Toba Tek Singh

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Toba Tek Singh
ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ
A Haveli in Toba Tek Singh district
Coordinates: 30°58′34″N 72°28′48″E / 30.976°N 72.480°E / 30.976; 72.480Coordinates: 30°58′34″N 72°28′48″E / 30.976°N 72.480°E / 30.976; 72.480
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
Area
 • Total 3,252 km2 (1,256 sq mi)
Elevation 149 m (489 ft)
Population (1998)
 • Total 1,621,593
 • Density 498/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of towns 6
Number of Union councils 3
Website www.tobateksingh.gov.pk

Toba Tek Singh (Punjabi(Shahmukhi)/Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ‎) is a city and tehsil of Toba Tek Singh District in the Pakistani province of Punjab.

History

During British rule Toba Tek Singh was a tehsil of Lyallpur District. The population of the town in 1998 was 2549000[1]

Toba Tek Singh originates its name from a Sikh Saint, Tek Singh. Tek Singh helped travelers by providing them shelter and food, regardless of their race or religion. In Punjabi, "Toba" means 'pond of water.'.[2]

Toba Tek Singh has several institutions of higher education including:

Accountancy Institutes The new COMSAT University,Govt. College of commerce,National College of Commerce. There is a big and old religious school(madrassa)Jamia Darululoom Rabbania. It is working since 1940 It belongs to deobandi school of thought. It has about 50 branches.[citation needed].

Language

Punjabi is the most spoken language.

Location

It is located at 30°58'0N 72°29'0E.,[3] southwest of Faisalabad, north of Multan, and South West of Dera Ismail Khan.

Energy shortages

As of June 2012 Pakistan's electricity problems were so severe that violent riots would even take place across Punjab. According to protesters load shedding in Toba Tek Singh was depriving the city of electricity 20 hours a day. The Faisalabad Electric Supply Company is responsible for providing electricity to the city.[4]

In popular culture

Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [5] wrote a short story entitled "Toba Tek Singh" which is a satire on the partition of India; in the story, an inmate in an asylum frets over the question of whether his home town Toba Tek Singh is now in India or Pakistan. It was adapted into a short movie of the same name [6] directed by Afia Nathaniel[7] in 2005.

References

  1. ↑ Toba Tek Singh - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 406.
  2. ↑ Toba Tekh Singh History
  3. ↑ Location of Toba Tek Singh - Falling rain Genomics
  4. ↑ "Another day of outrage at outages across Punjab". Dawn (Karachi, Pakistan). 18 June 2012. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012. 
  5. ↑ Personal.Kent.edu
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486495/
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1398746/

External links

Neighbourhoods of Toba Tek Singh
Administrations: Toba Tek Singh District
Tehsils
Cities
Towns and councils
Villages
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