Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ
Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ
By: Shahid Imran Gondal
Village Kolowal Kotehra کولووال کٹہڑہ has 5 Parts.
- Haso Ana Dera
- Vada Lok
- Alhi
- Bijli Ghar
- Kothera
It is also called Kolowal Kothera. Alhamdollillah Population is 100% Muslim. It is also called Kalowal Kotehra.
Neighboring Villages:
It is situated on Malakwal Mandi Bahauddin Road. Main Village is about 2-3 Km Malakwal City, But its one Part (Kothera) is very near to Malakwal. Village Shumari is on South East side, Khutiala Khurd is on South West Side, North East Side is Badshahpur, And on West Side of my village is Malakwal City. River Jhelum is about 2 Km away from Kolowal on North Side.
Main Castes:
Main Caste of the village is gondal, about 78% population of village is Gondal. Main castes & their percentage is as follow.
- Gondal 78%
- Syed (Hamdani/Bukhari) 10%
- Ranjha 2%
- Working Castes 10%
Social Personalities of the Village:
Following are other main social personalities
- Haji Nazir Ahmed Gondal (Chairman of Zakat & Ushar Committee)
- Ch. Ghulam Ali Gondal
- Ch. Ghulam Abbas Gondal (Counselor)
- Ch. Shan Ali Gondal
- Shah Khurshid Alam
- Mohammad Aslam Gondal
- Syed Mehmood Hussain Shah
- Hafiz Zafar Iqbal (Imam Masjid Jamia Mosque)
- Tahir Hussain Shah (Punjab Police)
- Shahzaib Ahmed Gondal (Grace marquee owner)
Another Social personality was Ch. Ata Mohammad Numberdar who passed way on April, 2008. His age was about 90 years.
Highly Qualified Personalities of the Village:
- Shahid Imran Gondal (Transport Manager in Saudi Binladin Group Saudi Arabia
- Naveed Iqbal Gondal is working as Director in Islamabad.
- Mushtaq Ahmed Gondal (Supertendent, Pak P.W.D Islamabad).
- Safdar Iqbal Gondal (PS to DSP Traffic Islamabad)
- Syed Najam ul Hassan (Manager Allied Bank, Lahore)
- Mohammad Akram (Grade 18 officer in HBFC)
- Muzafar Iqbal Gondal (Chemistry Teacher in Govt. High School Malakwal)
- Ali Atif Hassan (LLB, MA English)
- Jehangir Abbas Gondal (PS to Director NHA Islamabad)
- Azhar Iqbal Gondal (SDO Wapda Jhelum)
Personalities in Foreign Countries:
- Talat Mushtaq Gondal (Holland)
- Faisal Usman Gondal (Spain)
- Shahid Imran Gondal (Jeddah Saudi Arabia)
- Javid Iqbal Gondal (France)
- Naeem Shahzad Gondal (UK)
- Omar Gondal/Arshad Gondal/ Naseer Gondal/Tariq Gondal (Jeddah Saudi Arabia)
- Syed Rashid Shah (Dubai, UAE)
- Syed Abrar Hussain Shah (South Africa)
Culture of Village:
Culture of my village is almost same like other villages of Punjab. But some people are doing job in Islamabad or Lahore & some are working abroad so you can see a little touch of city life also in life of people. Especially on occasion of marriage.
Schools, Collages & Mosques:
There are 4 Mosques in my village, one is Jamia Mosque where Jumma prayer is also offered. There is also one Imam Bargha & 3 Mazars in the village. There are two Government schools one primary school for Boys & one High School for Girls. There is also one private school in the village. Degree college Malakwal is situated very near to my village.
Hospitals, medical stores and shops:
The is no any hospital in the village but there are two clinics, & also 5 shops to purchase necessities of life. Village is only 3 km away from Malakwal so mostly people done their shopping in Malakwal.
What is Gondal:
Gondal is one of the main elite Jat clans living in Punjab, Pakistan. They are believed to have accepted Islam on the inducement of famous Sufi poet Baba Farid and were instructed by him to stay in the area between the Chenab River Jhelum River which now forms Mandi Bahauddin, and Sargodha District. They are approximately over half a million in population and are mainly living in Mandi Bahauddin,Malakwal, Kolowal, Phalia,(Rerka Bala) (Ajjowal) Kot Momin, Midh Ranjha, Bhalwal Tehsils Geven Gondal (30km away from Sargodha). The majority is associated with the profession of agriculture but a number of them are also in civil services, such as police, Education and judiciary in Pakistan. Quite a lot of them are also working abroad mainly in the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Spain, France, South Africa and the United Kingdom.
It is widely accepted in Punjab that Gondal’s have amassed great fortunes through their strict tolerance of agricultural expertise. It is therefore not surprising that they are now and always have been regarded as the Elite Senior Jats’ earning the status of Powerful Landlords of Pakistan. Many sources claim that as many as 37% of Pakistan’s Powerful & Secretive Inter-Services Intelligence ISI members of staff come from this clan.
Main Crops:
Famous crops of village are Wheat & Rice. But now a days some landlords are also cultivating Potatoes (Ch. Javid Gondal is a guy who has completed M.com but instead of doing job he prefer to work on his own land & make experiment to cultivate Potatoes on his land and his experiment was successful and now lot of people are cultivating potatoes also). Other main crops are as follow.
- Sugar Can
- Cotton
- Potatoes
- Maize
- Tobacco
Media and Communication:
By the passage of time communication through Letters is decreased & Phone & Email has taken its place. So main mean of communication in my village is Phone. Through this people can keep in touch with their loved ones in other cities and abroad. TV/ Radio is main media through which people can get news about their beloved country & other world.
Organizations / Group in the village
There is an Yahoo group named as Gondals Online. This group is created to bring all Gondal’s on one platform, not only from village Kolowal but of Whole world. Shahid Imran Gondal & Saqib Mushtaq Gondal are Moderators of this group. This group is accessible on following address
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gondals_online
Parks & Cannels in Village:
In free time people go on Park near river Jhelum which is on distance of about 2.5 Km from my village named as Daman-e-Khizar Park. There is also a cannel in the village, it irrigate land of village. Its water is not enough so lot of landlords have installed their own Peter Engine to overcome the shortage of water.
Sport:
Kabaddi, Cricket, Vollyball (Shooting), Kushti
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