Chakdina
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Chakdina or Dinachak is a village in Kharian Tehsil
of Gujrat District
, Punjab
, Pakistan
. It is situated at about five km westwards from the town of Lalamusa
.
Chakdina is situated in the Ganja Union Council. Other villages in this Union Council are Ganja, Chak Ikhlas, Hai
l, Mughli
, Dhalla, Chak Rajjadi, Jataria Khurd
, Jataria Kalan, Chatta and Sarwani.
of Arab
descent at the site of Shahpur, a deserted city considered to be the capital of Gujjar
tribe.
British India (BI) Steam Navigation Company (registeed in 1856 as the Calcutta & Burmah Steam Navigation Company and got new name in 1862) borrowed the name Chakdina from this village to name two of its ships. Chakdina (1) built in 1914 was bombed and sunk in Mediterranean in 1941. Chakdina (2) built in 1951 was transferred to Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company in 1973, in 1975 it was renamed Strathlairg and it was scrapped in Taiwan in 1977.
The total agricultural land of the village is 1350 acres (5.5 km²). In 1966, after the Mangla Dam was built, some people from Mirpur (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) migrated to the village and inhabited a new locality namely 'Chak Fazal Shah' within the revenue limits of Chakdina. They also purchased some agricultural land from the people of Chakdina. In exchange for some land, they helped its owners to send their sons to England for job. As such five boys of the village were sent to England who later settled there. Some overseas workers belonging to this village have also settled in other European countries such as Norway
, Italy
, Spain
and Portugal and in North America.
is named after Chakdina and is called Bazaar Dinaychakian. Dinaychakian means, in Punjabi
, the people of Dinachak. This bazaar was inhabited by Bagh Sha, a Hindu who migrated from Chakdina to Lalamusa in 1929. The first building in the bazaar was Haveli Bagh Sha. Some parts of this building are still present in original form.
Afsana Afsar remained member of Youth Parliament Pakistan, a project of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) in 2008-09 from YP45-PUNJAB26.
Kharian Tehsil
Kharian Tehsil is a subdivision of Gujrat District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The tehsil, which is headquartered at the city of Kharian, is administratively subdivided into 43 Union Councils.-See also:* Gujrat* Gujrat District...
of Gujrat District
Gujrat District
Gujrat is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is an ancient district located in between two famous rivers, the Jhelum and Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers the land is good for cultivation with rice and sugar cane as main crops...
, Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. It is situated at about five km westwards from the town of Lalamusa
Lalamusa
Lalamusa is a town in Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is geographically located at latitude 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world...
.
Chakdina is situated in the Ganja Union Council. Other villages in this Union Council are Ganja, Chak Ikhlas, Hai
HAI
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l, Mughli
Mughli
Mughli is a family-based chain of Indian-Pakistani restaurants, serving fine "mughlai cuisine" – recipes from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent....
, Dhalla, Chak Rajjadi, Jataria Khurd
Jataria Khurd
Jataria Khurd is a village in Kharian Tehsil of Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated at about five km westwards from the town of Lalamusa....
, Jataria Kalan, Chatta and Sarwani.
Etymology
The name Chakdina is combination of words 'Chak' meaning village and 'Dina' meaning of Allahdin. The first inhabitant of the village Chaudhry Allahdin was nicknamed Dina hence Chakdina became the name of the village. There are other villages in the union council which have names of the same pattern like Chak Ikhlas and Chak Rajjadi.History
Many people still refer to the old name of the village which was Dinachak. It was founded in eighteenth century by Chaudhry Allahdin, a GujjarGujjar
The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
of Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
descent at the site of Shahpur, a deserted city considered to be the capital of Gujjar
Gujjar
The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
tribe.
British India (BI) Steam Navigation Company (registeed in 1856 as the Calcutta & Burmah Steam Navigation Company and got new name in 1862) borrowed the name Chakdina from this village to name two of its ships. Chakdina (1) built in 1914 was bombed and sunk in Mediterranean in 1941. Chakdina (2) built in 1951 was transferred to Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company in 1973, in 1975 it was renamed Strathlairg and it was scrapped in Taiwan in 1977.
The total agricultural land of the village is 1350 acres (5.5 km²). In 1966, after the Mangla Dam was built, some people from Mirpur (Azad Jammu and Kashmir) migrated to the village and inhabited a new locality namely 'Chak Fazal Shah' within the revenue limits of Chakdina. They also purchased some agricultural land from the people of Chakdina. In exchange for some land, they helped its owners to send their sons to England for job. As such five boys of the village were sent to England who later settled there. Some overseas workers belonging to this village have also settled in other European countries such as Norway
Norway
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, Italy
Italy
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, Spain
Spain
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and Portugal and in North America.
Population
Presently, most of the current population of the village, traces its descent from Chaudhry Allahdin who belonged to the Kundowana sub-caste of the Gujjars. However, the village also has other sub-castes of Gujjars like Porr, Machiwal etc. The village also has Syed and Kashmiri families.Bazaar Dinaychakian
One of the famous bazaars in the town of LalamusaLalamusa
Lalamusa is a town in Gujrat District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is geographically located at latitude 32° 42' 0" North of the Equator and longitude 73° 57' 35" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of the world...
is named after Chakdina and is called Bazaar Dinaychakian. Dinaychakian means, in Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
, the people of Dinachak. This bazaar was inhabited by Bagh Sha, a Hindu who migrated from Chakdina to Lalamusa in 1929. The first building in the bazaar was Haveli Bagh Sha. Some parts of this building are still present in original form.
Politics
Nobody from the village has so far contested the elections for Senate, National Assembly or Punjab Assembly.Afsana Afsar remained member of Youth Parliament Pakistan, a project of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) in 2008-09 from YP45-PUNJAB26.