazhar ud din
Hafiz Mazhar ud din
Hafiz Mazhar Ud Din Ramdasi was an Islamic scholar, columnist, poet and especially a Naatia Poet. He was famous by title of Hassan Ul Asar.The famous Kashmir Anthem 'Mary watan teri jannat main aain gay ik din'میرے وطن تیری جنت میں آئیں گے اک دن was written by him.He was born in Ramdas, Amritsar in...
Ramdasi.Maulana Rabbani was a great saint has followers in all over Pakistan.Late Makhdoom Sajjad Qureshi Governor of Punjab was much involoved in devotion to Maulana Rabbani.