Chak 132 S.B

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Chak 132 S.B - village is situated at Latitude 31° 49' 60N and 72° 37' 60E Longitude in Tehsil Sillanwali of Sargodha District in Punjab, Pakistan, it is an agricultural area

It is also famous as Batree Shahab Din Di, as Shahab Din was famous personality of this village who died some 5 to 6 years earlier and was a well known social personality of the area since the independence in 1947.

[edit] History

Being a part of Kirana Bar it was colonised by the British after world war 1, all of the village land was handed over to retired armed personnels of the British Army, and the original inhabitants of this village forcibly evicted and their lands seized.

[edit] Post Independence

After during independence in 1947, many Muslim refugees from India, settled in this area, most of whom were from the Amritsar, Jalandhar, and Sialkot districts of united Punjab.

Today most of the land owning families belong to Arain, Rajput, Jat and Pashtun communities. While labourers have settled from the adjoining areas of district Jhang belonging to Syal and Musalli communities. The nearest city is Sillanwali which is also the Tehsil headquarter and police station. The village also owns a Boys Intermediate College, boys High School, Boys Primary School and Girls Primary and higher Secondary school.

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Coordinates: 31.8333° N 72.6333° E