Mian Channu

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Mian Channu مِياں چنُّوں
City
Rice fields in Mian Channu
Mian Channu مِياں چنُّوں
Coordinates: 30°16′N 72°13′E / 30.27°N 72.22°E / 30.27; 72.22
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Khanewal
Population  (2017)[1]
• City	90,130
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun is a city and capital of Mian Channu Tehsil in Khanewal District, Punjab province of Pakistan.

Etymology[]

The city was named after a Sufi saint, who lived and buried there. There is a folklore about the name that during English rule administration tried to change the name of city. They painted all boards with the new name. But at night somehow the boards changed to back to the original. They tried repeatedly in vain, and since then the name of area is Mian Channu.

Educational institutions, medical unit, railway station, fruit mandi, park and a public library. A Mosque, a temple and Gurdwara was built to perform religious obligation for all communities. In the year 1919, it was declared as a notified area Committee and in 1938 as a Town Committee. Its limits were last extended in the year 1950. Since then no extension has been made and the development the Town from 1947 to 1961 remained slow. It was assigned of Municipal Committee in 1975, as it had grown into small urban centre by that time. After that the Town started developing and major growth has been taking place from 1972 to 1984. But the trend of growth in this period has largely been along G.T Road and in the northern direction. It has been the headquarters of the Mian Channu Tehsil of Khanewal District since 1985^[2] and is administratively subdivided into 3 Union councils.^[3] It has approximately 65,000 residents and is located on the Grand Trunk Road (250 km South West of Lahore and 1050 km North East of Karachi) and KLP (Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar) railway line. For a period of more than a century, Mian Channu has been part of District of Multan. With the raising of status of Mian Channu to a tehsil headquarters and creation of a new District of Khanewal from 1 July 1985, Mian Channu Tehsil become a part of the new District of Khanewal. The city is one of the major contributor to agricultural production. Cotton, wheat and mango are the major agricultural products. Major crops of the town are wheat, grain, peas, barley are the important crops of Rabi season, while Kharif crops are cotton, sugarcane, jawar, bajra, oil seeds which are shipped by rail and road to other parts of the country.

Notable people[]

• Ghulam Haider Wyne - former chief minister Punjab 1990-1993
• Maulana Tariq Jameel - religious Scholar
• Iftikhar Thakur - Comedian, Actor
• Rana Babar Hussain - Politician, MPA
• Zahoor Hussain Qureshi - Politician, MNA
• Arshad Nadeem - Athlete(Javelin throw)
• Ayub Ommaya - Acclaimed Pakistani-American Neurosurgeon (NIH USA)

References[]

Coordinates: 30°27′N 72°22′E / 30.450°N 72.367°E / 30.450; 72.367