Mandi Bahauddin
Mandi Bahauddin (Urdu: منڈی بہاؤالدین ) is the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province, Pakistan. The town is 204 metres above sea level and is situated in upper Punjab, and is 50km away from the M2 - Motorway. The climate is very hot in summer and cold in winters. During peak summer the day temperature goes up to 45 degrees, but the winter months are very pleasant and the minimum temperature may fall below 2 degrees. The average rain fall in the district is 50 mm.
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Administration
Mandi Bahauddin, headquarters town of the district is also tehsil headquarters. Tehsil Mandi Bahauddin has 27 Union Administrations / Union Councils. |Union Councils]]:[1]Now a days, under the new Local Governments system introduced by President Musharaf in 2001, Mr. Riaz Asghar Chaudhry,(an Engineer by profession, educated in US, formerly Chairman Zila Council and MD M/s Millat Tractors Ltd) is District Nazim(Head of District Local Government) of the district. The politicians of district Mandibahauddin are also playing their role in the national and provincial politics.Another veteran politician Mr. Nazar Muhammad Gondal(an Advocate and agriculturist by profession and formerly District Nazim) has been entrusted the portfolios of the ministries of Anti Norcotices and Agriculture by the present colation government. People at large believe that the polticians and the state machinery / administration did not play their due role to solve the problems of the district. Roads infrastructure in the district needs immediate improvement.
History
Early history
In 1506 C.E. Chief Bahauddin, a Gondal Jat, established a settlement namely Pindi Bahauddin, after his migration from Pindi Shah Jahanian to this area.
British era
Mandi Bahauddin came under British rule in the nineteenth century, the city is near to Chillianwala the site of a famous battle of the second Sikh war between the British, commanded by Lord Guff, and the Khalsa Sikh Army.
The population grew in the early 20th century near the ancient village [Chak No. 51], where Sikh, Hindu and Muslim businessmen and landowners came to settle. The town was named Mandi Bahauddin after the establishment of a grain market in the area (Mandi means market). During British rule in 1916 the Pindi Bahauddin Railway station was established. It was a time when the British were establishing and introducing modern and essential public use equipments in their best interest. The Railway System was introduced and laid down to defend their Empire from the North. So it was called North-Western Railway (NWR).
Chak Bandi was made by Sir Malcum Heley and approximately 51 Chaks were settled and notified. In these 51 Chaks , the land was awarded to the people who worked for British Empire. Chak 51 became the centre of this newly established town. The map of this Chak was made by John Alam. A famous grain market was set up in this Chak. After this the Chak No. 51 was called Mandi-Bahauddin. In 1920 this name was notified. In 1924 Pindi-Bahauddin Railway station was notified the above mentioned name. In 1937 when Mandi-Bahauddin was town, it was given the status of a town committee. In 1941 it was given the status of a Municipal Committee. In the Master plan of reconstructing this town, in 1923 all the streets and roads were laid straight and wide. In 1946 nine gates and the wall surrounding this town was completed due to roits[clarify].
After independence
After the 1947 partition when the Sikhs and the Hindus have migrated to India, many Muslim from India migrated and settled here. In 1960 this city was given the status of Sub-Division. In 1963, the Rasul Barrage and Rasul-Qadirabad link canal project under Indus Basin irrigation project started. The Project was managed by WAPDA, and a large colony for government employees and foreign contractors was constructed a few kilometers from Mandi Bahauddin. This projected was completed in 1968 by Engineer Riazur Rahman Shariff as the Project Director. This project brought lime light to Mandi Bahauddin and helped the city grow commercially.[2]
In 1993, Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, The Chief Minister of Punjab, announced and notified this city as a District H.Q. of a new district of Mandi Bahauddin
The tehsil headquarters towns of Phalia and Malikwal are 22.5 and 28.5 kilometres from Mandi Bahauddin, respectively. [3]
Schools & Colleges
- District Jinnah Public School & College Mandi Bahauddin(A Quality institution run by a non-profit based Trust headed by the District Coordination Officer)
- Rangers Public School & College Mandi Bahauddin
- Ghazali School System
- Govt.Tameer-e-millat High School.
- Govt. High School.
- Govt. S.S.High School.
- Misali Ravian Science Academy.
- Government college of commerce.
- Government College of Technology, Rasul.
- Government post graduate college.
- National College of Commerce and Computer Sciences
- Govt. High School Wasu.
- Jinnah College of Information & Technology
- Virtual University of Pakistan,Local Private Campus
- City science academy
References
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mandi Bahauddin - Government of Pakistan
- ^ History of Mandi-bahauddin By M.Umer Azam, Nazar Muhammad Cheema & Addition and Revision by S.T. Shah
- ^ Review City
Kingswood Academy of Computer Science and English. M.B.Din
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