What is the history of Sangla Hill?
The city called sanglahill is a Tehsil(administrative
sub-division of a Division) in District Nankana Sahib, Punjab,
pakistan. A historical place where Alexandar had his stay during
his march towards central india, and has left the city with his
soveniour: a well which still exits and is looked after by the
government. The city still has very old building such as a temple
which is visible when coming into the city from Faisalabad Raod.
The city which was preiously a very important food stock, and
cattle market also has a railway junction(since the british rule)
so thousands of people use it daily for railway journey to all of
pakistan.Three railway sections merge here.It is 54 miles away from
Lahore and 28 miles from Faisalabad and is at Lahore, Faisalabad
railways section. Three are two police stations,police station
Sadar and City police station.Sangla Hill has 2 degree colleges,
one for boys and one for girls. The chief feature and logical
reason for the name of the city is a hill.The magnificient peak of
this hill is visible from five miles. The main source of income for
this city is agriculture. Now a days things are changing,
investments are flowing into the city due to the Motorway
connection to the dry port built at Sahiawala Insection which is
very close to Sanglahill. The city has SugarMill known as Fauji
Foundation Sugar Mill. The city called sanglahill is a
Tehsil(administrative sub-division of a Division) in District
Nankana Sahib, Punjab, pakistan. A historical place where Alexandar
had his stay during his march towards central india, and has left
the city with his soveniour: a well which still exits and is looked
after by the government. The city still has very old building such
as a temple which is visible when coming into the city from
Faisalabad Raod. The city which was preiously a very important food
stock, and cattle market also has a railway junction(since the
british rule) so thousands of people use it daily for railway
journey to all of pakistan.Three railway sections merge here.It is
54 miles away from Lahore and 28 miles from Faisalabad and is at
Lahore, Faisalabad railways section. Three are two police
stations,police station Sadar and City police station.Sangla Hill
has 2 degree colleges, one for boys and one for girls. The chief
feature and logical reason for the name of the city is a hill.The
magnificient peak of this hill is visible from five miles. The main
source of income for this city is agriculture. Now a days things
are changing, investments are flowing into the city due to the
Motorway connection to the dry port built at Sahiawala Insection
which is very close to Sanglahill. The city has SugarMill known as
Fauji Foundation Sugar Mill. Agriculture is one of the main sources
of employment, the town has been a popular grain market for last 80
years as the town is located in a highly fertile area. The Rakh
Branch canal passes near one side of the town and is an irrigation
source, the canal passes areas of Salarwala Chak Jhumra and ends at
Samundri. Many people commute to work in cities such as Faisalabad
or Lahore daily. The Fauji Foundation Sugar Mill has been operating
since 1980 and provides jobs to three thousand people making hand
woven carpets. However the primary source of income comes from
overseas Pakistanis, almost 50% houses in Sangla Hill have at least
one person who has gone abroad. Hameed Nizami (October 3, 1915 -
1962) was an eminent journalist from Pakistan. He was the founder
of the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt. He was born in Sangla Hill.
There is also a road name after him the "Hameed Nizami Road" Ch.
Muhammad Barjis Tahir a very close ally of the former Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif and is a former Member of the National
Assembly of Pakistan belongs to this city. The only individual who
has brought great services to the town such telephone exhnages, Gas
utility, roads, and helping farmers in their efforts to produce
better crops. He is also famous for his courageous stand in
politics and his simple life styles and his strong ethics. The
whole city is built around the Main bazaar and the Committee bazaar
which lie at the heart of the city and acts as the economic centre
of the city. All the shops and Markets are situated here and it
also acts as the primary source of Income. The Place has been very
famous and different stories are famous about Alexander the Great
visiting it and liking it. It is strange due to the presence of a
lonely hill in it. This hill is strange because the land almost
within 100km does not contain any hills and is a perfect plain. The
city is 20km south-west of Shahkot and 35km North West of
Sheikhupura. This town came into limelight of International media
on 12 November 2005, when allegedly a Christian burnt Quraan and as
a consequence the people from the Jamia mosque and other common
people mostly of which comprised of workers from workshops and
labour men gathered and protested against the Christian community.
Things got out of control and a church was burnt the windows were
set on fire which located about 10 feet high. A curfew was enforced
and Police due to international pressure captured any one who was
seen on the road in the case of terrorism and a case was filed
against them on setting the church on fire. 84 people were caught
out of which around 30 were below 16 years old and were students.
They were kept in custody for about three months with court
gradually dismissing the case against people and in the end either
all were relieved (due to lack of proof and witnesses) or were
relieved on bail. The Christian was sent abroad thus the general
idea that he did it just to gain fame. There is also a notion that
the man was drunk when he did that. The British government had
built a railway to carry off the stone from the hill of the city.
This tradition continued even after partition. The hill got smaller
and smaller and got reduced to the size of a 5 story building. Due
to the conservation demands of some locals, government was forced
to stop stone cutting from the hill. Now a park has been
constructed around the hill. Recently a contract was completed by
the local government in which stairs were built to the top but for
hikers there is still the back side of the hill which is very
difficult to climb. There is a Mizaar at the hill known as Baba
Malkoo ka Mizaar here each year a carnival is held in November in
which people from all over the area gather the carnival was held
first time in 2001. Children have many playing facilities. The hill
top offers a panoramic view of all around green fields and flowing
water of Canal Rakh Branch The city called sanglahill is a
Tehsil(administrative sub-division of a Division) in District
Nankana Sahib, Punjab, pakistan. A historical place where Alexandar
had his stay during his march towards central india, and has left
the city with his soveniour: a well which still exits and is looked
after by the government. The city still has very old building such
as a temple which is visible when coming into the city from
Faisalabad Raod. The city which was preiously a very important food
stock, and cattle market also has a railway junction(since the
british rule) so thousands of people use it daily for railway
journey to all of pakistan.Three railway sections merge here.It is
54 miles away from Lahore and 28 miles from Faisalabad and is at
Lahore, Faisalabad railways section. Three are two police
stations,police station Sadar and City police station.Sangla Hill
has 2 degree colleges, one for boys and one for girls. The chief
feature and logical reason for the name of the city is a hill.The
magnificient peak of this hill is visible from five miles. The main
source of income for this city is agriculture. Now a days things
are changing, investments are flowing into the city due to the
Motorway connection to the dry port built at Sahiawala Insection
which is very close to Sanglahill. The city has SugarMill known as
Fauji Foundation Sugar Mill. The city called sanglahill is a
Tehsil(administrative sub-division of a Division) in District
Nankana Sahib, Punjab, pakistan. A historical place where Alexandar
had his stay during his march towards central india, and has left
the city with his soveniour: a well which still exits and is looked
after by the government. The city still has very old building such
as a temple which is visible when coming into the city from
Faisalabad Raod. The city which was preiously a very important food
stock, and cattle market also has a railway junction(since the
british rule) so thousands of people use it daily for railway
journey to all of pakistan.Three railway sections merge here.It is
54 miles away from Lahore and 28 miles from Faisalabad and is at
Lahore, Faisalabad railways section. Three are two police
stations,police station Sadar and City police station.Sangla Hill
has 2 degree colleges, one for boys and one for girls. The chief
feature and logical reason for the name of the city is a hill.The
magnificient peak of this hill is visible from five miles. The main
source of income for this city is agriculture. Now a days things
are changing, investments are flowing into the city due to the
Motorway connection to the dry port built at Sahiawala Insection
which is very close to Sanglahill. The city has SugarMill known as
Fauji Foundation Sugar Mill. Agriculture is one of the main sources
of employment, the town has been a popular grain market for last 80
years as the town is located in a highly fertile area. The Rakh
Branch canal passes near one side of the town and is an irrigation
source, the canal passes areas of Salarwala Chak Jhumra and ends at
Samundri. Many people commute to work in cities such as Faisalabad
or Lahore daily. The Fauji Foundation Sugar Mill has been operating
since 1980 and provides jobs to three thousand people making hand
woven carpets. However the primary source of income comes from
overseas Pakistanis, almost 50% houses in Sangla Hill have at least
one person who has gone abroad. Hameed Nizami (October 3, 1915 -
1962) was an eminent journalist from Pakistan. He was the founder
of the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt. He was born in Sangla Hill.
There is also a road name after him the "Hameed Nizami Road" Ch.
Muhammad Barjis Tahir a very close ally of the former Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif and is a former Member of the National
Assembly of Pakistan belongs to this city. The only individual who
has brought great services to the town such telephone exhnages, Gas
utility, roads, and helping farmers in their efforts to produce
better crops. He is also famous for his courageous stand in
politics and his simple life styles and his strong ethics. The
whole city is built around the Main bazaar and the Committee bazaar
which lie at the heart of the city and acts as the economic centre
of the city. All the shops and Markets are situated here and it
also acts as the primary source of Income. The Place has been very
famous and different stories are famous about Alexander the Great
visiting it and liking it. It is strange due to the presence of a
lonely hill in it. This hill is strange because the land almost
within 100km does not contain any hills and is a perfect plain. The
city is 20km south-west of Shahkot and 35km North West of
Sheikhupura. This town came into limelight of International media
on 12 November 2005, when allegedly a Christian burnt Quraan and as
a consequence the people from the Jamia mosque and other common
people mostly of which comprised of workers from workshops and
labour men gathered and protested against the Christian community.
Things got out of control and a church was burnt the windows were
set on fire which located about 10 feet high. A curfew was enforced
and Police due to international pressure captured any one who was
seen on the road in the case of terrorism and a case was filed
against them on setting the church on fire. 84 people were caught
out of which around 30 were below 16 years old and were students.
They were kept in custody for about three months with court
gradually dismissing the case against people and in the end either
all were relieved (due to lack of proof and witnesses) or were
relieved on bail. The Christian was sent abroad thus the general
idea that he did it just to gain fame. There is also a notion that
the man was drunk when he did that. The British government had
built a railway to carry off the stone from the hill of the city.
This tradition continued even after partition. The hill got smaller
and smaller and got reduced to the size of a 5 story building. Due
to the conservation demands of some locals, government was forced
to stop stone cutting from the hill. Now a park has been
constructed around the hill. Recently a contract was completed by
the local government in which stairs were built to the top but for
hikers there is still the back side of the hill which is very
difficult to climb. There is a Mizaar at the hill known as Baba
Malkoo ka Mizaar here each year a carnival is held in November in
which people from all over the area gather the carnival was held
first time in 2001. Children have many playing facilities. The hill
top offers a panoramic view of all around green fields and flowing
water of Canal Rakh Branch (Courtesy AAS Welfare Society
Sanglahill)
