Ramewal
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Village: Ramewal
Coordinates 31.0488°N 75.36°E
Occupiers Chung Clan
Sub-tehsil Nurmahal
Nurmahal
NurMahal or Noor Mahal is a city and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian State of Punjab. It is a small town located near the Lohian Khas-Nakodar -Ludhiana line in Punjab. This town is also connected with its sister towns of Phillaur and Nakodar by a road which goes side by...

District Jalandhar
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is a city in Jalandhar District in the state of Punjab, India. It is located 144 km northwest of the state capital, Chandigarh...

State Punjab
Area telephone 1826
Postal code
Time zone UTC+5:30
UTC+5:30
UTC+05:30 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:30. This time is used in:-See also:*Indian Standard Time*Madras Time*Sri Lanka Time*Bangladesh*Nepal...



Ramewal is a village in Nurmahal
Nurmahal
NurMahal or Noor Mahal is a city and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian State of Punjab. It is a small town located near the Lohian Khas-Nakodar -Ludhiana line in Punjab. This town is also connected with its sister towns of Phillaur and Nakodar by a road which goes side by...

. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the city Jalandhar District
Jalandhar District
Jalandhar district , Jalandhar Zilā) is one of the 22 districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. The capital is Jalandhar City...

 in the state of Punjab, India.

About

Ramewal is almost 6 km from Nurmahal
Nurmahal
NurMahal or Noor Mahal is a city and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian State of Punjab. It is a small town located near the Lohian Khas-Nakodar -Ludhiana line in Punjab. This town is also connected with its sister towns of Phillaur and Nakodar by a road which goes side by...

. The nearest Railway station to Ramewal is Nurmahal Railway station.
Most of the occupiers of the village have the last name Chung, alternate spellings include Chungh and Choong.
Chung is a subclan of Waraich, a warrior ethnic clan of the Jat people
Jat people
The Jat people are a community of traditionally non-elite tillers and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory,...

 of India and Pakistan who are descendants of Indo-Scythian tribes. .

Chung History and Origin


History of Nurmahal and Jalandhar

Nurmahal was built on a place where an ancient town, called Kot Kahlur, was located which was proven by the bricks and many coins found beneath the soil of this town. It is believed that the ancient city was abandoned or destroyed around 1300 for an unknown reason. Maharaja Jassa Singh Ahluwalia Took This City Under His Control.

Nurmahal is named after Noor Jahan
Nur Jehan
Begum Nur Jahan , also known as Mehr-un-Nisaa, was an Empress of the Mughal Dynasty that ruled much of the Indian subcontinent...

, the wife of Mughal
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 emperor Jahangir
Jahangir
Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگیر,meaning "Conqueror of the World"...

 (1605-1627) as she was brought up here, and is thought to have spent her childhood here.

Jalandhar and 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...

 are the oldest surviving cities of the Punjab region
Punjab region
The Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...

, with historical references as far back as A.D. 100. The Jalandhar Doab (the region surrounding the city between the Beas
Beas River
The Beas River is a river in the northern part of India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 km to the Sutlej River in the Indian state of Punjab....

 and Sutlej
Sutlej
The Sutlej River is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroad region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. It is located north of the Vindhya Range, south of the Hindu Kush segment of the Himalayas, and east of the Central Sulaiman Range in Pakistan.The Sutlej...

 rivers) also marked the easternmost territory of the empire of Alexander the Great.

Immigration to the west

There are many people who reside in the village (pind) of Ramewal and it is respectably populated. Some of those who are from Ramewal have immigrated to the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.

Religion

The main Religion followed by the majority in Ramewal is Sikhism
Sikhism
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded during the 15th century in the Punjab region, by Guru Nanak Dev and continued to progress with ten successive Sikh Gurus . It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world and one of the fastest-growing...

. The minority are followers of either Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

 or Hindhuism.

Development

Ramewal is a fast growing village and is making a lot of advancements. There are a lot of developments installed for the village in the near future. Currently the construction of a Gurdwara is on-going. The Village and those who reside in it are making a name for themselves.

Villages around Ramewal

Ajtani
Ajtani
Ajtani is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the district Jalandhar of the Indian state of Punjab.-About :Ajtani lies on the Nurmahal-Rajowal main road at a distance of 3 km from it. The nearest Railway station to this village is Nurmahal railway station at a distance of 8 km....

, Aujla
Aujla
Aujla is a tribe of Jat Muslims descended from their eponym Hajual Rajput. They are found in Sialkot and Sahiwal District in Punjab, Pakistan. In Sahiwal, they are Muslims and classed as agricultural. In Indian Punjab there are many Sikhs having surname as Aujla....

, Bahadurpur
Bahadurpur
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, Bainapur, Bath, Batura, Begampur
Begampur
Begampur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Begampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15 metres ....

, Bhaini, Bhalowal, Bhandal Butan, Bhandal Himmat, Bhangala, Bharuwal, Bhoda, Bhullar
Bhullar
Wrestling_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_GamesBhullar is a Jat gotra or clan found in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan....

, Bilga
Bilga
Bilga is a historical village near the city, Nurmahal. Bilga has now grown to have town status. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the district Jalandhar in the Indian state of Punjab.- About :The majority of people living in Bilga are of the Jatt clan, Sanghera....

, Burj Hassan, Burj Kela Cheema
Cheema
Cheema is a Jatt of Jat ethnicity found inPunjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and also in Pakistan.Cheemas are one of the two major sub clans of Jats along with other Jat clans like Sandhu, Grewal, Pannu, Uppal etc.. .Historically, this tribe has held considerable tracts in the upper Rechna Doab since...

, Kalan
Kalan
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, Cheema Khurd, Chuheki, Dalla
Dalla
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, Darapur
Darapur
Darapur is a village and union council of Jhelum District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is part of Jhelum Tehsil, and is located at 32°44'0N 73°33'0E with an altitude of 214 metres . Most of the population belong to the Ratial tribe....

, Fatehpur
Fatehpur
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, Gadra, Gag Dhagara, Gorsian Nihal
Gorsian Nihal
Gorsian Nihal commonly known as Chuggian is a very small village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.- About :...

, Gorsian Piran Gumtala
Gumtala
Gumtala is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab. Gumtali is the neighboring village of Gumtala.- About :...

 Gumtali
Gumtali
Gumtali is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.- About :Gumtali lies on the Phillaur-Nurmahal Road. The nearest main road to Gumtali is Phillaur-Nurmahal road which is almost 2 km from the village. The nearest Railway station to this...

, Hardo Sangha, Hardo Sheikh, Jago Sangha, Janta Nagar, Kalyanpur
Kalyanpur
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, Kandola Kalan
Kandola Kalan
Kandola Kalan is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.- About :Kandola Kalan is almost 1 km from Nurmahal. The nearest Railway station to Kandola Kalan is Nurmahal Railway station....

, Kandola Khurd, Khela
Khela
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, Khokhewal
Khokhewal
Khokhewal is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub-tehsil in Jalandhar. Jalandhar is a district in the Indian state of Punjab.- About :Khokhewal lies on the Phillaur-Talwan road at a distance of 1 km from it....

, Kot Badal Khan
Kot Badal Khan
Kot Badal Khan also commonly known as Kot or Court is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.- About :Kot lies on the Nurmahal-Rajowal road. It is almost 5 km from Nurmahal...

, Lidhar Kalan, Mao Sahib, Meonwal, Mowai, Nagra
Nagra
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, Nahal
Nahal
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, Natt
Natt
The Natt are a Jat gotra found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.-History and origin:The tribe is descended from Jograh, a Suryavanshi Rajput, who is said to have come from Ayudhia, in North India...

, Pabwan, Pandori Jagir, Partabpura
Partabpura
- About :It is on the Phillaur-Nurmahal road, close to Bilga village. Partabpura is well linked by road with Nurmahal, Phillaur, Bilga and other neighboring villages and towns. It has historical gurudwaras, mandirs and mosques...

, Pharwala
Pharwala
Pharwala is a historic fort located about 40 km from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. It is naturally defended by one side by a small Himalayan range and the other by the Swaan River. It is a Gakhar fort built in the 15th century on the ruins of a 10th century Hindu Shahi Fort...

, Powadra, Qadian
Qadian
Qadian is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India....

, Rajowal
Rajowal
Rajowal is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.-About:Rajowal is almost 9 km from Nurmahal. The nearest railway station to Rajowal is Nurmahal Railway station...

, Rampur
Rampur
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, Rawan, Sagarpur, Saidowal
Saidowal
Saidowal is a village in Nurmahal. Nurmahal is a sub tehsil in the city Jalandhar of Indian state of Punjab.- About :Saidowal lies on the Phillaur-Nurmahal Road. The nearest main road to Saidowal is Phillaur-Nurmahal road which is almost 2 km from the village. The nearest Railway station to...

, Sangatpur
Sangatpur
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, Sanghe Jagir, Sanghe Khalsa, Sangowal, Shadipur
Shadipur
Shadipur is a village in Sanghol. Khamono is a tehsil in the city Fatehgarh Sahib of Indian state of Punjab.- About :Shadipur is almost 6 km from Sanghol. The nearest Railway station to Shadipur is Nogavan Railway station.The village is famous for NIRMAL-A-SANT GURCHARAN SINGH....

, Shampur, Shamshabad
Shamshabad
Shamshabad is a suburban village and a mandal headquarters, located on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India.There is a railway station at Shamshabad which is part of the South Central Railway, Indian Railways.-Geography:Shamsabad is located at...

, Shekhupur, Sherpur, Sidham Hari Singh, Sidham Mutsadi, Talwan
Talwan
Talwan is a town in Jalandhar District in the Indian state of Punjab.Talwan lies on the Nurmahal-Talwan main road. The development block for Talwan is Nurmahal.The nearest railway station to Talwan is Nurmahal railway station at a distance of 8 km....

, Thamanwal, Umarpur Kalan, Uppal Bhupa, Uppal Jagir
Uppal Jagir
Saimply Sahib is a small village in Bassi Pathanan block of Dist Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab-India. This village is around 25 kilometres from Chandigarh-the capital of Punjab, 45 km from Patiala-academic city of Punjab, and about 75 km from Ludhiana-industrial city of Punjab.The population of...

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