Kamalia
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Kamalia is a city and tehsil
of the Punjab
Province of Pakistan
. It is part of Toba Tek Singh District, which is part of the erstwhile Faisalabad Division
.
chief named Khan Kamal Khan Kharal in the fourteenth century. In the Indian Rebellion of 1857
, it was one of the sites of an uprising by the local people, who held it for a week. It had a populatation of 6976 in 1901. It was identified by Cunningham
as one of the towns taken by Alexander the Great in 325BC.
Govt. Polytechnical Institute
, 6 of which from the city Kamalia including Beroon Kamalia.
), which is the largest and, architecturally, the most significant Haveli
in Kamalia; the Tomb of Hazrat Shah Hussain; Markazi Jameh Masjid Shah Jahani (Jahangiri Mosque) and the Shrine of Hazrat Baba Fazal Dewan. Also of note is Saddar Bazaar and Iqbal Bazaar, Government College of Technology, Mazhar Hospital, Fazil Dewan Park and New Park and others.
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....
of the 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...
Province of 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 part of Toba Tek Singh District, which is part of the erstwhile Faisalabad Division
Faisalabad Division
Faisalabad Division was an administrative division of the Punjab Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. At abolition it contained the following districts: Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Chiniot....
.
History
Kamalia was a town in the district and tehsil of Montgomery, Punjab, situated in 30°43'N and 72°40'E, 27 miles west of Montgomery town, and 14 miles from Chichawatni station on the North-Western Railway. The town was founded by a KharalKharal
-History:Kharal are Panwar Rajputs. Panwar is Sub division of Paramara Rajputs.The Paramara belongs to the Agnivansha of Rajputs....
chief named Khan Kamal Khan Kharal in the fourteenth century. In the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
, it was one of the sites of an uprising by the local people, who held it for a week. It had a populatation of 6976 in 1901. It was identified by Cunningham
Alexander Cunningham
Sir Alexander Cunningham KCIE CSI was a British archaeologist and army engineer, known as the father of the Archaeological Survey of India...
as one of the towns taken by Alexander the Great in 325BC.
Education
There are many schools and colleges.- Govt. Laboratory High School
- Govt. High School No.1
- Govt. high school for girls
- Govt. Elementary school
- Govt. High school No.2
Private Schools
- Muhammad Bin Qasim High school
- Ravian High School
- Little Angel Public school
- Zeeshan Model school
- Decent Public school
- Sardar Tameer-E-Millat secondary school
Colleges
- Government Colleges:
- Govt. P.S.T(Prem Sati Trust) College.
- Govt. GCT College
- Govt. Commerce College
- Govt. Elementary College
- Govt. Post Graduate College for Women
Govt. Polytechnical Institute
Private Colleges
- Quaid-e-Azam College of Science and commerce
- Command College of Science and commerce.....
- The Kamalia University of Kamalia is under construction.
Crops
Major crops of the town are wheat, grain, peas, and barley are the important crops of Rabi season, while Kharif crops are cotton, sugarcane, jawar, bajra, oil seeds which are shipped by rail and road to other parts of the country.Administration
The tehsil of Kamalia is administratively subdivided into 26 Union CouncilsUnion Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
, 6 of which from the city Kamalia including Beroon Kamalia.
Notable landmarks
Notable landmarks include Jiwan Veroana, Ghulam Hussain Veroan, Saad Manzil (of late Amir Habibullah Khan SaadiAmir Habibullah Khan Saadi
Rai Amir Habibullah Khan Saadi was a Manj Rajput ruler of Talwan in Jalandhar District, Punjab, British India and a military officer who became a freedom fighter in British India and a political leader in Pakistan...
), which is the largest and, architecturally, the most significant Haveli
Haveli
Haveli is the term used for a private mansion in India and Pakistan. The word haveli is derived from the Persian word hawli, meaning "an enclosed place"...
in Kamalia; the Tomb of Hazrat Shah Hussain; Markazi Jameh Masjid Shah Jahani (Jahangiri Mosque) and the Shrine of Hazrat Baba Fazal Dewan. Also of note is Saddar Bazaar and Iqbal Bazaar, Government College of Technology, Mazhar Hospital, Fazil Dewan Park and New Park and others.