Gehlan Hithar

Gehlan Hithar is a town and Union Council of Kasur District,[1] situated some 65 miles south west of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[2] It is located at 30°52'0N 74°1'60E with an altitude of 174 metres (574 feet)[3] and lies on the main Kasur-Okara road. In its vicinity is a self-planted forest named Changa Manga.

It lies in the boundaries of National Assembly consistency NA 140 and Provincial consistency PP 180. Ex foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has won from this area in 2002. Presently Malik Rasheed ahmad is the national assembly member from this area.Ch.Javed Shamshad Is noble personality of Gehlan Hithar. He belong to a Landlord family of Gehlan Hithar. He is Famous Politation of Distt Kasur .

The livelihood of the people is based on agriculture with a big share of flower growing beside wheat, rice and vegetables including potatoes and maize. The flower market recently established on the main Depalpur road is hub of fresh flower business in Punjab particularly and Pakistan as well.

The history of Gehlan is described in a book titled "Gehlan Hithar – A Historic Town" by Muhammad Saddique Javed.[4] Some of information is worth mentioning that almost 700 people from this town are in the teaching profession, 500 people are serving in armed forces and around 250 people are in police department and about 300 people are serving in other countries Like "South Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom (UK), USA and Canada.

Mostly population is Jatt but there is another tribe is also based in village like "Shiekh, Syed, Hashmi, Kumhar, Arian and Insari.

There is lot of Jatt Gehlan in India and Hithar is area name in southern Lahore division of Punjab, Pakistan.

Gehlan are Saini although they are in small number but scattered all around the Punjab (Pakistan & India). Majority of them found in Hoshiarpur,Punjab (India) and Kasur, Jehlam in Punjab (Pakistan).

In India mostly Gehlan in short is written as "Gill". In India a village Gehlan exists near Bhawanigarh, Punjab.[5]

References

  1. ↑ :Kasur Club:
  2. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kasur – Government of Pakistan. Nrb.gov.pk. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  3. ↑ Location of Gehlan – Falling Rain Genomics. Fallingrain.com. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.
  4. ↑ Muhammad Saddique Javed "Gehlan Hithar -A Historic Town"
  5. ↑ Chandigarh, India – Punjab. Tribuneindia.com. 19 May 2005. Retrieved on 2012-01-14.

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Coordinates: 30°52′0″N 74°2′0″E / 30.86667°N 74.03333°E