Gujranwala District (), is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

that is a part of the in

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 ...

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. Gujranwala District is bordered by the districts of

Wazirabad Wazirabad (Urdu/) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative capital of Wazirabad District (formerly a Tehsil of Gujranwala District). Famous for its cutlery products, it is known as the city of cutlery and is also quite famous f ...

Sialkot Sialkot (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of the Sialkot District and the List of most populous cities in Pakistan, 12th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined ...

Hafizabad Hafizabad ( Punjabi / ; ; ) is a city and capital of Hafizabad District located in Punjab, Pakistan. Hafizabad is an old settlement. In 327 BC, during Alexander's invasion of Punjab, the territory of the Sandal Bar was reported to be a well popu ...

and

Sheikhupura Sheikhupura (Punjabi language, Punjabi / ; ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of ...

. Gujranwala district has 5

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and 12 Punjab Assembly constituencies. Gujranwala is known as the ''city of wrestlers'' and famous for its food.

History

Gujranwala belongs to the

Majha Majha ( ''Mājhā''; ; from "mañjhlā" )Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਮਾਝਾ , is a region located in the central parts of the historical Punjab region, presently split between the republics of Pakistan and India. It extends north from the ...

region of ancient

. The village of Asarur has been identified as the location of Taki, an ancient town, visited by the Chinese pilgrim

Hiuen Tsiang Xuanzang (; ; 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contribu ...

contains immense ruins of Buddhist origin. After the time of Tsiang little is known about Gujranwala till the Islamic conquests by

Mahmud of Ghazni Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Sabuktigin (; 2 November 971 – 30 April 1030), usually known as Mahmud of Ghazni or Mahmud Ghaznavi (), was Sultan of the Ghaznavid Empire, ruling from 998 to 1030. During his reign and in medieval sources, he is usuall ...

, by this time, however, Taki had fallen into oblivion while

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 ...

had become the capital of Punjab. Lahore had replaced Taki as the major city of Punjab and it became the second capital of the

Ghaznavids The Ghaznavid dynasty ( ''Ġaznaviyān'') was a Persianate Muslim dynasty of Turkic peoples, Turkic ''mamluk'' origin. It ruled the Ghaznavid Empire or the Empire of Ghazni from 977 to 1186, which at its greatest extent, extended from the Oxus ...

. The contemporary village of Asarur has been identified as the site of the ancient city. From the beginning of the 7th century

Gujjar The Gurjar (or Gujjar, Gujar, Gurjara) are an agricultural ethnic community, residing mainly in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, divided internally into various clan groups. They were traditionally involved in agriculture, pastoral and nomadic ...

kingdoms dominated Eastern portions of Pakistan and northern India. The district flourished during

Mughal rule The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

, from the days of

Akbar Akbar (Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, – ), popularly known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expa ...

to those of

Aurangzeb Alamgir I (Muhi al-Din Muhammad; 3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, also called Aurangzeb the Conqueror, was the sixth Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707, becomi ...

, wells were scattered over the whole country, and villages lay thickly dotted about the southern plateau, now a barren waste of grass land and scrub jungle. Their remains may still be found in the wildest and most solitary reaches of the Bar.Gujrānwāla District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 355
/ref> The Punjab region became predominantly

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due to

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group who is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Thoma ...

Sufi Sufism ( or ) is a mysticism, mystic body of religious practice found within Islam which is characterized by a focus on Islamic Tazkiyah, purification, spirituality, ritualism, and Asceticism#Islam, asceticism. Practitioners of Sufism are r ...

saints whose

dargah A Sufi shrine or dargah ( ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargāh'' दरगाह درگاہ, ''dôrgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervi ...

s dot the landscape of

Punjab region 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 ...

Eminabad Eminabad (), formerly known as Saidpur, is a town located in the southeast of Gujranwala city, in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is 12 to 15 km away from Gujranwala city. According to the census of 2017 it has a population of 27,460 inhabita ...

and

were the chief towns (the latter now part of a separate district), while the country was divided into six well-tilled

pargana Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...

s. But before the end of the Islamic period the tract was mysteriously depopulated. The tribes at present occupying the District are all immigrants of recent date, and before their advent the whole region seems for a time to have been almost entirely abandoned. The only plausible conjecture to account for this sudden and disastrous change is that it resulted from the constant wars by which the Punjab was convulsed during the last years of Mughal Imperial rule. After the decline of the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to ...

following Aurangzeb's death in 1707, the

Afsharids The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly referred to as Afsharid Iran or the Afsharid Empire, was an Iranian empire established by the Turkoman Afshar tribe in Iran's north-eastern province of Khorasan, establishing the Afsharid dynasty that w ...

in 1739 under their powerful Turko-Iranian conqueror

Nadir Shah Nader Shah Afshar (; 6 August 1698 or 22 October 1688 – 20 June 1747) was the founder of the Afsharid dynasty of Iran and one of the most powerful rulers in Iranian history, ruling as shah of Iran (Persia) from 1736 to 1747, when he was a ...

destroyed what remained of the once powerful Mughal Empire. Between 1747 and 1772 the Durrani Afghans of

Ahmad Shah Abdali Ahmad Shāh Durrānī (; ; – 4 June 1772), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (), was the first ruler and founder of the Durrani Empire. He is often regarded as the founder of modern Afghanistan. Throughout his reign, Ahmad Shah fought ov ...

and the

Sikh Misls The Sikh Confederacy was a confederation of twelve sovereign Sikh states (each known as a Misl, derived from the Arabic word مِثْل meaning 'equal'; sometimes spelt as Misal) which rose during the 18th century in the Punjab region in the n ...

vied for control of the region following the power vacuum left by the

Mughals The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of pre ...

. The area was under the control of the

Durrani Empire The Durrani Empire, colloquially known as the Afghan Empire, or the Saddozai Kingdom, was an Afghanistan, Afghan empire founded by the Durrani tribe of Pashtuns under Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747, which spanned parts of Central Asia, the Iranian ...

for a short period of time. Eventually the Sikh

Sukerchakia Misl The Sukerchakia Misl was one of twelve Sikh Sikh Confederacy, misls in Punjab region, Punjab during the 18th century, concentrated in Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts in western Punjab region, Punjab (in modern-Pakistan) and ruled from (1752 ...

Charat Singh Sardar Charat Singh (1721–1770 or 1733–1774), also romanised as Charhat Singh, was the founder of Sukerchakia Misl, father of Mahan Singh, and the grandfather of Ranjit Singh, the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He distinguished hims ...

won out and occupied the area of Gujranwala making it his new capital.

Chattha State (1750 - 1797)

The Chatthas under their leader

Nur Muhammad Chattha Nur Muhammad Chattha (Punjabi:; 1704–1765) was an 18th-century Punjabi Muslim chieftain of the Chattha clan of Jats in the region of Gujranwala, Punjab. A prominent figure during the waning years of Mughal authority in the region, Chattha ro ...

declared independence from

in 1750 and formed the Chattha State.After Pir Muhammad Chattha's death his son Ghulam Muhammad Chattha inherited the Chattha state and the hatred of Sukerchakias. The rivalry was passed down to

Mahan Singh Maha Singh ('; 1760 – 15 April 1790 or 1756 – April 1792), also spelt as Mahan or Mahn Singh, was the second Sardar of the Sukerchakia Misl, which as a Sikh grouping with its guerilla militia was one of twelve Sikh Misls that later became p ...

and Ghulam Muhammad Chattha. Under his leadership the Chathas gained several successes over the Sikhs,and it at one time looked as if the progress of the Sikh arms had been arrested and their dominion in the

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annihilated. Chattha State was annexed when Jan Muhammad Chattha was killed in a siege led 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 ...

when the latter recovered the lost Chattha state with Afghan aid.

Bhattis Bhati (also romanised as Bhattī) is a Rajput clan. The Bhati clan historically ruled over several cities in present-day India and Pakistan with their final capital and kingdom being Jaisalmer, India. History The Bhatis of Jaisalmer belong ...

(Rajputs) maintained a sturdy independence. In the end, however, the Sukerchakia misl succeeded in bringing them under its power. Maha Singh’s son

, founder of the

Sikh Empire The Sikh Empire was a regional power based in the Punjab, Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. It existed from 1799, when Maharaja Ranjit Singh captured Lahore, to 1849, when it was defeated and conquered by the East India Company, Br ...

, was born in Gujranwala. Gujranwala was the capital of the

hence many important personalities of the

were born here such as

and his most famous general

Hari Singh Nalwa Hari Singh Nalwa (29 April 1791 – 30 April 1837) was the commander-in-chief of the Sikh Khalsa Army, Sikh Khalsa Fauj, the army of the Sikh Empire. He is known for his role in the conquests of Kasur, Sialkot, Attock, Multan, Kashmir, Peshaw ...

. In 1849, the district was occupied by the

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who annexed the entirety of the

after defeating them in the

Second Anglo-Sikh War The Second Anglo-Sikh War was a military conflict between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company which took place from 1848 to 1849. It resulted in the fall of the Sikh Empire, and the annexation of the Punjab region, Punjab and what sub ...

. The

Dogra dynasty The Dogra dynasty of Dogra Rajputs from the Shivalik hills created Jammu and Kashmir through the treaties with the East India Company following the First Anglo-Sikh war. Events led the Sikh Empire to recognise Jammu as a vassal state in 1820, ...

collaborated with the British and helped them in bringing down the

. A cantonment was established at Wazirabad, which was abolished in 1855. The District formed a part originally of the extensive District of Wazirabad, which comprised the whole upper portion of the Rechna Doab.Gujrānwāla District Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 12, p. 356
/ref> Mall of Gujranwala

In 1852 this unwieldy territory was divided between Gujranwala and

Sialkot District Sialkot District ( Punjabi and ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852 ...

. The District, as then constituted, stretched across the entire plateau, from the Chenab to the Ravi; but in 1853 the south-eastern fringe, consisting of 303 villages, was transferred to

Lahore District Lahore District () is a Districts of Punjab, Pakistan, district in Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous Districts of Pakistan, district of Pakistan, with ...

, and three years later a second batch of 324 villages was handed over to the same District. There was no outbreak during the

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against Company rule in India, the rule of the East India Company, British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the The Crown, British ...

and the Hindus and Sikh rallied to the side of Government with the greatest enthusiasm while

s rallied for the

. According to the 1901 census the District had a population of 890,577 and contained 8 towns and 1,331 villages. Its population according to the 1881 census was 616,892 rising to 690,169 in 1891. The population increased by 29 per cent between 1891 and 1901 - the increase being greatest in the Hafizabad and Khangah Dogran tahsils, owing to the extension of canal-irrigation and the colonisation of the Bar. At the time the district was divided into four tehsils, namely:

Gujranwala Gujranwala is the List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, fourth most-populous city in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Located in northern-central Punjab's Rachna Doab, it serves as the headquarters of its Gujranwala District, epony ...

and Khangah Dogran (the headquarters of each being at the place from which it is named). The chief towns during British rule were the municipalities of Gujranwala, the headquarters of the District,

Rasulnagar Rasool Nagar or Rasul Nagar ( Punjabi and ) is a small town in Wazirabad District, in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated on the bank of the Chenab River. It has its own municipality, which is governed by a chairman. The neighboring cities ...

, Ali Pur Chattha, Eminabad,

Qila Didar Singh Qila Didar Singh (), is a historic town of Gujranwala District, Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab, Pakistan. Its population was estimated to be 66,491 in 2017. Qila Didar Singh lies on the Gujranwala-Hafizabad Road, 17 km west of Gujranwala. The t ...

, and the

notified area A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...

of Sodhra. During the British era, the district of Gujranwala was part of

Lahore Division Lahore Division is an administrative division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. It comprises four Districts - Kasur, Lahore, Nankana Sahib and Sheikhupura. The Lahore Division is commanded by a Commissioner to manage the division. Under the Commissio ...

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, the residual Gujranwala district has 706,796 households and a population of 4,966,338. The district has a sex ratio of 103.96 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 76.65%: 77.94% for males and 75.31% for females. 1,322,407 (26.73% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 3,224,962 (64.95%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 91.61% of the population in the residual district spoke

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 ...

and 6.48%

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as their first language.

Tribes and castes

As per the 2020 gazetteer of Gujranwala District, the distribution in terms of tribes and castes are the following:

Administration

Gujranwala is in fact a City district. The district is divided into the following tehsils: * Gujranwala City * Gujranwala Saddar *

Kamoke Kamoke (Urdu: ''کامونکی'') is a city in the Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. It ranks as the 30th largest city in Pakistan according to the 2023 census with a population of 292,023. Kamoke is known for its prominent rice market, being one of ...

* Nowshera Virkan Furthermore, there are the following towns under these tehsils: * Khiali Shahpure Town * Aroop Town * Nandipur Town * Qila Didar Singh Town * Kamoke Town * Naushehra Virkan Town The first four towns lie in Gujranwala City and Saddar tehsils while the last two towns are under their respective tehsils, i.e. Tehsil Kamoke and Naushehra Virkan respectively. Gujranwala is the district headquarters while Gujranwala, Kamoke and Naushehra Virkan are tehsil headquarters.

Colleges and Universities

* University of the Punjab, Gujranwala Campus, bypass road Near Shalimar Town, Gujranwala *

Saint Mary's Institute of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Allied Health Sciences In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the ...

*University of Health Sciences, Gujranwala Medical College, Ali Pure Chatha Road, Gujranwala *Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Gujranwala Inst. of Nuclear Medicine, Sialkot Road, Nizampure, Gujranwala *

Allama Iqbal Open University Allama Iqbal Open University is a public university in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is named after Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the country's national poet. It is the world's fifth largest institution of higher learning in terms of enrolment, with an a ...

, Regional Campus Gujranwala *

Virtual University of Pakistan The Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) () is a public university in Islamabad. It mainly focuses on providing e-learning programs through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools. Overview Virtual University was established in 200 ...

, Gujranwala Campus, GT Road Gujranwala *Pakistan Military Aviation Training School, Link Air Base Road off Main Shahra-e-Qauid-e-Azam, Cantt. Gujranwala *

GIFT University GIFT University (Gujranwala Institute of Future Technologies) is a private university located in Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of the leading higher education institutions in the region, offering a wide range of academic programs from ...

, Sialkot By-pass Road near Garden Town, Gujranwala * (SM College), Gujranwala *

Saint Mary's College of Medical & Advance Studies In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Anglican, Oriental Ortho ...

*Government of Commerce People's Colony Gujranwala * Govt. College, Satellite Town, Gujranwala *Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Satellite Town, Gujranwala *Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Model Town, Gujranwala *Govt. Islamia Post Graduate College, Islamia College Road, Gujranwala *Govt. College for Girls, Islamia College Road, Gujranwala *Govt. College for Girls, Niyaean Chowk, Urdu Bazar, Gujranwala *Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Model Town, Gujranwala *Govt. Degree College, People's Colony, Gujranwala *Govt. College for Girls, People's Colony, Gujranwala *Federal Govt. College, Cantt., Gujranwala *Federal Govt. College for Girls, Cantt., Gujranwala *Govt. College for Girls, Cantt., Gujranwala *Chenab College Of Engineering And Technology Gujranwala *GOVT College Of Commerce Nowshera road *GOVT College Of Commerce for Girls, Civil Lines, Gujranwala *GOVT College Of Technology, GT road Gujranwala *GOVT Leather Tech. Instt. GT road Gujranwala *GOVT tech, training Inst. Pasrur road Gujranwala *GOVT Vocational training Instt. for Girls, Cantt. Gujranwala *Sanat Zaar, Jinnah Road Gujranwala *Saint Mary's Law College *

University of Central Punjab The University of Central Punjab (Urdu: ''یونیورسٹی آف سنٹرل پنجاب'') or UCP is a private university located on Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. History On 15 August 1996, the Punjab Group of Colleges, ...

, Gujranwala Campus, Sialkot bypass road Gujranwala *Chenab College Of Engineering And Technology Gujranwala *Punjab Group of Colleges

Transport links

Rail

The main Peshawar-Karachi railway line passes through Gujranwala district. The district is linked with Sialkot, Hafizabad and Gujrat districts through railway network.

Economy

Gujranwala District is 3rd largest industrial city of Pakistan, and important player in famous Golden Triangle of Pakistan. Gujranwala contributes at least 5% to the GDP of Pakistan. Gujranwala is largest manufacturer of sanitary fittings, textiles, plastic furniture, pots, room coolers and heaters, gas stove and agricultural tools and equipment. Pakistan's top quality Basmati rice is grown in this region.

Notable people

Govinda Ahuja Govinda Arun Ahuja (born 21 December 1963), known mononymously as Govinda is an Indian actor- turned-politician, who has appeared in more than 165 Hindi-language films. A leading actor throughout 1990s, he is known for his slapstick performa ...

, often known mononymously as Govinda, Bollywood actor * Kasturi Lal Chopra, an Indian materials physicist and a former director of the

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT-KGP) is a Public university, public institute of technology, research university, and autonomous institute established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Foun ...

Ram Nath Chopra Sir Ram Nath Chopra CIE, IMS (17 August 1882 – 13 June 1973) was an Indian Medical Service officer and a doyen of science and medicine of India. He is considered the "Father of Indian Pharmacology" for his work on pharmaceuticals and his ...

, an Indian Medical Service officer, considered the "Father of Indian

Pharmacology Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur betwee ...

" *

Amrita Pritam Amrita Pritam (; 31 August 1919 – 31 October 2005) was an Indian novelist, essayist and poet, who wrote in Punjabi and Hindi. A prominent figure in Punjabi literature, she is the recipient of the 1956 Sahitya Akademi Award. Her body o ...

, a Punjabi novelist, essayist and poet *

Kripa Sagar Kripa Sagar (1875-1939) was a Punjabi poet. He was a major figure of Punjabi literature in the late nineteenth century. Early life Born Kripa Das on May 4 1875 in the village of Pipnakha in the outskirts of Gujranwala (now a major city in Pak ...

, a Punjabi poet and an important figure of

Punjabi literature Punjabi literature, specifically literary works written in the Punjabi language, is characteristic of the historical Punjab of present-day Pakistan and India and the Punjabi diaspora. The Punjabi language is written in several scripts, of which th ...

in the late nineteenth century. * Shaista Nuzhat, a Punjabi poet, linguist and researcher in Punjabi language. * Luqman Butt, cricketer for Cambodia

References

External links

Punjab Government website
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