Jhelum Cantonment
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Jhelum Cantt. or Jhelum Cantonment is cantonment
area in Jhelum adjacent to city area. It is one of the important cantonment
(Army Base) of Pakistan
, which was built during the British rule in 1849 which has grown up into a strong Garrison. It is headquarter of 23rd Infantry Division commanded by a Major General
.
and 167 km from provincial capital Lahore
. Prominent nearby cities and towns include MirPur Azad Kashmir, Kharian Cantonment
, Sarai Alamgir
, and Gujrat
. The cantonment area is well planned and aesthetically maintained with an array of ever green tress trees and seasonal flowers.
During British rule
Jhelum was chosen as the site of a cantonment
and as the head-quarters of the civil administration. For some years it was the seat of the Commissioner of the Division, but in 1859 his head-quarters were transferred to Rawalpindi
. Under British rule Jhelum has steadily advanced in prosperity; and it is the entrepôt for most of the trade of the District, though, since the completion of the Sind-Sāgar branch of the North-Western Railway; the salt trade no longer passes through it. It is an important timber dépôt, the timber from the Kashmir forests which is floated down the river being collected here. A good deal of boat-building is carried on. The cantonment, which is three miles from the civil station, contains the church and post office. The normal strength of the garrison is one Native cavalry and four Native infantry regiments. The municipality was founded 1867. During the ten years ending 1902-03 the receipts averaged Rs. 32,100, and the expenditure Rs, 31,900. Receipts and expenditure from cantonment funds in the same period averaged Rs. 31,900 and Rs. 6,100 respectively. The chief income of the municipality in 1903-04 was Rs.34,200 chiefly from octroi
; and the expenditure was Rs. 41,000. The town has two Anglo vernacular schools, a municipal high school, and a middle school maintained by the American Presbyterian Mission. Besides the civil hospital, the mission also maintains a hospital.".
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857
35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance. A lectern
inside St. John's Church Jhelum
the church shows the names of those 35 soldiers. St. John's Church is located in Jhelum cantonment Pakistan
beside the river Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British period. For forty years it remained closed. Now it has been renovated and opened and almost in good condition.
In addition there are number of good schools in the city of Jhelum and neighborhood of cantonment which include the Beaconhouse School Systems
and The City School (Pakistan) etc. A famous Cadet College with a name of Military College Jhelum
is located at a distance of 5 km at Sarai Alamgir
.
The Jhelum Cantt boasts a eighteen hole Golf Course
called the River-View Golf Club, where national golf tournaments are held regularly.
There are variety of sports facilities available within the cantonment which include Cricket field
s Hockey
fields, football field
s, Tennis Court
s, Squash courts and Swimming Pool
s are among many other sports facilities that are available. Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium
is also adjusent to the Gul Afshan Colony Jhelum Cantt.
(CMH Jhelum). All the departments of the hospital are equipped with the latest and state of the art equipment and Facilities. The burn center is the largest and most advanced in the country. There is a plan to establish a medical college in the vicinity of the hospital.
The cantonment
has number of markets with small to medium shopping stores offering variety of products. These shopping areas are source of attrection for both locals and visitors alike.
Cantonment
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
area in Jhelum adjacent to city area. It is one of the important cantonment
Cantonment
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
(Army Base) of 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...
, which was built during the British rule in 1849 which has grown up into a strong Garrison. It is headquarter of 23rd Infantry Division commanded by a Major General
Major General
Major general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
.
Location
Jhelum Cantonment is located on the GT Road(N-5) adjusent to the city of Jhelum at a distance of 121 km from Capital city of 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...
and 167 km from provincial capital Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
. Prominent nearby cities and towns include MirPur Azad Kashmir, Kharian Cantonment
Kharian Cantonment
Kharian Cantt. or Kharian Cantonment is one of the largest cantonment of Pakistan. It was built in late 50's with the support of USA as part of the military assistance to Pakistan. Its construction was supervised by the U.S...
, Sarai Alamgir
Sarai Alamgir
Sarai Alamgir Sarai Alamgir (Urdu: سرائے عالمگیر) Sarai Alamgir (Urdu: سرائے عالمگیر) (pop. 175, 288 (as per DCR 1998) is the chief town of the tehsil of the same name. It is part of Gujrat district in the north of Punjab province. The town is located on the eastern bank of the Jhelum River...
, and Gujrat
Gujrat
Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...
. The cantonment area is well planned and aesthetically maintained with an array of ever green tress trees and seasonal flowers.
History
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
Jhelum was chosen as the site of a cantonment
Cantonment
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
and as the head-quarters of the civil administration. For some years it was the seat of the Commissioner of the Division, but in 1859 his head-quarters were transferred to Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
. Under British rule Jhelum has steadily advanced in prosperity; and it is the entrepôt for most of the trade of the District, though, since the completion of the Sind-Sāgar branch of the North-Western Railway; the salt trade no longer passes through it. It is an important timber dépôt, the timber from the Kashmir forests which is floated down the river being collected here. A good deal of boat-building is carried on. The cantonment, which is three miles from the civil station, contains the church and post office. The normal strength of the garrison is one Native cavalry and four Native infantry regiments. The municipality was founded 1867. During the ten years ending 1902-03 the receipts averaged Rs. 32,100, and the expenditure Rs, 31,900. Receipts and expenditure from cantonment funds in the same period averaged Rs. 31,900 and Rs. 6,100 respectively. The chief income of the municipality in 1903-04 was Rs.34,200 chiefly from octroi
Octroi
Octroi is a local tax collected on various articles brought into a district for consumption.-Antiquity:Octroi taxes have a respectable antiquity, being known in Roman times as vectigalia...
; and the expenditure was Rs. 41,000. The town has two Anglo vernacular schools, a municipal high school, and a middle school maintained by the American Presbyterian Mission. Besides the civil hospital, the mission also maintains a hospital.".
During the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
35 British soldiers of HM XXIV regiment were killed by the local resistance. A lectern
Lectern
A lectern is a reading desk with a slanted top, usually placed on a stand or affixed to some other form of support, on which documents or books are placed as support for reading aloud, as in a scripture reading, lecture, or sermon...
inside St. John's Church Jhelum
St. John's Church Jhelum
St. John's Church is located in Jhelum cantonment, Pakistan, beside the river Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British colonial period...
the church shows the names of those 35 soldiers. St. John's Church is located in Jhelum cantonment 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...
beside the river Jhelum. It was built in 1860 and is a landmark of the city. It is a Protestant church and was in use during the British period. For forty years it remained closed. Now it has been renovated and opened and almost in good condition.
Education
Jhelum Cantt offers a number of quality education institutes for basic, intermediate as well as the higher education. These institutes benefit both the residents of cantonment and the people living in the neighboring towns and villages. the prominent schools and colleges include:- Army Public School and College Jhelum Cantt.
- FG Intermediat College Jhelum CanttFG Intermediat College Jhelum CanttThe F.G. Intermediate College Jhelum Cantt is an educational institution in the city of Jhelum, Punjab province, Pakistan. It is located near St. John's Church in Gul Afshan Colony in the Jhelum Cantonment...
. - Fauji Foundation Model School & College, Jhelum Cantt.
- FG Boys Public Secondary School Jhelum Cantt
- FG Girls Public Secondary School Jhelum Cantt
- FG Boys High School Jhelum Cantt
- Presentation Convent School, JhelumPresentation Convent School, JhelumPresentation Convent School, Jhelum, was founded by the Presentation Sisters and is regulated by the Catholic Board of Education under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore....
Cantt - St. Thomas’ High School, JhelumSt. Thomas’ High School, JhelumSt. Thomas’ High School, Jhelum, Pakistan was founded by Sr. Maureen Costelloe of the Presentation Sisters under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore. It started as a boys school but is now co-educational with a girls’ Section and a boys’ Section. It provides education up to Matriculation...
Cantt - Cantonment Board Public School
In addition there are number of good schools in the city of Jhelum and neighborhood of cantonment which include the Beaconhouse School Systems
Beaconhouse School Systems
The Beaconhouse Group is one of the largest privately owned education systems in the world and the largest private-sector school network in Asia...
and The City School (Pakistan) etc. A famous Cadet College with a name of Military College Jhelum
Military College Jhelum
Military College Jhelum or MCJ, is a military high school, located at Sarai Alamgir but now in , Pakistan. Though it is physically located in Gujrat District, due to its very close proximity it is still associated with the City of Jhelum, and is considered to be in the cantonment limit of Jhelum...
is located at a distance of 5 km at Sarai Alamgir
Sarai Alamgir
Sarai Alamgir Sarai Alamgir (Urdu: سرائے عالمگیر) Sarai Alamgir (Urdu: سرائے عالمگیر) (pop. 175, 288 (as per DCR 1998) is the chief town of the tehsil of the same name. It is part of Gujrat district in the north of Punjab province. The town is located on the eastern bank of the Jhelum River...
.
Sports
Golf course
A golf course comprises a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, fairway, rough and other hazards, and a green with a flagstick and cup, all designed for the game of golf. A standard round of golf consists of playing 18 holes, thus most golf courses have this number of holes...
called the River-View Golf Club, where national golf tournaments are held regularly.
There are variety of sports facilities available within the cantonment which include Cricket field
Cricket field
A cricket field consists of a large circular or oval-shaped grassy ground on which the game of cricket is played. There are no fixed dimensions for the field but its diameter usually varies between 450 feet to 500 feet...
s Hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
fields, football field
Association football pitch
An association football pitch is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".All line markings on the pitch form part of the area which they define...
s, Tennis Court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s, Squash courts and Swimming Pool
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s are among many other sports facilities that are available. Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium
Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium
Zamir Jafri cricket stadium is a Cricket Stadium of Jhelum. It is named after a famous jhelumi poet Syed Zamir Jafri.It was a local district level stadium, but now Pakistan Cricket Board has upraised it for regional level events. Six extra cricket pitches have been constructed.-See also:* Sport in...
is also adjusent to the Gul Afshan Colony Jhelum Cantt.
Parks
There are number of beautiful parks with exciting rides and activities for the children of all ages. There is a central park with number of attraction for the residents and people of neighbouring areas. The jogging and walking traks are a busy site at morning and in the evening by both men and women alike.Health Facilities
The cantonment has an "B" class standard, 500-bed teaching hospital known as Combined Military HospitalCombined Military Hospital
Combined Military Hospitals are base hospitals of Pakistan Armed Forces situated in various cantonments. These hospitals are run by the doctors of Pakistan's Army Medical Corps....
(CMH Jhelum). All the departments of the hospital are equipped with the latest and state of the art equipment and Facilities. The burn center is the largest and most advanced in the country. There is a plan to establish a medical college in the vicinity of the hospital.
Shopping
Cantonment
A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
has number of markets with small to medium shopping stores offering variety of products. These shopping areas are source of attrection for both locals and visitors alike.
See also
- List of cities in Pakistan
- List of cities in Punjab (Pakistan)
- Army Cantonment BoardArmy Cantonment BoardCantonments in Pakistan are permanent military garrison areas, which are administered by Cantonment Boards under the control of the Military Lands & Cantonments Department , Ministry of Defence, Government of Pakistan...
- CantonmentCantonmentA cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...
- JhelumJhelumJhelum or Jehlum may refer to:* Jhelum, a city in Pakistan on the banks of the Jhelum River* Jhelum District, an administrative division in Punjab, Pakistan surrounding the city of Jhelum...
- Mangla CanttMangla CanttMangla Cantonment is an army garrison near Mangla Dam in Jhelum District of Pakistan. The town of Mangla and Mangla dam are located across the Jhelum river in Azad Kashmir.During the construction of Mangla Dam, the area belonging to villages of Baral, Baruti, Thill and Sultanpur was evacuated to...