How to Become Islamabad

How to Become Islamabad  :-

      Islamabad was announced as the capital of the Kingdom of Pakistan in 1959. Before that, there were about 160 villages on this land. The ancient name of the land of Islamabad was Rajshahi.

According to the research of geologists, human footprints of millions of years old have been found here. The traces of human life here are very old. The basis of this research was the fossils found in the Morgah Garhi Shahan Swan Camp in the area around the Swan River. In 1928, geologist D.N. Wadia discovered tools on the banks of the Swan river which predate the use of stone tools.

If the historian looks at the past of this land, he will see a village in every sector or sub-sector. Rather, its first settlers will show their genealogy. The etymology of the names of the villages also shows its own identity. During the construction of the city, many villages located at the foothills of Margalla such as Noorpur Shahan, Shahdara Saidpur and Golra Sharif have been declared rural areas of Islamabad and their original form has been maintained.

The total area of ​​this rural area is 38906 square kilometers. Syedpur and Shahullah Dutta are the most established towns. Syedpur's old name was Fatehpur Baoli. And in 1580, Man Singh, on his way to Kabul, gave this jagir to Syed Khan Gakhar. Later it was named Syedpur after Syed Khan. Syed Khan was a descendant of Sultan Sarang Khan.

Saidpur has been important since ancient times and in 1849 the British defeated the Sikhs and occupied it. There was a famous Hindu Asthan, Ram Kund, Lachman Kund and a temple, the remains of which are still there. During the Musharraf era, Syedpur was upgraded to the status of a model village. The Gakhar community is the majority in this village, while Janjua Rajput, Awan, Pirkanjan Mughal, Dhaniyal, Gujjar, Minhas, Rajput, Bhatti and Syed also live in this village.

Among the ancient settlements connected to Syedpur were Chak, Bichu, Meera, Temba, Bar, Jandala Helan. In Temba, Pakistan's largest mosque, Faisal Masjid is located. Bar is the current F5 area. In Sector E Seven, there was a settlement called Dhok Jeevan, which was settled by Jeevan Gujjar from Gujarat. Katariyan village was settled in Sector G-5, nowadays the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are located here. The residents of Katariyan village were given an alternative place in front of Sector I-9 within the limits of Rawalpindi. Which is called Nuktariyan today.

It is attributed to the Kataria caste of Gujars. In front of the zoo, there was a settlement called Banian in Sector F6, whose first settlement was named after the Gujrans of their herdsman Banian. Noon, Bokra, Dadan Gujran, Guragojar, Jahari Gujar, Bhadana Kalan, Bhadana Khurd, Poswal, Dhok Gujran, Dhok Jeevan, Jabi, Badho, Rumli, Nidias, Nareel are included.

According to the Rawalpindi Gazetteer of 1884, 109 villages in Rawalpindi district were owned by Gujjars and 62 villages were owned by Gakhdars. The old name of Area G10 was Thatta Gujran. Shahullah Dutta is considered the oldest village of Islamabad. It is a village about 650 years old, where hundreds of years old caves reveal ancient natural civilizations and religions. The ancient settlement of Malpur is located on the Murree road on the way from Islamabad to Bihara.

This village also originally belonged to Qutb Shahi Awans and was located within the limits of Rawal Dam. Later it was settled under the name of New Malpur.This village was first settled by Sardar Budhan Khan Awan, later it came under the ownership of the Gakhdars. Kamial, Gakhar, Sheikh and Maliar also lived here. In 1976, the late Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave it the status of a model village.

Near the present convention center, there was a small village called Dhokari, a variant of Dhok. It was settled as a labor settlement until the 1980s, after which its traces disappeared. However, Dhokri Stop has kept his name alive. There was a village called Bagan or Bagh Kalan near the present water well. The construction of Islamabad city was started in October 1961 from this Bagh Kalan village.

Noorpur Shahan Chorpur was famous before the arrival of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif. This area was illuminated by the light of faith and started to be called Noorpur. Rawal Dam has been constructed on Nallah Coring. This nala is filled all year round with the springs and rainwater from the lower hills of Margalla and Murree.

Several villages were inhabited in the present area of ​​the dam, including Phagadil, Shakrah, Kamagari, Kharpan and Machhrialan. Some villages on the Margalla Hills within the limits of Islamabad have been inhabited since ancient times, including Talhar, Gokina, Malwar Sira, Gah, Narias Budhu is included. To the west of Faisal Masjid, there was a settlement called Kalingar on the mountains.

Near the present Jinnah supermarket, there was a settlement named Rupran. The owners of Golra Sharif were Qutb Shahi Awan. Their first settler named this place after his branch Gowda. Mera Jafar is a small village near Golra along with a settlement named Mera Sambal Jafar. Both these villages were settled by a person named Jafar.

 

Malikpur Azizal was settled by Turkhan tribe. Kokanyal and Makanyal people are also settled here. Mohra Nagriyal was settled by the Nagriyal branch of the Rajput tribe. Meera Begwal is located on Smalley Dam Road. It is situated in a beautiful location near the hill. It was settled by the Dhaniyal tribe.

Kori, Karur, Karpa band Begwal Charhan and Meera Begwal were famous villages of Dhaniyal tribe. Jhangi is an important village near Syedan ​​Motorway, its owners were Syeds. After whom it was named, there is a clear majority here. Shahullah Dutta is also owned by Sadat. Hon Dhamyal is a village near Sahala Training College, it is inhabited by Dhamyal tribe, people of Mithial branch are settled here.

Hardu Gahar is a village near Sahala, it is divided into two parts by Sawan river, Dhok Qazian Gahar Rajgan, Chahal Yaran Gahar Nai Abadi, Ghari and Dandi are its sub-villages. It is located on Kahota road. Located at a distance of seventeen kilometers from Lahtrar Road. Their lands were acquired and there is a village called Panjgaran near it. Alipur was named after its first settler, Baba Ali Muhammad.

Initially, there were Khokhar, Malikabad, later Rajputs, Bhatti Qazi and Janjua also settled here, and Alipur near Tarlai has a central position. The list of villages and towns within the limits of Islamabad is very long. The lands of Gangal and Dhok Laliyal villages are also under the runway of Ghori Town Islamabad Airport Noor Khan Airbase and also under the Islamabad Expressway. Air force colonies are also settled on the lands of these villages. Most of the settlements have lost their identity and modern sectors have been built in their place.

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