Renala Khurd
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[edit] Geography of Renala Khurd
Renala Khurd is a growing city in south west province Punjab of Pakistan. Renala Khurd lies between 30.8833 North Latitude and 73.6000 East Longitude. Its approximate height above the sea level is about 570 feet (173 meters). It is located about 117 km from Lahore and 10km from Okara city towards south-west of Lahore on national highway (G.T.Road) and on Lahore Karachi main railway line. It is a tehsil of Okara district. Eastern time zone of Renala Khurd is UTC+5+6DT.
[edit] History of Renala Khurd
Before in this region there were acres of barren and unirrigated land with trees of MALAH. It was formerly known as Malah Walah. A part of Renala Khurd is naturally deprived of the underground sweet water. People in this part rely on canals as the main source of irrigation, as tube -wells, unlike other parts of the district, only pour out salty water which nothing but spoils the land. Traces are also found of a long range of ruins, called dhaya in local language, which, according to popular myth, are the remains of some unknown ancient city which may have been engulfed by the river 'Biyas'. These ruins give a mysterious look ------ something like a blend of desert and tiny hills, and also serve as the hideout for thieves and robbers. To go back in time, to the era of the British Raj and the brilliant irrigation network of canals they established all over Punjab, extending into Sindh. In 1849, the British occupied this area. The British Indian army built canal colonies with the help of imported migrant labour employed to clear and develop the forest and scrub land. Renala Khurd city was established in 1914 when Canal-Loar- Bari-Doo-Aab (Mughal king Akbar along with his son Saleem and royal entourage stayed in Dipalpur when he came to pay homage to saint Hazrat Farid Ghang Shakar 1578. Akbar named the corridor as 'Bari Doab' by combining the syllables of the names of two rivers Beas and Ravi that bounded the belt.) passed through this region.
The peasant migrants were promised ownership once it was rendered arable, but as it turned out to be the most fertile and rich of the provinces; the army reconsidered, retained ownership of the land and settled the migrants as tenants. In 1913, Renala Khurd Stud State Farm 5,000 acres land was leased out to the Punjab government to cater to the needs of the army for horses, fodder and dairy products, and the tenancy agreements continued. Renala Khurd is famous for its horses, and horses of Renala Khurd Stud State Farm have won International Derby race many times Come partition and with it the Pakistan army, which took control of the major portion of irrigated land left by the army of the British Raj on which it established its own farms, keeping the tenants. One of the largest of these farms is that at Okara, spread over 17,000 acres of prime land. It is in Okara that the unthinkable, as far as Pakistan is concerned, has happened.
[edit] Climate of Renala Khurd
Most areas in Renala Khurd experience fairly cool winters, often accompanied by rain. By mid-February the temperature begins to rise; springtime weather continues until mid-April, when the summer heat sets in.
The onset of the southwest monsoon is anticipated to reach Renala Khurd by May, but since the early 1970s the weather pattern has been irregular. The spring monsoon has either skipped over the area or has caused it to rain so hard that floods have resulted. June and July are oppressively hot. Although official estimates rarely place the temperature above 46 °C, newspaper sources claim that it reaches 51 °C and regularly carry reports about people who have succumbed to the heat. In August the oppressive heat is punctuated by the rainy season, referred to as barsat, which brings relief in its wake. The hardest part of the summer is then over, but cooler weather does not come until late October.
[edit] Demographics and Society of Renala Khurd
Approximate radius of Renala Khurd is 7 km and is home to approximat 72,724 peoples of Renala Khurd. The population of Renala Khurd is over 99% Muslim with a Sunni majority and Shia minority. There are small non-Muslims groups of Christians, Hindus, and Sikhs, because of its strategic location in the Indian sub-continent, wave after wave of migrants poured into the area and settled on its fertile lands and today, although originally belonging to the Aryan stock, the people of Renala Khurd are descendants of the Iranians, Turks, Afghans and Arabs who came individually or in groups.
The major language spoken in the Renala Khurd is Punjabi (which is written in Perso-Arabic script, known as Shahmukhi, in Pakistan) and Punjabis comprise the largest ethnic group (and overlap into neighbouring India). Punjabis themselves are a heterogeneous group comprising different tribes and communities, although caste in Renala Khurd has more to do with traditional occupations such as blacksmiths or artisans as opposed to rigid social stratifications.
The most important tribes within Renala Khurd include the Gakhars, Jats, the Arain, the Gujjars and the Rajputs. Other smaller tribes are the :Awans, Rawns, and Maliks. In addition, there is a significant shift towards the usage of Urdu by the educated classes of the province as the Punjabis are the most ardent supporters of the nation-state of Pakistan and all of its national institutions.
The Punjabi dialects spoken in this region of the land have a common vocabulary and a shared heritage. The shared heritage also extends to a common faith, Islam. The people of Renala Khurd have also a shared spiritual experience, which has been disseminated by Tassawwaf and can be witnessed on the occasion of the remembrance-fairs held on the Sufi Saints Data Ganj Bukhsh at Lahore, Urs of Hazrat Mian Mir at Lahore, Urs of Baba Farid Ganj Shakar at Pakpattan, Urs of Hazrat Bahaudin Zakria at Multan, Urs of Sakhi Sarwar Sultan at Dera Ghazi Khan, Urs of Shah Hussain at Lahore, Urs of Hazrat Bullehe Shah at Kasur and Urs of Hazrat Imam Bari (Bari Shah Latif) at Rawalpindi-Islamabad. .
[edit] Ghala Mandi (Grain Market) of Renala Khurd
Ghala Mandi (Grain Market)Renala Khurd was established in 1914. Renala Khurd is important Tehsil of Okara. It has a popular Ghala Mandi (Grain Market) of Punajab which is Aktrabad Ghala Mandi (Grain Market).
[edit] Catholic Church Lady of Fatima Parish House Renala Khurd
Catholic Church (Lady of Fatima Parish House Renala Khurd)is situatied at the Mitchell’s fruit farms. There is a nun’s convent within the church compound. A boy’s school, a girl’s school and a hostel for boys is inside the compound. This church made international news, when Rev. Fr. George Ibrahim aged 38 was martyred, he was a serving perish priest. On the early hours of 5th July 2003, at about 2:00 a.m., perish priest of the Catholic Church at the Mitchell’s Fruit Farms, and his chef Pervaiz Masih were laying in the patio after returning from the DHQ (District Head Quarter) Hospital in Okara around midnight. He had visited the hospital to inquire about Father Isaac’s health. Half a dozen assailants entered his house and killed him on resisting.
[edit] Gurudwara Ajeet Sar, Okara
This sacred shrine is in village 11/1-L situated on Renala Khurd-Dipalpur Road. Its bus stop is the bridge for chak No: 10/1-L on the canal. The shrine can be reached by walking 3 km along the canal towards west *of the bridge. Refugees from Amritsar are settled in the buildings of the Gurdwara. The school now going by the name of Government High School Chak No 11/1-L was once a part of this Gurdwara.
[edit] Mitchell’s Fruit Farms (Pvt.) Ltd.
Mitchell’s Fruit Farms (Pvt.) Ltd. is the oldest food company in Pakistan. It was established in 1933 by Francis J. Mitchell under the name of Indian Mildura Fruit Farms Ltd. After the country gained independence in 1947, the company's name was changed to "MITCHELL’S Fruit Farms (Pvt.) Ltd." with the brand name of "MITCHELL’S". Mitchell’s is the only major food company in Pakistan today with fully integrated operations having its own growing and processing facilities in Renala Khurd.
[edit] Renala State Military Farm
Military Farm formerly known as Glaxo - Quarter of a century ago, Glaxo was a small British firm with its origins in the dried-milk, cream and butter business and most of its sales in antibiotics, respiratory drugs and nutritional supplements, which is now called Military Farms. It supplies milk pack for whole Pakistan Army. Renala State Military Farms milk factory is located in Sathghara. Hydral powerstation which is one of more popular hydral stations of world and it is situated on Loar bari do aab.Milkpack factory in Renala.
[edit] Renala Hydral Power Station
Which is one of most popular hydral stations of Pakistan and it is situated on Canal-Loar- Bari-Doo-Aab. Sir Ganga Raam (1851-1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times established Renala-Hydral-Power-Station in 1925. Sir Ganga Ram (1873) after a brief Service in Punjab P.W.D devoted himself to practical farming. He obtained on lease from Government 50,000 acres of barren, unirrigated land in Montgomery district, and within three years converted that vast desert into smiling fields, irrigated by water lifted by a hydroelectric plant and running through a thousand miles of irrigation channels, all constructed at his own cost. This was the biggest private enterprise of the kind, unknown and unthought-of in the country before. Sir Ganga Ram earned millions most of which he gave to charity. In the words of Sir Malcolm Hailey, the then Governor of Punjab, "he won like a hero and gave like a Saint". He was a great engineer and a great philanthropist.
[edit] Educational Institutions
- Convent Girls High School
- Government Boys High School
- Government Higher Secondary School for Boys
- Government Degree College for Women
[edit] Nearby Cities,Towns and Villages in Tehsil Renala Khurd
There are more than five towns, and more than 150 villages in Tehsil Renala Khurd.
Renala Kalan is located (1.9 km) at the Western edge of Renala Khurd. Hargobindpur (0.8 km) and Raunaqabad (1.0 km) are located North side of Renala Khurd. Eastern edge of Renala Khurd is Chak Twenty A Two L (0.6 km). South end of Renala Khurd are Chak Twenty-one-Two L (1.7 km), Kot Walia (1.2 km)and Chak Twenty-One L (0.9 km).
[edit] Towns and Colonies of Renala Khurd
- Kucha's Streets
- Kafayat Town
- Anwar Shaheed Colony
- Gulshan Ishaq Colony
- Muslim Town
- Chaudhry Muhalah
- Wali Colony
- Muhalah
- Gharib Abad
- Basti Raheem Buksh
- Government Colony
- Ghala Mandi
[edit] Bazaar in Renala Khurd
- Sdadar Bazaar
- Railway Road Bazaar
- Churi Bazaar
- Sherh Ghar Road Bazaar
- Main Road Bazaar
- Phataq Bazaar
- Welcome Road Bazaar
- Sabzi Mandi Bazaar
- Ghla Mandi Bazaar
- Dabi Bazaar
- Karkhana Bazaar
[edit] Main Roads in Renala Khurd
- Welcome Road
- Mitchells Road
- Railway Road
- Chuchaq Road
- Multan Road
- Baldia Road
- Anwar Shaheed Road
- Sherghar Road
- Kucha Anwar Pasha
- Kafayat Street
- Kachi Gali
[edit] Transportation in Renala Khurd
Renala Khurd is accessible through historic Grand Trunk Road (G.T. road). Pakistan Railways provides an important mode of transportation for communters in Renala Khurd. The railway connects the farthest corners of the country and brings them closer to Renala Khurd for business, sight seeing and education. The Renala Khurd Railway Station is located in the East side of the city, which was built during the British Colonial era. There are three railway gate in Renala Khurd.
[edit] Post Office of Renala Khurd
There is a Post office in Renala Khurd.
[edit] Police Station of Renala Khurd
There is a Police Station in Renala Khurd.
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