Mangrotha
Mangrotha is a town and union council of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Geography
The town is part of Taunsa Tehsil. [1] It is located at 30°43'0N 70°34'60E and has an altitude of 181 metres (597 feet).[2] Mangrotha consists of two parts, one is Mangrotha Gharbi (West) and the second is Mangrotha Sharqi (East). In the past it remained the headquarters of the Nutkani Tribe.
History
Dera Ghazi Khan region was agricultural region with forests during the Indus Valley Civilization. The Vedic period is characterized by Indo-Aryan culture that invaded from Central Asia and settled in Punjab region. The Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Madras, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas and Kurus invaded, settled and ruled ancient Punjab region. After overunning the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander marched into present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. The Dera Ghazi Khan region was ruled by Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites and Shahi kingdoms.
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 invaded and occupied Dera Ghazi Khan District. The predominantly Muslim population supported Muslim League and Pakistan Movement. It is a credit to the descendants of the great sufi saint Hazrat Khawja Shah Suleman that the area displayed exemplary tolerance. Even during the difficult episode of Indian partition by the British in 1947, not a single non-Muslim was killed in Tehsil Taunsa. Khawja Nizam-u-ddin Taunsvi is credited for organizing a peaceful eviction of only those Hindu families of the area which wanted to leave the place for India. Khawja Nizam-u-ddin accompanied all the migrating non-Muslim families to the Indian border. Independence of Pakistan in 1947, the minority Hindus and Sikhs migrated to India while the Muslim refugees from India settled in the Dera Ghazi Khan District.
Education
Mangrotha has many Madrasahs, schools and colleges.
