Talk:Gujranwala

Muhammad Imran Masood
I have once again removed a link to Muhammad Imran Masood from under famous people. I see no indication that this person is famous at all. It seems to be just a vanity link. Dipics 20:41, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Most of the facts mentioned in the history section are not accurate. The article needs revision. The history of Gujranwala is not match to the history of either Lahore or Sialkot.

Gujars are not a Jutt caste
Gujranwala is named after Gujer or gujjar tribe-tahts true but gujers are an entirely different catse-related to what you can say milkmen-infact milkman and gujjers are considered synonomus in Punjab.It is wrong to say Gujjers a are a jutt tribe..howvere Sansi is a jutt caste... --Yahoo 17:30, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I am from gujranwala and I can assure in gujranwala gujjars are considered a distinct ethnic group. So to say that gujrawala was named because of gujjar jat then it would be entirely wrong. Gujranwala´s name is due to Gujjars and not jutts. jatts and gujjars are considered totally different ethnicities in gujranwala.

I also endorse the opinion of the above people because I am also from gujranwala. I can assure you that in gujranwala, the gujjars are a distinct tribe and have no affiliation with jatts whatsoever. Gujranwala name is on gujjars, it is a fact, I totally endorse it.( Muhammad Usman Butt Gujranwala) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.58.115.48 (talk) 17:38, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I want to endorse that official name of the city is GUJRANWALA, We write in urdu Gojranwala (گوجرانوالہ ) but in British rule spellings used as GUJRANWALA. We are still writing in URDU "Gojranwala" and in English Gujranwala. Gujranwala is named after Gojers tribe those were Singh Sansi jatt, Raja Ranjeet Singh was the Last Sansi/Gojer ruler of Gujranwala. Gujjers are an entirely different catse-related to what you can say milkmen-infact milkman and gujjers are considered Synonymous in Punjab. This is wrong Gujranwala now not belongs to Gujjers (Milk-Men) this was by the Gojers (Sansi Sikh they were Sikh Jutt)

Gujranwala city appears to be 500 years old. The origin of the name Gujranwala is shrouded in mists of time. The first name of the settlement according to the compilers of the first edition of the district Gazette was khanpur Shansi after an individual of the JAT cast called Khan Shansi who founded 11 villages in the nearby area. For some reason the Jaat Tribe Gojar occupied the land. They reach such dominance that the town came to be known as Gujranwala. It seems likely that the district once contained the capital of the Punjab, at an epoch when Lahore had not begun to exist. We learn from the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, Hsuan Tsang, that about the year 630 he visited a town known as Tse-kia (or Taki), the metropolis of the whole country of the five rivers. A mound near the modern village of Asarur has been identified as the site of the ancient capital. Until the Mahommedan invasions little is known of Gujranwala, except that Taki had fallen into oblivion and Lahore had become the chief city. ‘Under Mahommedan rule the district flourished for a time; but a mysterious depopulation fell upon the tract, and the whole region seems to have been almost entirely abandoned. The Compilers of the district Gazetteer Gujranwala date this name to Approximately 300 years, giving us a rough estimate of the middle of the 16th century. Other smaller town in the vicinity for example Sohdara Eminabad Wazirabad and Ghakhar have older antecedent than Gujranwala itself. In the indispensable 1969 Essay " Gujranwala ; past and present " Dr.Waheed Quereshi names four villages in the Vicinity at the time of Abdalies invasion i.e. in the late 18th century.

1. Sirai Kachi: a European merchant in the area in 1608 A.D. mentioned in his memorial book 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 and a graveyard. Probably the antecedent of Chaman Shah graveyard in existence today.

2. Sirai Gojran : 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 Gojran.

3. Sirai Kambohaan: Charat Singh a Sikh leader built a Mud Fort 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

Sikh Period: 1762-1849 A.D. The Sikhs established their Empire in the Punjab after the death of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir in 1707. With the death of Aurangzeb the country saw a series of rapid governmental changes that stressed it in to the depths of anarchy. Taking advantage of this certain Charat Singh, who was the head of one of the Sikh Clans, established his stronghold in Gujranwala in 1763. Charat Singh died in 1774 and was succeeded by his son, Mahan Singh, who in turn fathered the most brilliant leader in the history of the Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It was this short scattered man, addicted to strong drink, unlettered; blind in one eye who united the Punjab under one flag. His rule stretched from the banks of the Gambian to the Khyber and from Kashmir to Multan. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the most powerful of all the Sikh Rulers and ruled over for complete 40 years. After his death in 1840 the Sikh Empire was divided into small principalities looked after by several Sikh Jagirdars. This weak situation provided a good opportunity to the British of East India Company to put an end to the Sikh strong hold in the Punjab in 1849.

British Period: 1849-1947 A.D. The area was annexed by the British in 1849. The Deputy Commissioner of that time Sir Bernardth Rebuilt the "Sialkoti Gate", "Lahore Gate" and "Khiyaaly Gate". A railway line was built along G.T. Road which then was moved 100 yards towards the Eastern Punjab in 1881. That railway line interconnected Gujranwala with other cities of Punjab and made the commercial trade between cities more convenient. Gujranwala railway station was the largest railways station at that time in Asia. British ruled the city until Pakistan's independence in 1947.

After Independence After the distribution of subcontinent India, all the Sikhs and the Hindus migrated to India and the Muslim pilgrims of the Eastern Indian-Punjab moved to Gujranwala.

Deleted text relating to manufacturing
I deleted the following text from the "Economy" section of the article:
 * AS Cutlery Industries is the one of biggest producers of Cutlery in Gujranwala and also the biggest exporter. Industry of "China Dinner Sets" is also booming.Mr.Muhammad Arshad is the famous Industrialist of the city.

The AS Cutlery Industries article was recently deleted after AfD discussion as likely advertising. The above text is therefore also suspicious. If someone can find reliable sources for the above text, please feel free to reinsert it appropriately. Paddles TC 11:40, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Personalities et al
I have removed the entire "personalities" section because the only contributors were a pair of anon's who did not provide any reliable sources for why these names should be included. It is part of a wider disease permeating Wikipedia where articles are filled up with junk lists which detract from the purpose of the articles. Please do not reinsert any of this junk unless it is a reliably-sourced and concise list of particularly notable individuals. Green Giant 17:45, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi,

Its ailee, someone who just joined wikipedia

I think personalities section should be there (not that I am going to add the list of my friends there). For a novice, who wants to get an overview of gujranwala, its helpful if a list of prominent personalities is mentioned in the page. comments??

ailee —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aileee (talk • contribs) 07:46, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

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coordinates
The coordinates are wrong.Tushyk (talk) 12:56, 12 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I have fixed this, thanks for pointing out :-) Pahari Sahib  18:53, 26 March 2009 (UTC)

First complete website about Gojranwala
www.gujranwalaonnet.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.71.163.80 (talk) 06:07, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Pronunciation of Gujranwala
Does anybody knows, where i can pronunce this city? 77.20.107.119 (talk) 10:55, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I want to endorse that official name of the city is GUJRANWALA, We write in urdu Gojranwala (گوجرانوالہ ) but in British rule spellings used as GUJRANWALA. We are still writing in URDU "Gojranwala" and in English Gujranwala. Gujranwala is named after Gojers tribe those were Singh Sansi jatt, Raja Ranjeet Singh was the Last Sansi/Gojer ruler of Gujranwala. Gujjers are an entirely different catse-related to what you can say milkmen-infact milkman and gujjers are considered Synonymous in Punjab. This is wrong Gujranwala now not belongs to Gujjers (Milk-Men) this was by the Gojers (Sansi Sikh they were Sikh Jutt)

Gujranwala city appears to be 500 years old. The origin of the name Gujranwala is shrouded in mists of time. The first name of the settlement according to the compilers of the first edition of the district Gazette was khanpur Shansi after an individual of the JAT cast called Khan Shansi who founded 11 villages in the nearby area. For some reason the Jaat Tribe Gojar occupied the land. They reach such dominance that the town came to be known as Gujranwala. It seems likely that the district once contained the capital of the Punjab, at an epoch when Lahore had not begun to exist. We learn from the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, Hsuan Tsang, that about the year 630 he visited a town known as Tse-kia (or Taki), the metropolis of the whole country of the five rivers. A mound near the modern village of Asarur has been identified as the site of the ancient capital. Until the Mahommedan invasions little is known of Gujranwala, except that Taki had fallen into oblivion and Lahore had become the chief city. ‘Under Mahommedan rule the district flourished for a time; but a mysterious depopulation fell upon the tract, and the whole region seems to have been almost entirely abandoned. The Compilers of the district Gazetteer Gujranwala date this name to Approximately 300 years, giving us a rough estimate of the middle of the 16th century. Other smaller town in the vicinity for example Sohdara Eminabad Wazirabad and Ghakhar have older antecedent than Gujranwala itself. In the indispensable 1969 Essay " Gujranwala ; past and present " Dr.Waheed Quereshi names four villages in the Vicinity at the time of Abdalies invasion i.e. in the late 18th century.

1. Sirai Kachi: a European merchant in the area in 1608 A.D. mentioned in his memorial book 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 and a graveyard. Probably the antecedent of Chaman Shah graveyard in existence today.

2. Sirai Gojran : 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 Gojran.

3. Sirai Kambohaan: Charat Singh a Sikh leader built a Mud Fort 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

Sikh Period: 1762-1849 A.D. The Sikhs established their Empire in the Punjab after the death of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir in 1707. With the death of Aurangzeb the country saw a series of rapid governmental changes that stressed it in to the depths of anarchy. Taking advantage of this certain Charat Singh, who was the head of one of the Sikh Clans, established his stronghold in Gujranwala in 1763. Charat Singh died in 1774 and was succeeded by his son, Mahan Singh, who in turn fathered the most brilliant leader in the history of the Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It was this short scattered man, addicted to strong drink, unlettered; blind in one eye who united the Punjab under one flag. His rule stretched from the banks of the Gambian to the Khyber and from Kashmir to Multan. Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the most powerful of all the Sikh Rulers and ruled over for complete 40 years. After his death in 1840 the Sikh Empire was divided into small principalities looked after by several Sikh Jagirdars. This weak situation provided a good opportunity to the British of East India Company to put an end to the Sikh strong hold in the Punjab in 1849.

British Period: 1849-1947 A.D. The area was annexed by the British in 1849. The Deputy Commissioner of that time Sir Bernardth Rebuilt the "Sialkoti Gate", "Lahore Gate" and "Khiyaaly Gate". A railway line was built along G.T. Road which then was moved 100 yards towards the Eastern Punjab in 1881. That railway line interconnected Gujranwala with other cities of Punjab and made the commercial trade between cities more convenient. Gujranwala railway station was the largest railways station at that time in Asia. British ruled the city until Pakistan's independence in 1947.

After Independence After the distribution of subcontinent India, all the Sikhs and the Hindus migrated to India and the Muslim pilgrims of the Eastern Indian-Punjab moved to Gujranwala.

The picture you have on the top that is not belongs to the City of Gujranwala that is AliPur Chatta Gate, Alipur Chatta is a village out side of city but in District Gujranwala. So put the pic from bottom Gujranwala Court pic on the Top that is perfect old City pic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenkomo (talk • contribs) 19:54, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

source
--Profitoftruth85 (talk) 17:26, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

hiaaaaa i am sofia from pakistan and i live in Gujranwala my age 10. [10:00] ..... byeeeeeeeeee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.122.208 (talk) 10:25, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2016
It is written that that gujranwala is an industrial city. but it is not an industrial city

Shahiq Ur Rehman (talk) 07:57, 8 February 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌ the references used show that it is industrial - albeit primarily SMEs rather than large-scale heavy industry - Arjayay (talk) 08:50, 8 February 2016 (UTC)

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Hi, The article says that the Gujranwala is the 7th largest city of Pakistan. Currently, Gujranwala is the "5th" largest city of Pakistan, please update this information. 39.35.61.224 (talk) 17:23, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
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my request is to add that gujranwala is known as city of wrestlers and is famous because of its food. 1122yoyozhu (talk) 07:12, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
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District Administration
This page needs to add the names of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and City Police Officer's name. They are the government administrators of Gujranwala district and tehsils / counties appointed by the provincial and federal government. They play a main role under Pakistan's laws in governing and runnin Gujranwala than the Municipal government. Leaving out or completely omitting city and district administrators who govern Gujranwala is simply unacceptable and is erroneous.

Please add the following names to this page:

Commissioner: Waqas Ali Mehmood Deputy Commissioner: Naila Baqir Rana City Police Officer: Dr. Moeen Masood Rana Jahandad Khan (talk) 07:39, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Erroneous
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Commissioner: Waqas Ali Mehmood Deputy Commissioner: Naila Baqir Rana City Police Officer: Dr. Moeen Masood Rana Jahandad Khan (talk) 08:02, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

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This page needs to add the names of Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and City Police Officer's name. They are the government administrators of Gujranwala district and tehsils / counties appointed by the provincial and federal government. They play a main role under Pakistan's laws in governing and runnin Gujranwala than the Municipal government. Leaving out or completely omitting city and district administrators who govern Gujranwala is simply unacceptable and is erroneous.

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Commissioner: Waqas Ali Mehmood Deputy Commissioner: Naila Baqir Rana

Do some research. Rana Jahandad Khan (talk) 08:04, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Edits required
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Please add the following names to this page:

Commissioner: Waqas Ali Mehmood Deputy Commissioner: Naila Baqir Rana City Police Officer: Dr. Moeen Masood

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mislead info in education heading
The Youth academy written in education segement of the article seems to be a private ownership depicting personal relation, thats why removing it. ʍʍʍʍ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taqveemwarraich (talk • contribs) 18:12, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

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Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 15 June 2023
Please replace pronunciation file with this: Gujranwala Pronunciation.ogg The Story of Marjaan (talk) 05:50, 15 June 2023 (UTC)


 * ❌, could you please provide a link to this recording?  Coco bb8  (💬 talk to me! • ✏️ my contributions) 15:22, 15 June 2023 (UTC)

Jamke chattha Wazirabad
Muhammad Usman Jamke chattha 154.81.232.142 (talk) 13:01, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
 * This article is about the city of Gujranwala, not Gujranwala Division - Arjayay (talk) 13:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 April 2024
Redmarians77 (talk) 02:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. (talk | contribs) 02:53, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Education

 * Saint Mary's College of Medical & Advance Studies
 * Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Satellite Town, Gujranwala
 * Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Model Town, Gujranwala
 * Govt. Islamia Post Graduate College, Islamia College Road, Gujranwala
 * Govt. College for Girls, Islamia College Road, Gujranwala
 * Govt. College for Girls, Niyaean Chowk, Urdu Bazar, Gujranwala
 * Govt. Post Graduate College for Girls, Model Town, Gujranwala
 * Govt. Degree College, People's Colony, Gujranwala
 * Govt. College for Girls, People's Colony, Gujranwala
 * Federal Govt. College, Cantt., Gujranwala
 * Federal Govt. College for Girls, Cantt., Gujranwala
 * Govt. College for Girls, Cantt., Gujranwala
 * Chenab College Of Engineering And Technology Gujranwala
 * GOVT College Of Commerce Nowshera road
 * GOVT College Of Commerce for Girls, Civil Lines, Gujranwala
 * GOVT College Of Technology, GT road Gujranwala
 * GOVT Leather Tech. Instt. GT road Gujranwala
 * GOVT tech, training Inst. Pasrur road Gujranwala
 * GOVT Vocational training Instt. for Girls, Cantt. Gujranwala
 * Sanat Zaar, Jinnah Road Gujranwala
 * Saint Mary's Law College
 * University of Central Punjab, Gujranwala Campus, Sialkot bypass road Gujranwala
 * Chenab College Of Engineering And Technology Gujranwala — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redmarians77 (talk • contribs) 02:49, 7 April 2024 (UTC)