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 Lodhran Is a district in the Punjab, Pakistan, located on the northern side
of River Sutlej. It is bounded to the north by the districts of Multan,
Khanewal and Vehari, to the south by Bahawalpur District, to the east lie
the districts of Vehari and Bahawalpur; while district Multan lies on the
western side.
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History
Raja Lodhra was the son of Sikh Raja Raam Dyo Minhas and his family was
called the descendants of Sooraj Hansi Rajput. Lodhra family was lived in
prior state Bahawalpur which later in the starting of 1743, populated in the
valley of Sutluj and Bias rivers. This is why This area was known as Lodhar
Wah. In 1849, Multan joined together with East India Company which made
Lodhran a tehsil on 5th May, 1883.Malik Ghulam Hussain Lodhra 'zaildar'
suggested the name "Lodhran" for this area. At that time, there were only 19
villages in Lodhran and it was a tehsil of district Multan . This area was
situated in Kot Peer Sa-aadat at that time and the tehsil office had also
been working there for three years. Later on tehsil office was built within
the city Lodhran. Munshi Abdul Wahid was the first superintendent of Lodhran.
During August, 1873, Sadar Police Station and in 1885, the Railway Station
was founded. On 1st April, 1909, the British Government spread a railway
line from Lodhran to
Karachi. In 1924, the areas of Kehror Pacca and Dunyapur were separated from
tehsil Mailsi and included in tehsil Lodhran. To educate the young
generation and to spread the knowledge, there are uncountable institutions,
schools and colleges working in Lodhran.Many Government, Semi-Government and
Non-Government girls and boys primary and high schools, Inter Commercial
Institute, Vocational Institute and colleges are working to educate the
people. Many hospitals are also here. In 1981, M. Arshad Khan, advocate and
Ch. M. Ali Gohar, advocate founded the "Make Lodhran District" movement to
get the degree of district for Lodhran. A great struggle was started under
the leadership of Dr. Sher Mohammad Aawan. At the end public struggle
succeeded and Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Muhammad
Siddique Khan Kanju Shaheed, tried his best and Mr. Ghulam Haidar Va-een,
former Chief Minister of Punjab granted Lodhran the degree of district on
30th June, 1991. While Kehror Pacca and Dunyapur became tehsils and 14
villages were cut from Jalalpur Peer wala and included in tehsil Lodhran.
Shoukat Hayat Khan Durrani became the first deputy commissioner of Lodhran
district and M. Akhtar Khan Kanju was selected as the first chairman of
District Council, Lodhran. It is 32nd district of Punjab which is situated
between the rivers Sutlej and Bias. These rivers make its borders. River
Bias has now became a part of past but Sutlej river still flows. Lodhran
city was first developed by English rulers in 18th century in the north side
of Sutlaj rivers. The foundation of Lodhran was laid in 1830 when in 1849,
the British Rule extended to Punjab. District Multan including the area of
Lodhran also came under the sway of the British Rule. It is a famous railway
junction, situated on the main route in the south Punjab. According go
Punjab Gazetteer Multan 1901-02, there were five tehsils (Parganas) in
Multan District.
- Multan
- Shuja Abad
- Lodhran
- Mailsi
- Sarai Siddhu
Then a settlement operation was started in 1873, which concluded in
April,1875. At that time tehsil Lodhran comprised of following 19 villages.
Omer Pur. Mochi Mohana. Beli. Lahori. Fateh Pur. Khan Pur. Khan Wah Ghalwan.
Gogran. Motha. Kot Lal Shah. Karam Ali Wala. Lutaf Pur. Wighamal. Thath
Ghalwan. Lodhran. Then in 1881, a series of changes were made with the
object of enlarging the Shujabad and decreasing the Mailsi charge: Under
these arrangements 60 villages in the neighbourhood of Kahror Pakka were
transferred from the Mailsi to Lodhrantehsil and further alterations were
made in 1897, by which 46 villages were transferred from Lodhran to Shuja
Abad while 104 villages to the East of Kahror Pakka were taken over from
Mailsi in compensation. Whereas Kahror Pakka and Dunya Pur were a part of
tehsil Mailsi which were annexed with Lodhran in 1924. Lodhran was a
desolate place but cultivatable level tract of land. In 1920, the British
Government made a plan to populate the region. Therefore, different landed
estates were divided in to the people of other areas.Besides this, the Fauji
grant and Tube well scheme increased the population of the region too.
Hence, the population of this region was stretched swiftly.
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Agriculture
The main crops are cotton and wheat, others
includes rice, sunflower, and sugar cane. The main fruit that are cultivate
are citrus, mango and guava, while the main Vegetables are onion, tomato,
potato and cauliflower. and the favorite vegetable of Arain cast is onion
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Geography
The main towns of the district are: Bahawal Garh, Basti Pakka, Alipur Kanju,
Amirpur Station, Rukanpur, Qadirpur Chimna, Layyalpur, Chelawahin, Adamwahim,
Qutabpur, Gogran, Dhanot, Danwran, Rajapur, Dakhano Gharo, Choki Masti Khan,
Borhanpur, Amirpur Sadat,Fatehpur, Makhdoom Ali and Jalla Arain. The total
area of forest is 1,843 acres (7.46 km2).
The climate of the district is hot and dry in summer and cold in winter. The
maximum and minimum temperature ranges between 42C and 28C in summer. During
winter, the temperature fluctuates between 21C and 5C. The entire district
is smooth plain. The sub-soil water in Dunyapur sub-division is brackish,
while that in Kahror Pakka and Lodhran sub-divisions is sweet. The average
rainfall in the district is 71 mm.
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Population
The main ethnic groups of the district are the GUJJAR..Ghori "Bhutta, Jam,
Sandhi, Sameja, Lodhra, Lurka,Malana,Metala,Chaner, Rajput,Awan, Kanju,
Baloch, Mughal, Arain, Jat, utra, Abbasi, Bhatti, Meo, Laar, Sayyid, Joiya,
Wanjara, Noon,Tareen,Terhaily.Ghallu,Malik,SINDHU(JATT) REHAN. Rajput caste
has a great power in Lodhran city polictics. Rana Muhammad Aslam (MPA) is a
great leader of
Rajputs in Lodhran Districts. As well as he is a big industrial of District
Lodhran.
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People
People are very friendly and simple, and major cast are Cheema, Shah, Shiekh,
Gori, Awan, Rajpoot and Ramay. The people are very hard workers, have strong
believe on hard work. Mr. Saqib Ijaz is one of the talented youth from the
small village of DuniaPur. He is studying Telecommunication engineering. He
is aiming to become the President of Pakistan in future. Mr. Asim Ejaz
Sheikh is studying Islamic history and political science and want to
establish a university in the Lodhran district for foreign and diplomatic
studies, because it is need of this area due to huge feudalism.
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Business
It has a large amount of agricultural land, having agro-economy while there
is huge consumption of oil. Therefore there are large numbers of
petrol pumps in which most fuel franchises are rafiq petroleum services (multan
road), qasim petroleum services (jalalpur road), five star filling station (khanewal
road) and usman oil traders (lodhran city). Mostly the sheikh family is
attached with this business. People are very loving and respectful to their
guests.(ALFAIZ SHER ZARI FARM)
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Infrastructure
Infrastructure The district has a total metalled road-length of 853
kilometres. The district is linked with Multan, Bahawalpur, Vehari and
Khanewal districts through metalled roads. It also connects to jalal pur pir
wala. The main Peshawar-Karachi railway line passes through Lodhran
district. The district is linked with Khanewal, Bahawalpur and Vehari
districts through railway network.
There are 3 grid stations in the district (ranging in capacity from 66 KV to
132 KV). There are 8 telephone exchanges operating in the district (ranging
in capacity from 300 lines to 2,132 lines).Cellular phone services are also
available in the district.
Lodhran Tehsil - There are 325 schools, 9 colleges, 30 hospitals, 10 police
stations, 11 railway stations, 52 post offices,one radio station and 20
banks in Lodhran.
Kahror Pakka Tehsil - There are 199 schools, 1 college, no hopital, 3 police
stations, 1 railway station, 16 post offices and 10 banks.
Dunyapur Tehsil - There are 354 schools, 1 college, no hospital, 3 police
stations, 1 railway station, 18 post offices and 6 banks.
Social Infrastructural Facilities
Lodhran Tehsil - There are 325 schools, 9 colleges, 30 hospitals, 10 police
stations, 1 railway stations, 52 post offices, one radio station and 20
banks in Lodhran Tehsil. There are two parks the district. There is also a
famous "Bright Home" building.
Kahror Pakka Tehsil - There are 199 schools, 1 college, hospital, 3 police
stations, 1 railway station, 16 post offices and 10 banks in Kahror
Pakka Tehsil.
Dunyapur - There are 354 schools, 1 college, 05 hospital, 3 police stations,
1 railway station, 18 post offices and 6 banks in Dunyapur Tehsil.
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