Lala Musa (; ; ), is a city, located in the

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 ...

Gujrat district Gujrat ( Punjabi, ) is a district of Gujrat Division in the Pakistani province of Punjab. The Gujrat District was created by the British Government in 1846. According to the 2023 Pakistani census the population of the Gujrat District is 3,219 ...

, in

Punjab, Pakistan Punjab (, ) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. With a population of over 127 million, it is the Demographics of Pakistan, most populous province in Pakistan and the List of first-level administrative divisions by popu ...

. With a population of 121,036 in

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, it is the 66th largest city in Punjab and 99th largest in Pakistan.

History

Toponymy

According to local legends, the city was inhabited by people of the

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi Muslim agricultural community with a strong political identity and level of organisation. At the beginning of the last century, they numbered around 1 million and were mainly rural cultivator ...

tribe, and the city was named after two brothers from the same tribe, named ''Lālah'' () and ''Mūsá'' () who settled in the old city.

Geography

Lalamusa is situated on the

Grand Trunk Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...

( National Highway 5). It is geographically located at latitude (32.7 degrees) 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude (73.96 degrees) 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world and lies at an altitude of about 250 meters. It also has major neighbouring cities such as

Kharian Kharian ( Punjabi, ), is a city in Gujrat District, as well as the Gujrat Division of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Kharian Tehsil (sub-district). As of 2023 Kharian is the second largest Tehsil in the Gujrat Div ...

(16 km) and Gujrat (22 km).

Demographics

Population

According to 2023 census, Lalamusa had a population of 121,036.

Transport

This city is connected through the

( National Highway 5) which allows it to be linked to major cities like

Islamabad Islamabad (; , ; ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's tenth-most populous city with a population of over 1.1 million and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Bu ...

(96.313 miles/155km to the west) and

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

(92 miles/148km to the east). A railway station ( Lala Musa Junction Station) also serves the city for longer journeys operated by

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways is the state-owned railway operator in Pakistan. Founded in 1861 as the North Western State Railway and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of operational track across Pakistan, stretching from Peshawar to Karachi, offering bot ...

with around 20 trains travelling throughout the country.

Government institutions

The Punjab Local Government Training Academy is situated in Lalamusa.

Cultural and leisure sites

Public parks

Lala Musa has a number of public parks and nature reserves like Fatima Jinnah park, Haji Asgar park, etc.

Notable people

Roshan Ara Begum Roshan Ara Begum () (1917 – 6 December 1982) was a vocalist belonging to the Kirana gharana (singing style) of Hindustani classical music. She is also known by her honorific title ''Malika-e-Mauseeqi'' (The Queen of Music) and ''The Que ...

was a vocalist belonging to the Kirana gharana (singing style) of Hindustani classical music. She is also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Mauseeqi (The Queen of Music) and The Queen of Classical Music in both

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. *

Javed Chaudhry Javed Chaudhry (; born 1 January 1968) is a Pakistani columnist, YouTuber, and journalist who has been hosting the ''Kal Tak'' show on Express News since 2006. He also writes newspaper Urdu columns on various topics in his ''Zero Point'' col ...

is a columnist and journalist from Lala Musa, who is known for his infamous column 'Zero Point'. *

Qamar Zaman Kaira Qamar Zaman Kaira (; born 5 January 1960) is a former Minister of Information and Mass-Media Broadcasting in the Government of Pakistan from 2008 to 2013. He also remained an advisor on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan to Prime Minister S ...

is a senior leader of

Pakistan People's Party The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a political party in Pakistan and one of the three major Pakistani political parties alongside the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. With a centre-left political position, it is cu ...

and a former federal information minister and governor of

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...

. *

Alam Lohar Alam Lohar () was a Pakistani Punjabi folk music singer. He is widely regarded as the greatest singer of Punjabi folk music. He is credited with creating and popularising the musical term Jugni. Early life Alam Lohar was born in 1928 in Ac ...

, a

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 ...

folk singer, belonged to Lalamusa. He died in a road accident on 3 July 1979 and was buried in a city graveyard. *

Arif Lohar Arif Lohar (; born 18 April 1966) is a Pakistani singer who is associated with Punjabi folk music and an occasional actor. The son of the renowned folk singer Alam Lohar, Arif Lohar became popular in Pakistan and India after his famous song " ...

is a famous folk singer who is also from Lalamusa. * Suri Sehgal, an Indian-American scientist and philanthropist, grew up in Lala Musa city before the partition of Punjab between India and Pakistan.

References

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External links

Fallinggrain: Lalamusa - Pakistan page
Populated places in Gujrat District Cities in Punjab (Pakistan) Kharian Tehsil