Toba Tek Singh
| Toba Tek Singh | |
| General Information | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Area | km² ( sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST ([[UTC+5]]) |
| No. of Towns | 6 |
| Population | 1,621,593 (1998) |
| Density | /km² (/sq mi) |
| Government | |
| No. of Union Councils | |
Toba Tek Singh (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
History
Origins of Name
The town and district is named after a Sikh religious figure Tek Singh. Legend has it that Mr. Singh a kind hearted man served water and provided shelter to the worn out and thirsty travellers passing by a small pond ("TOBA" in Punjabi) which eventually was called Toba Tek Singh, and the surrounding settlement acquired the same name.
British Raj
Toba Tek Singh was developed by the British toward the end of the 18th Century when a canal system was built. People from all over the Punjab (currently Indian and Pakistani Punjab) moved there as farmlands were allotted to them. Most of the people who migrated there belonged to Lahore, Jalandhar, Sadiq Abad districts.
After Independence
During 1970's, when many Pakistani cities were renamed to change names given after British Rulers to their original or native names or more acceptable names to local population like Montgomery was renamed to its old original name Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh remained one of the very few cities to maintain it's original name mainly because of reputation of Tek Singh.
In 1982 Toba Tek Singh was separated from Faisalabad District and became a district.
Area and population
Toba Tek Singh is located in central Punjab and occupies 3252 square kilometres and is made up of large areas of lowlands that flood frequently during the rainy season; the floods originate from the Ravi River that runs along the southern and southeastern borders.The Pre-partition T.T.Singh had a sizeable Sikh population which migrated to Indian Punjab in 1947.
A census carried out in 1998 reported a population of 1,621,593 (mostly Muslim, some Christians) of which 18.43% were urban.[1]
Administration
The district of Toba Tek Singh has three tehsils: Kamalia, Gojra and Toba Tek Singh itself.
Until the year 2000, when the Divisions of Pakistan were abolished, Toba Tek Singh and Jhang districts were part of Faisalabad Division (this included Faisalabad District.
Major towns in Toba Tek Singh District are:
Famous people
- The Late Haji Sardar Mohammad Murad Khan Gadhi was one of the most popular politicians of Toba Tek Singh. He was the last District Chairman of Faisalabad, when Toba Tek Singh was a Tehsil of Faisalabad. After Toba Tek Singh got the status of District, he became the first District Chairman of Toba Tek Singh. Twice he was District Chairman of Toba Tek Singh and he was elected four times as a Member of the Punjab Assembly - he never lost any elections where he was candidate. After his death his son Sardar Masood Ahmad Khan Gadhi become a member of Punjab Assembly - he was elected twice.
- Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [2] who wrote a screenplay "Toba Tek Singh" [3] which was directed by Afia Nathaniel [4] in 2005.
- Mohammad Sarwar (born 18 August 1952, Toba Tek Singh), a politician in the United Kingdom who served as the Labour Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow Central, Scotland. He was the UK's first Muslim MP, and an opponent of the 2003 Iraq war.
- Ch. Mukhtar Ahmed Nusrat. Member District Council. Current Nazim. Ex Chairman Market Committee. Business man. He has started first Free Hospital and donated prime land for the School.
- Choudhry Asad ur Rehman ex Minister and MNA.
- Choudry Muhammad Ashfaq ex MNA and ex Distric Nazim.
- Choudry Abdul Sattar is currently District Nazim of Toba Tek Singh and is also ex MNA.
- Chaudhry Faisal Qazafi, a member of the public safety Commission and a candidate for Punjab Assembly, is very popular in the area.
- CH JAMIL AHMED KHAN AN EDUCATIONIST
Education
The educational facilities available are less than the requirements. The break-up is given below.[citation needed]
| T.T. Singh | Kamalia | Gojra | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institution | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| College | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Commercial College | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| High School | 31 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 130 |
| Middle School | 33 | 67 | 13 | 46 | 7 | 30 | 196 |
| Primary School | 243 | 168 | 295 | 125 | 18 | 139 | 1,153 |
| Total | 311 | 263 | 334 | 178 | 218 | 187 | 1,491 |
See also
References
External links
- Toba Tek Singh profile on Punjab's government website
- Toba Tek Singh District Government Profile
- Pirmahal Web site
- Pir Mahal and Toba Tek Singh Web Masters Sites
- Website of Hazrat Data Ganj Ganj Bakhsh Lahore and mirror site (in Urdu and English)
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Towns & Cities of Toba Tek Singh District |
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| Toba Tek Singh (city) | Pirmahal Kamalia | Gojra | Rajana | Sindhlianwali |
| Administrative divisions of Punjab (Pakistan) |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Capital | Lahore | |
| Districts | Attock | Bahawalnagar | Bahawalpur | Bhakkar | Chakwal | Dera Ghazi Khan | Faisalabad | Gujranwala | Gujrat | Hafizabad | Jhang | Jhelum | Kasur | Khanewal | Khushab | Lahore | Layyah | Lodhran | Mandi Bahauddin | Mianwali | Multan | Muzaffargarh | Nankana Sahib | Narowal | Okara | Pakpattan | Rahimyar Khan | Rajanpur | Rawalpindi | Sahiwal | Sargodha | Sheikhupura | Sialkot | Toba Tek Singh | Vehari | |
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