Daska

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Daska
ڈسکہ
City
Daska is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Daska
Daska
Coordinates: 32°20′N 74°21′E / 32.333°N 74.350°E / 32.333; 74.350Coordinates: 32°20′N 74°21′E / 32.333°N 74.350°E / 32.333; 74.350
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionGujranwala
DistrictSialkot
TehsilDaska
Government
 • MNAIftikharul Hasan Shah
 • MPAZeeshan Rafique
Elevation
217 m (712 ft)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • City175,464
 • Rank50th, Pakistan
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code052
Number of towns1
Postal Code051010

Daska (Urdu: ڈسکہ‎), is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city is the capital of Daska Tehsil, one of four tehsils of Sialkot District.[2] It is the 50th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is 29th largest by population in Punjab.

17th-19th Centuries[]

Daska was founded during the reign of Shah Jahan, and was initially named Shah Jahanabad, according to Mughal revenue records.[3] It was later renamed Daska as it is das ("ten") koh (Mughal unit of distance) from Sialkot, Pasrur, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad.[4] During the Afghan Durrani invasion of the 18th century, Daska was ruined and its inhabitants forced to seek shelter in the nearby mudfort of Kot Daska.[5] Daska was later repopulated during the Sikh era.[6] Daska was captured by Ranjit Singh in 1802 and made part of the Sikh Empire.[7]

20th Century[]

In 1929, Daska was the site of Hindu-Sikh riots when Akali Sikhs attempted to seize control of Gurdwara Sant Wayaram Singh. The local Hindu community claimed it was built to be a .[8]

In August 1947, 5,000 refugees from surrounding areas gathered at Daska Camp for two weeks before being escorted to the Indian border by the Pakistani Military.[9]

Economy and Geography[]

Daska tehsil was once the biggest tehsil of Pakistan, containing almost 400 villages.

There are a number of farm machinery manufacturers based in Daska.[10] Being surrounded by big industrial cities such as Gujranwala and Sialkot, Daska has a very healthy employment rate. The urban area of Daska is no more than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) in length but it still manages to hold the title of an industrial city which contributes a lot in national economy. Mughal, Kashmiri, Rajpoot, Arain and Malik tribes are prominent in the urban area and several Jatt tribes are in the majority in rural areas. The Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian Canal flows through its centre which makes the surrounded area fertile and rich for crops.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities". PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sialkot – Government of Pakistan Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Commissioner, Pakistan Office of the Census (1962). Population Census of Pakistan, 1961: Dacca. 2.Chittagong. 3.Sylhet. 4.Rajshahi. 5.Khulna. 6.Rangpur. 7.Mymensingh. 8.Comilla. 9.Bakerganj. 10.Noakhali. 11.Bogra. 12.Dinajpur. 13.Jessore. 14.Pabna. 15.Kushtia. 16.Faridpur. 17.Chittagong Hill tracts.
  4. ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
  5. ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
  6. ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
  7. ^ bahādur.), Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān (1891). History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time. Calcutta Central Press Company, limited.
  8. ^ Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (1996). History of the United Panjab. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-7156-534-4.
  9. ^ Page, Co-Director Media South Asia Project Institute of Development Studies David; Page, David; Singh, Anita Inder; Moon, Penderel; Khosla, G. D. (2002). The Partition Omnibus. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-565850-7.
  10. ^ "Sialkot: Chinese to assist Daska machinery makers". Dawn. 14 May 2004. Retrieved 12 September 2020.


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