Chak Dina (; Urdu: ; Colloquial: Dina Chak), is a village in

Kharian Tehsil Kharian Tehsil ( Punjabi and ) is a tehsil (sub-district) located in Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. The town lies between the Chenab river and Jhelum river and in the north the foothills of the Pir Panjal mountains. Villages and towns of ...

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. It is located 16.68 kilometers northeast of

Dinga Dinga, also spelled Deengah, is a city in the Gujrat District, in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It lies between the rivers Jhelum and Chenab. The main highway that runs from Lahore to Rawalpindi Rawalpindi is the List of cities in ...

and 7.26 kilometers west of

Lalamusa Lala Musa (; ; ), is a city, located in the Kharian tehsil of Gujrat district, in Punjab, Pakistan. With a population of 121,036 in 2023, it is the 66th largest city in Punjab and 99th largest in Pakistan. History Toponymy According to local ...

Administration

Chak Dina previously fell in the Gunja

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, is now part of Kotla Qasim Khan

. Other villages in this

are

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, Sukhchaina, Chakori Khurd, Thurgala and Jalaldin.

Etymology

The name ''Chak Dina'' is combination of words ''Chak'' meaning village and ''Dina'' meaning of Allahdin. The first inhabitant of the village Chaudhry Allahdin was nicknamed Dina hence ''Chak Dina'' became the name of the village. There are other villages in the close vicinity which have names of the same pattern like Chak Ikhlas and Chak Rajjadi.

History

The village was founded in the second half of the 18th century CE by Chaudhry Allahdin, a Muslim descendant of

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ruler

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at the site of Shahpur, a city ruined by revolution of the time.

Demographics

In 1966, after the

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was built on the

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, some effected people from Mirpur (

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) whose property had come under waters of the dam migrated to the village and inhabited a new locality namely Chak Fazal Shah within the revenue limits of Chak Dina. Besides purchasing land for inhabiting their locality, they also purchased some agricultural land from the people of Chak Dina. In return for such land, the local land holders were helped to immigrate their sons to

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for job.

Land and revenue

The village falls under the revenue limits of Kanungoi Circle

and Patwar Circle Jataria Kalan. A Kanungoi Circle is headed by a Kanungo (also Qanungo) and a Patwar Circle is headed by a

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. The village has 1,152 acres in land mass.

Schools

The village has elementary (I-VIII) school for boys and primary (I-V) school for girls.

Landmarks

One of the famous bazaars in the town of

is named after Chak Dina and is called Bazaar Dinay Chakian. Dinay Chakian means, in

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, the people from Dina Chak. This bazaar was inhabited by Bagh Sha, a Hindu who migrated from Chak Dina to

in 1929. The first building in the bazaar was Haveli Bagh Sha. This was also the first building of the city of

built according to a floor plan prepared by an architect. Some parts of this building are still present in original form.

Possible recognition

Two British ships, sharing the nomenclature of the village, were built in 1914 and 1951, respectively. The reason behind the naming, whether by happenstance or intentional tribute to the village, remains unclear. Villages in Pakistan Villages in Punjab, Pakistan Villages in Gujrat District Villages in Kharian Tehsil

References

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