Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabis, Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a ...
/ ; ; ) is the capital city of
Jhang District
Jhang District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Faisalabad Division, Faisalabad division in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province, Pakistan. Jhang is the capital and administrative seat of the district.
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Punjab
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the
Chenab
The Chenab River is a major river in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, the Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Himac ...
The historical name of the city and district is Jhang Sial, literally meaning the "terrain of the
Sials
The Sial or Siyal (Punjabi and Urdu: سيال) is a Punjabi clan found in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, split between India and Pakistan.
Ethnographic classification
According to the Bardic traditions, Sials descended from ...
". The word Jhang is derived from the
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
word ''jāṅgala'' which means rough or forested terrain; the word
Jungle
jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past century.
Etymology
The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅgala'' ...
also shares the same root.
History
The city of Jhang was built in 1288 by Rai Sial, a chief of the Sial tribe. The Sial tribe ruled this region ever since then until the last Sial ruler of Jhang, Ahmad Khan (1812 to 1822) was defeated by
Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, in the northwest Indian subcontinent, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
Born to Maha Singh, the leader of the Sukerchakia M ...
after fierce fighting.
Under the collective rule of the Sial Khans of Jhang and other Sial sub-tribes such as the Rajbana and Bharwana, in the zenith of their power, the Sial territory of Jhang extended up to the Muzafargarh boundary in the south, and the entirety of
Chiniot
Chiniot ( Punjabi, Urdu: ) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Chiniot District in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Located on the bank of the river Chenab, it is the 28th most populous city in Pakistan.
It is also known for ...
,
Kamalia
Kamalia (, ) is a city in the Toba Tek Singh District of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It is the administrative center of Kamalia Tehsil. It is the 67th most populous city of Pakistan.
Location
Kamalia is located at approximately 30.725°N la ...
and
Kabirwala
Kabirwala (, Punjabi language, Punjabi ) is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Khanewal District. Kabirwala's pop ...
. The territory extended to parts of
Bhakkar
Bhakkar () is the principal city of Bhakkar District, Punjab, Pakistan. It lies on the left bank of the Indus River. It is the 86th most populous city in Pakistan.
Administration
Bhakkar is the administrative centre of Bhakkar Tehsil, which ...
and
Sargodha
Sargodha (Punjabi language, Punjabi/; ; ) is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located in Central Punjab, central Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 11th most populous city and ...
Ahmadpur Sial
Ahmad Pur Sial (), is a city in Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Ahmad Pur Sial Tehsil.Thal and defeated the Nawab of
Multan
Multan is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fifth-most populous city in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan. Located along the eastern bank of the Chenab River, it is the List of cities in Pakistan by populatio ...
by the mid 17th century.
Under the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
*
* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
*
* It is also called Crown rule ...
, the towns of Jhang and Mighiana, lying apart, became a joint municipality, then known as Jhang-Maghiana.Jhang District article in the ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'' v. 14, pp. 125 - 134
Geography
Jhang Sadr is located at 31.27 latitude and 72.33 longitude and is situated at an elevation of 158 meters above sea level.
Jhang is situated at the East bank of
Chenab
The Chenab River is a major river in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, the Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Himac ...
which has confluence with
Jhelum
Jhelum (; , ) is a city, located along the western bank of the Jhelum River, in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 21st largest city in Punjab and 31st largest in Pakistan, by population. Located in northern Punjab, it serves as the capital of the ...
at
Trimmu Barrage
Trimmu Barrage is a barrage on the River Chenab in Jhang District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated downstream of the confluence of the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It is situated some from the city of Jhang near the city of Atha ...
near the town of
Athara Hazari
Athara Hazari (), is a city and capital of 18-Hazari Tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the Jhang-Bhakkar Highway.
It is about 7 kilometers from the Trimmu Barrage. To the north of the town, the rivers Jhelum and Ch ...
. The city was endangered in the 2014 floods but it was not flooded as the flood water was redirected towards
Athara Hazari
Athara Hazari (), is a city and capital of 18-Hazari Tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the Jhang-Bhakkar Highway.
It is about 7 kilometers from the Trimmu Barrage. To the north of the town, the rivers Jhelum and Ch ...
. there are three river in jhang such as
chenab river
The Chenab River is a major river in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, the Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul region of Hima ...
jhelum river and river ravi is also touch with the boundary of District Jhang near
Ahmadpur Sial
Ahmad Pur Sial (), is a city in Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the headquarters of Ahmad Pur Sial Tehsil.
Demographics
Population
The population of city in 1998 Census of Pakistan was recorded as 293,366. According to the
2017 Census of Pakistan
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one i ...
, the population of city rose to 414,131 with a growth of 41.17% in 19 years.
Religion
Administration
Jhang Saddar is the administrative center of Jhang
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
(a subdivision of the district). The tehsil itself is divided into 55 Union councils.
Notable people
Scientists
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Abdus Salam
Mohammad Abdus Salam Salam adopted the forename "Mohammad" in 1974 in response to the anti-Ahmadiyya decrees in Pakistan, similarly he grew his beard. (; ; 29 January 192621 November 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He shared the 1 ...
, first Pakistani
Nobel Laureate
The Nobel Prizes (, ) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make outstanding contributions in th ...
(Physics).
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Yash Pal
Yash Pal (26 November 1926 – 24 July 2017) was an Indian scientist, educator and educationist. He was known for his contributions to the study of cosmic rays, as well as for being an institution-builder. In his later years, he became one of ...
, Indian scientist.
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Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana (9 January 1922 – 9 November 2011) was an Indian-American biochemist. While on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and ...
Chief Whip
The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes.
United Kingdom
I ...
of
All-India Muslim League
The All-India Muslim League (AIML) was a political party founded in 1906 in Dhaka, British India with the goal of securing Muslims, Muslim interests in South Asia. Although initially espousing a united India with interfaith unity, the Muslim L ...
and a close associate of the
Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 187611 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the inception of Pa ...
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Syeda Abida Hussain
Syeda Abida Hussain–Imam ( b. 1948) is a Pakistani conservative politician, diplomat and socialite on the platform of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
Born into a feudal family in Pakistan, she served as the Pakistan Ambassador to th ...
, former Pakistani Ambassador to USA and Federal minister.
* Mian Muhammad Azam, former member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
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Faisal Saleh Hayat
Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat (; born 21 July 1952) is a Pakistani politician from Jhang, Punjab and sports administrator.
Early life and education
Born into a feudal Shi'a family, Hayat is the alleged Sajjada nashin (lineal descendant and ...
, former Interior Minister of Pakistan and
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...
Ghulam Bibi Bharwana
Ghulam Bibi Bharwana (; born 5 May 1970) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously she was a member of the National Assembly from 2002 to May 2018.
Early li ...
, Member National Assembly.
* Najaf Abbas, former member of National Assembly and Provincial Assembly.
* Waqas Akram, former minister of state for Labour and Manpower
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Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi ( Punjabi/, ''Ḥaq Nawāz Jhangvī''; 1952 – 23 February 1990) was a Pakistani cleric who founded the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a Sunni Deobandi group known for its anti-Shia thoughts, on 6 September 1986.
Early li ...
, Pakistani cleric, founder of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan and namesake of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
* Azam Tariq, Pakistani politician, religious leader, member of national assembly, leader of sunni-Deoband Muslim organization 'Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan'
* Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi, Pakistani Islamic cleric and politician, Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Punjab, son of Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
* Zahoor Ahmed Sajid, former Member of Provincial Assembly.
Sports personalities
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Aleem Dar
Aleem Dar PP ( Punjabi, ; born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He is a former member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Dar won the David Shepherd Trophy three years in a row from 2009 to 2011, aft ...
, cricketer and umpire
* Ghulam Shabber, UAE cricket player
Literary personalities
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Majeed Amjad
Majeed Amjad (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) (29 June 1914 – 11 May 1974) was an Urdu Urdu poetry, poet from Pakistan. One newspaper described him as a "philosophical poet of depth and sensitivity". His ghazals have been sung by various Pakist ...
Sultan Bahu
Sultan Bahu (also spelled as Sultan Bahoo; ; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a Punjabi Muslim poet, Sufi, scholar, and historian of the 17th century. Renowned for his mystical poetry, he was active during the reigns of Mughal emperors ...
Shah Jeewna
Shah Jeewna (or Jewna, Jiwana, Jewana) is a town of Jhang District in the Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the Jhang- Lalian road at 31°31'13N 72°20'21E some 34 km from Jhang.
Shah Jeewna was named after Syed Mehboob Alam Naqvi-ul Bukhari Al ...
, founder of
Qalandariyya
The Qalandariyya (), Qalandaris or Kalandaris are wandering Sufi dervishes. The writings of ''Qalandaris'' are not merely celebrations of libertinism, but affirmations of antinomial beliefs.
The first references are found in the 11th-century ...
Sufi order
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Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (; born 19 February 1951) is a Pakistani Canadians, Pakistani–Canadian Islamic scholar and former politician who founded Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Pakistan Awami Tehreek.
Born in West Punjab, Pakistan, ...
, founder of the
Minhaj-ul-Quran International
Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) () is a global non-governmental organization (NGO) founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri in 1980 in Lahore, Pakistan. With its headquarters located in Lahore, MQI has expanded its operations to over 100 countries ...
and
Pakistan Awami Tehreek
The Pakistan Awami Tehreek commonly known as PAT () (''Pakistan People's Movement'') is a political party in Pakistan, founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, took part in general elections in 1990 and 2002.
Manifesto
Pakistan Awami Tehreek pres ...
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Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi
Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi () (born 1 April 1953) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and a Sufi shaykh of the Naqshbandi order. He is the founder of Mahadul-Faqir Al-Islami, Jhang.
Biography
In 2011, Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi travelled to India and ...
, founder of the Mahadul-Faqir Al-Islami, Jhang
Business people
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Sheikh Waqas Akram
Sheikh Waqas Akram (; born 26 August 1976) is a Pakistani politician and a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from NA-109 Jhang-II since 29 February 2024. He previously served as a member of the National Assembly from November 2002 to N ...
, founder of Shalimar Transport
Sister cities
Jhang has one
sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
While there are early examples of inte ...
:
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Madera, California
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