Jhawarian is a town located near the

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in the

Sargodha District Sargodha District (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane along with Kinno being its main crops. The Sargodha district and reg ...

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Shahpur,

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. The town's history extends back six hundred years, when the district was settled by Bhatti Rajput tribes people migrating from Pindi Bhatian. The agricultural possibilities of the place and the proximity of the river made it suitable for settlement. A police station in the town dates back to 1905, and was built by the British administration of the Punjab. Jhawarian is located on the Sher Shah Suri Highway, between Shahpur and Behra, and three kilometers from Kalra village, which used to be the landed estate of late General Sir Malik Omar Hayat Tiwana and his son

Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana KCSI, OBE ( pa, ; 7 August 1900 – 20 January 1975) was an Indian statesman, army officer, and landowner who served as the prime minister of the Punjab Province of British India between 1942 a ...

. Its nearby villages are named as Chak Musa, Kot Bhai Khan, Kot Abbas, Kot Kamboh, Ghangwal, Khurshed, Megha Kadhi. Megha kadhi is situated at its North and on bank of the

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. Govt. Higher Secondary School Jhawarian is the main education center for the children of all surrounding areas. Jamia Masjid kallan (جامع مسجد کلاں) is the largest mosque of the town. About 2500 people can offer prayer at the same time approximately.

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Populated places in Sargodha District {{Sargodha-geo-stub