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GUJRANWALA
CITY
 Gujranwala
is a relatively recent creation in history. Other now smaller town in the
vicinity for example Sohdara Amin Abad Wazir Abad and Ghakkar have older
anticident than Gujranwala itself . At the time Ahmad Shah Abdali Invaded
India in 1774 .To engage the Marhata's he traveled from Lahore northwards to
town of Shahdara,Sirai,Fazal Abad,Pul Shahdola,Amin Abad,Sirai Kachi,
Ghakkar,Nazim Abad. Qazir Abad onward. Any setlement at or near Gujranwala's
present site would be between Amin Abad and Gha
Transportation:
 Gujranwala
is a very busy city and transport is available 24 hours a day 365 days a
year. one of Pakistan's most accessible cities and the only city in the
country where one can find public and private transportation 24 hours a
day and 7 days a week.
 The origin of the name Gujranwala is shrouded in mists of
time and one is forced to reffer again to the first gazetteer 1874. for some
reason the Jaat Tribe Gujar occuipied the land. They reach such dominance
that the town came to be known as Gujranwala is majority of the Sahnsi
people continued to cultivate the land but were weak.
Dr.Qureshi cites oral evidence from a resident and also
cites inflection of the word Gujjar to support his conclusion " we , the
inhabitant of Gujranwala " have two sounds of the letter Gaf- the soft
letter and the hard leter. We pronounced Gujranwal with the soft one .The
word Gujar " milkman " is pronounced with the hard Gaf and Gujrar Jaat with
the soft Gaf therefore it is not unreasonable to accept the view that it is
from Gujjars(milkman) that the citi got its name.
Dr.Waheed Quereshi names four villages in the Vacinity at the time of
Abdalies invasion i.e in the late18th century.
1. Sirai Kachi: A european merchant in the area in
1608 ad.and mentioned in his memoir a place he calls Coojes Serai .before
finch there is a very little evidence in history of Sirai Kachi . by the
late 18th century it was a wagon stop village an inn and a graveyard.
Probably the antecedent of Chaman Shah garavyard in existance today.
2.Sirai Gujran : This village existed in the area
inside the current Khiyaaly Gate in the city. Hafiz Abdul haq in his "
Tareekh-e-Gujranwala" and " Molvi Adbul Malik in his " Shahan-e-Gujran"
mention Sirai Gujran.
3.Sirai Kambohaan: Charat Singh a sikh leader
built a Mud Forte here in 1758 .
4. Thatta : This village existed between the
current railway line and the G.T.Road .Charat Singh son Mahaan Singh develop
this village
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