Gujar Khan

Gujar Khan (Punjabi/Urdu: گوجر خان‎) is a city in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, and the largest tehsil of Punjab by land area.
Gujar Khan is approximately 55 kilometres southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab. It is bounded on the north by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, on the south by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, on the east by Azad Kashmir and Kahuta and on the west by Chakwal and Khushab.

The early history of Gujar Khan can only be collected from the people of such villages around Gujar Khan who have been living there for more than a few centuries. Most of the small villages have come about within last couple of hundred years.
The tehsil of Gujar Khan, an administrative subdivision of Rawalpindi District in Punjab province, Pakistan, is administratively subdivided into 33 Union Councils - these are:

Bewal
Bhadana
Changa Bangial
Daultala
Devi
Gujar Khan-I
Jatli
Kuri Dolal
Mandrah
Manghot
Mankiala Branmma
Matwa
Kalyam Awan
Mohra Noori
Kauntrila
Narali
Punjgran Kalan
Qazian
Raman
Sahang
Sui Cheemian
Sukho
Syed Kasran
[Dadwal ]]

In many of the bigger villages there are people who come from different tribal lines, which give the places population. It is essential to find villages that have large enough tribes that could go back in time for a few hundred years.

Up till 1960, Gujar Khan was not a big city at all but a reasonable size town and people who are sixty years old or older and have known Gujar Khan they know it well.

Even in those days Gujar Khan was the only reasonable size town for miles for supplies of building materials for example. All raods leading to villages either side of GT Road were just walking paths. Very muddy during rainy season. I still remember the old PRAA beside the Railway line Phaatak opposite side of the Gujar Khan civil Hospital.

Since 60s things have taken turn for the better due to money that has been send back home by people who went abroad in search of work. Particularly by people from UK.

I saw Gujar Khan recently 40 years later and I was pleasantly surprised that it has now turn into Rawalpindi or even larger within last 40 years. People from villages from around Gujar Khan have come to settle in there either for taking advantage of the ciry life or for reason of escaping poverty. That is because as village population is increasing, the family land is reducing and no longer can support people, so they must find alternatives.

Hope everyone benefits. I will see if I can write something about Gujar Khan if I have the time.

Take care, salaam to everyone.