Kot Ghulam Rasul کوٹ غلام رسول

Kot Ghulam Rasul کوٹ غلام رسول (Mian da Lok)

By Akbar Chaddar (Switzerland)

Introduction:

Village Kot Ghulam Rasul کوٹ غلام رسول is also called Mian da Lok. The founder of the village was Pir Ghulam Rasul whose caste was Qureshi. This village is about 200 years old. In this village there are about 100 families. But the famous person of this village was Mian Hujjan Chaddar. He was very pious man and Mehman Nawaaz. His profession was Agriculture. He was Jutt Chaudary.

There were so many Mureeds of Pir Ghulam Rasul and still this Pir family is famous in all over the area as pious and there are many followers of this family.

In the East and North of my village are two big canals. The people of the village are very nice and peaceful. The main source of income is Agriculture. Now a days many people of the village live abroad (Switzerland, USA, Spain, Kuwait etc.)

General Information:

This village is situated about 15 kilometers in the South-east of city Mandi-bahauddin. The main GT-Road called Gujrat-Sargodha Road is about 5km in the East. There are many famous families in this village.

Nearest Villages:

Jano Chak – East
Sheikh Ali Pur – East-south
Sarlay and Chak Mano – South
Helan and Kot Rahim shah – North
Muthmul – West

Main Castes:

Chaddar 35%
Peeran Di Braudary 25%
Kumhar 8%
Lohdary (Baloch) 5%
Qalandar 5%
Muslim Sheikh 5%
Mochi 5%
Qasbi 3%
Nai 3%
Mourassy 2%
Gondal 2%
Ranjha 1%

Social Personalities of the Village

Asif Chaddar Advocate (Nazim UC Jano Chak)
Saif-ullah Chaddar (ex. Nazim UC, Jano Chak)
(Late) Muhkum din
(Late) Mian Fazal Din
(Late) Pir Muhammad Azam Shah
Syed Ali Shah
(Late) Muzhafar Shah
(Late) Pir Inayat Ali shah
Akbar Chaddar
Muhammad Aslam Chaddar (ex. Member)
Nawazish Ali Shah (Numberdar)

Highly Qualified Personalities:

Akbar Chaddar – 1st educated person in the village (ex-Army officer)
Dr. Ashraf s/o Fazal Hussain Chaddar
Dr. Tariq Chaddar (Eye-specialist)
Saif-Ullah s/o Riaz Ahmed Chaddar (Capt. Pakistan Army)
Imtiaz Shah (Ex. Wapda officer)
Asif Chaddar (Advocate)
Saif Ullah Advocate s/o Akbar Chaddar
Master Ashfaq s/o M. Anwar Chaddar

There is one Primary school for boys and one for girls.

Main Crops:

Wheat
Rice
Sugar Cane
Vegetables

Parks and Canals:

This village is surrounded with two big canals, one in East called RQ-Link and one North of the village. Also a lot of natural scenery around the village.