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HISTORY

Khanewal (Punjabi, Urdu: خانیوال) is the capital city of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is notable for being the host city to the second largest train station in Pakistan.[2] Khanewal is located at 30°18'0N 71°56'0E with an altitude of 128 metres[3] and is named after the earliest settlers here who belonged to the clan ‘Daha’ (jatt clan) and used ‘khan’ in their names. That is how the city came to be known as ‘khan-e-wal’.

History

Khanewal has a rich and vibrant history which can be traced back to the early 1900s. Khanewal is famous for its cotton growing industry. Daha are regarded as the initial settlers and founders of Khanewal.
Historically Khanewal is an old city having its earliest foundations laid by the British Empire owing to its importance as a railway junction. The city was a junction of the Wazirabad-Khanewal railway line and provided a connection to the city of Karachi via Multan.[4] Its straight roads show that it is a well planned town by the British people. The earliest settlers are said to be the Dahas like Khan Haibat Khan Daha,and Khatters like sardar Iftikhar Ahmed Khan Khatter who have the 'Khan' in their names and the city was named after them as Khan-e-wal. Khanewal was declared district in 1985.

Industry and agriculture

Khanewal is an agricultural city and is located in Pakistan's 'Cotton belt' - an area covering Khanewal, Multan and Bahawalnagar. It is known to produce the finest cotton in the World. However over the last 40 to 50 years industry has also been established in and around the city. Sir William Roberts established cotton trading and ginning installations in the area known as Brooke Bond which is now called Unilever, a company that specialises in making tea. There are over 900 workers employed by Unilever. The people of Khanewal are hard working and mostly committed to agricultural activities which is the main source of income for the people of the district. Other industries in Khanewal include chemical production and oil extraction. This has added to Khanewal's economy, growth and prosperity.

Landmarks

One of the most famous landmarks in Khanewal is the GUL-E-SHAFRAZ and nick name who is most popular SINGO WLI KOHTTIE,is the very beautiful foundation stone of which was laid in 1996 by a shangrila Engineer posted to Khanewal Railway Junction during the colonial period.Another place which is regarded as the oldest in suburbs of Khanewal is Kothi of Amir Baksh Khan Bhutta. The Khanewal junction is also a landmark as some parts of it have remained unchanged for over 130 years. Khanewal also has some other colonial landmarks dating back from the early 20th century, all private properties, but truly historic. A few of these properties were built and used by Sir William Roberts who is considered along with several others as one of the founding fathers of Khanewal and the famous farms outside Khanewal.[5]and also there is another famous landmarks in khanewal is BARA GHAR Which is build by famous bussinesman of khanewal Chaudry Abdul Haleem

Notable cricket players from Khanewal

Notable cricket players from Khanewal:
  • Masood Anwar is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1990.he is still serving cricket in karachi for ubl. he has got a brother called awais anwar also playing first class cricket.faboulous talented family.
  • Rana Shabbir Ahmad is a line-and-length pace bowler who took eight wickets for 109 runs on his Test debut against Bangladesh.
  • Rao Iftikhar Anjum was selected for the Pakistani squad to play in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.




    TEHSIL & UNION COUNCIL OF DISTRICT KHANEWAL

    Kabirwala
    Khanewal


    Mian chnnu
    Janhania


    TehsilUnionsTotal Unions
    Jehanian26.T.C. JEHANIAN, 27. THATHA SADIQABAD, 28. CHAK NO.127/10-R, 29. CHAK NO.136/10-R, 30. CHAK NO.139/10-R, 31. CHAK NO.140/10-R, 32. MIAN PUR, 33. RAHIM SHAH, 34. CHAK NO.55/10-R, 35. CHAK NO.106/10-R, 36. CHAK NO.149/10-R, 37. CHAK NO.157/10-R12
    KabirwalaBAGAR SARGANA, BAQIR PUR, CHAK HAIDERABAD, CHAK NAURANG SHAH, DADUANA, DHARKANA, HASHMAT MIRALI, HAVELI KORANGA, HUSSAINABD-I, IBRAHIM PUR, JASSU KAWAIN, JODH PUR, KOT BAHADAR, KOT ISLAM, KUND SARGANA, MAHNI SIAL, MAN KOT, MARI SAHU, MONGANWALA, MOOLA PUR, MUMDAL, NABI PUR, NARHAL, OKANWALA, QATAL PUR, SALAR WAHIN NAU, SARDAR PUR, SHAM KOT, T.C. ABDUL HAKIM-I, T.C. ABDUL HAKIM-II, T.C. KABIRWALA-I, T.C. KABIRWALA-II, T.C. SARIA SADHU, UMID GARH34
    KhanewalBHEROWAL, CHAK NO 7/9-R, CHAK NO.12/AH, CHAK NO.14/8-R, CHAK NO.171/10-R, CHAK NO.19/9-R, CHAK NO.30/10-R, CHAK NO.36/10-R, CHAK NO.4/8-AR, CHAK NO.4/AH, CHAK NO.43/10-R, CHAK NO.58/10-R, CHAK NO.70/10-R, CHAK NO.76/10-R, CHAK NO.80/10-R, CHAK NO.88/10-R, CHAK NO.92/10-R, KHANEWAL KOHNA, MC KHANEWAL-I, MC KHANEWAL-II, MC KHANEWAL-III, MC KHANEWAL-IV, MC KHANEWAL-V, MC KHANEWAL-VI, TC MAKHDUM PUR25
    Mian ChannuCHAK NO.100/15L, CHAK NO.115/15L, CHAK NO.123/7-ER., CHAK NO.124/15L, CHAK NO.126/15L, CHAK NO.129/15L, CHAK NO.131/15L, CHAK NO.134/16L, CHAK NO.137/16L, CHAK NO.14/8-AR, CHAK NO.44/15L, CHAK NO.57/15L, CHAK NO.61-A/15L, CHAK NO.7/8-AR, CHAK NO.72-73/15L, CHAK NO.74/15L, CHAK NO.78/15L, CHAK NO.84/15L, CHAK NO.92/15L, CHAK NO.93/15L, CHOGATTA PANJOANA, GHAOUS PUR, JARAHI, M.C. MIAN CHANNU-I, MIAN CHANNU-II, MIAN CHANNU-III, NOORI SOHAG, ROTLA, T.C. TULEMBA29
    Total Number of Tehsils = 4 and Total Unions = 100
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