Ram Diwali ( pa, ) is a locality in

Faisalabad District Faisalabad District (Lyallpur District until 1979) ( Punjabi and ur, ) is one of the districts of Punjab province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,029,547 of which almost 42% were in Faisalabad Cit ...

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. It comprises four villages which are locally identified as ''Chak No. 112 JB'', ''Chak No. 2 JB'', ''Chak No. 3 JB'' and ''Chak No. 4 JB''. The locality is situated on Sargodha Road and lies to the north of the city of

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

, away from Pakistan's M–3 Motorway, and is mainly inhabited by ethnic Punjabi Jats of the

Randhawa Randhawa is a Jat clan in the Punjab Region of India and Pakistan. The Randhawa name has special significance in the history of the Sikh faith, the first appointed Granthi (Principal religious official and custodian of the holy book- Guru Gran ...

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in August 1947, the predominantly Muslim locality was also inhabited by Sikhs, who migrated to Amritsar after the creation of Pakistan. Other ethnic Punjabi Jat clans, namely the

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and

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, are also settled in Ram Diwali.

Notable people

Arfa Karim Arfa Abdul Karim Randhawa ( pa, ‎; 2 February 1995 – 14 January 2012) was a Pakistani student and computer prodigy who became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) in 2004. She was submitted to the Guinness Book of Worl ...

(1995–2012) was an international student prodigy and record-holding youngest

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who hailed from the village of ''Chak No. 4 JB'' in Ram Diwali.

References

Villages in Faisalabad District {{Faisalabad-geo-stub