Daska (Punjabi: ڈسکا; 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.
Daska
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| Coordinates: 32°20′N 74°21′E / 32.333°N 74.350°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Gujranwala |
| District | Sialkot |
| Tehsil | Daska |
| Government | |
| • MNA(s) | Syeda Nosheen Iftikhar (NA-75 (Sialkot-IV)) |
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| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population | |
| • City | 175,464 |
| • Rank | 50th, Pakistan |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 052 |
| Number of towns | 1 |
| Postal Code | 51010 |
Demography
editPunjabi tribes such as Rajputs and Arain also ethnic Kashmiris are prominent in the urban area and several Jatt & Gujjar tribes are in the majority in rural areas there are also ethnic Pashtuns spread throughout the region having mostly migrated centuries ago during Afghan rule and are mostly of the Kakazai, Niazi and Burki tribes and to which still hold onto a significant portion of the land in Sialkot District. During the partition there was a significant migration wave of ethnic Pahari and Dogri speaking Muslims from the Jammu Region of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir, today these people have been absorbed into the wider Punjabi community.
Almost all the Sikhs and Hindus fled during the partition of India to eastern Punjab and Delhi while muslims from eastern Punjab especially from cities like Pathankot, Amritsar and Ludhiana settled in Daska making almost the entire towns population Muslim with a Christian minority remaining.
History
edit17th-19th centuries
editDaska was founded during the reign of Shah Jahan, and was initially named Shah Jahanabad, according to Mughal revenue records.[2] It was later renamed Daska as it is das ("ten") koh (Mughal unit of distance) from Sialkot, Pasrur, Gujranwala, and Wazirabad.[3] During the Afghan Durrani invasion of the 18th century, Daska was ruined, and its inhabitants were forced to seek shelter in the nearby mudfort of Kot Daska.[4] Daska was later repopulated during the Sikh era.[5] Daska was captured by Ranjit Singh in 1802 and made part of the Sikh Empire.[6]
20th century
editIn 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 dharamsala.[7]
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.[8]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities". PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Jhang District: 1883. 1883.
- ^ bahādur.), Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān (1891). History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time. Calcutta Central Press Company, limited.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nijjar, Bakhshish Singh (1996). History of the United Panjab. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 978-81-7156-534-4.
- ^ 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.
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