Malakwal

Malakwal
ملکوال
MALAKWAL
Tehsil
Coordinates: 32°43′N 73°58′E / 32.717°N 73.967°E
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Mandi Bahauddin
Tehsil Malakwal
Union councils Total 17
Government
 • Language Punjabi/Urdu
Population
 • Total 61,000
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC+6)
Postal Code 50530
Area code(s) 0546

Malakwal (Urdu: ملکوال ‎) is a city in Mandi Bahauddin District, Punjab, Pakistan.

City information

Malakwal is a Tehsil in Mandi Bahuddin District of Pakistan. It is located around 225 Kilometer south east of Capital city Islamabad and around 35 km from its district headquarters Mandi Bahauddin. It has moderate climate, which is hot in summer and cold in winter. During peak summer the day temperature rises to 40 °C, but the winter months are very pleasant temperature goes down to 2 °C. Only in the months of December and January.

This town is very famous because of its Railway Junction. Up to year 2001 a lot of locomotive fans, from all over the world, used to visit Malakwal.

Education

From the period of 2000 to 2005, In this town, there are only two government high schools for boys and only one government high school for girls and same is the ratio for Primary and Middle Schools. These schools are really not sufficient to accommodate all the students of this area. Because of this, all the government schools are over-crowded and students are unable to get the quality education. Actually these schools were opened several decades ago and now this Tehsil has almost tripled its population, but the number of schools is same. This town really needs some good new government schools so that a common person can send his kids to school.The period from 2005 to 2015 There are many schools for the students to get knowledge Like The Educators Malakwal Campus, Allied School, Dar-e-Arqam and many more... The students of Malkwal are getting knowledge very fast and the teacher staff is Excellent.

District information

Mandi Bahaudddin is located in between two famous rivers, i.e., River Jehlum and River Chenab. Because of its proximity with the rivers, the land is good for cultivation with rice, wheat and sugar cane as main crops. It is bounded on the south by the river Chenab, separating it from the districts of Gujranwala and Hafizabad, bounded on the north by the river Jhelum separating it from district Jhelum, on the east by district Gujrat and on the south west by District Sargodha. Mandi Bahauddin is located in the central portion of Chaj Doab, lying between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers. It lies between 30-8 to 32-40 degrees latitude and 73-36 to 73-37 degrees east longitude.

History

In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi, took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005, and followed it by the conquests of Punjab region. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region. The Punjab region became predominantly Muslim due to missionary Sufi saints whose dargahs dot the landscape of Punjab region.

After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the Sikh Empire invaded and occupied Mandi Bahauddin. The Muslims faced restrictions during the Sikh rule. During the period of British rule, Mandi Bahauddin increased in population and importance.

The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslims refugees from India settled down in the Mandi Bahauddin.

Boundaries

District Mandi Bahauddin is spread over an area of 2673 square kilometres comprising the following three tehsils:

There are 65 Union Councils in the District Mandi Bahauddin.

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