My beautiful City

Dipalpur:

Famous Minaar of Razaqia Masjid

 A place of old traditions but progressing by Time...


 a small town 25km east of Okara city

Before the arrival of British , Kasur, Depalpur, Pakkpattan and Qabool was like this

History: Dipalpur is very ancient as well as historic city about 2000 years old, this is the city has been damaged and rebuilt several times during this period. According to the Indian historian Abnashi Chander the actual name of this city was Siri Puria. After that Raja Depa Chand renamed Depalpur, which was the name of his beloved son Raja Depa...


1: According to historians, it was about 2000 years ago when Aryans entered the Subcontinent they began to live in the land of Pert Sindhu (The Land of Seven Rivers) including River Ravi, Chinab, Satluj, Jhelum, Beas, Indus and Kabul. So the famous civilisation which was developed at that time was Ajodhan (Pakpattan), Qabula and Depalpur.
2: Dipalpur gained fame as an outpost that played a significant part in defending the Delhi Sultanate against the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
In 1285, Shahid Khan, son of Emperor Balban, was killed in a bloody battle against the Mongols and the famous poet Amir Khusro was taken prisoner. The tomb where Muhammad Tughlaq is interred may still be seen in an isolated part of the city, although it has become rather dilapidated...Under [[Ala-ud-din]] the town became the headquarters of Ghazi Malik (also known as [[Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq]]). [[Firuz Shah Tughluq]] made a royal visit to the town in the fourteenth century. [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]] made it the headquarters of one of the ''sarkars'' (revenue districts) of Multan Province.

Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) entertained by his foster brother Azim Khan at Dipalpur, Punjab, 1571, from the 'Akbarnama' made by Abu'l Fazi, 1590-98.

 Firoz Shah Tughlaq (Persian: فیروز شاہ تغلق), Hindi: फ़िरोज़ शाह तुग़लक़), 1309 - September 20, 1388 in Delhi, was a Turkic Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.[1] He was the son of a Hindu princess of Dipalpur.

Saints:

Many Muslim saints have come to preach in this area. Hazrat Bahawal Haq commonly known as Bahawal Sher Qalandar came from Baghdad and settled in the village of Patharwall near Dipalpur. The saint constructed a hujra (small living room) and a mosque outside the village. His grandson Hazrat Shah Muqeem continued his mission. The village came to be known as Hujra Shah Muqeem. This is the place mentioned in the famous Punjabi love story Mirza Saheban, although there is no historical evidence that Jati Sahiba (Mirza Sahiba) came here and prayed that "The streets should desert when where my lover Mirza roams about".
The Mughal Emperor Akbar, along with his son Saleem and royal entourage, stayed in Dipalpur when he came to pay homage to Hazrat Farid Ganj Shakar in 1578. Akbar named the corridor Bari Doab by combining the syllables of the names of the two rivers, Beas and Ravi, that bounded the area. Baba Guru Nanak also stayed in Dipalpur for some time. The ruins of a Gurudwara mark the place.
Historical Architecture: In the past, Dipalpur was surrounded by a fortified wall, rising to the height of 25 feet and strengthened by a deep trench. When and by whom this wall was constructed is not known, but it was renovated, repaired and improved during the rule of Firoz Shah Tughluq and later by Abdur Rahim Khan-e-Khanan, who was the governor during the time of Akbar. Firoz Shah Tughluq constructed a grand mosque and palaces. He also excavated a canal from the river Sutlej to irrigate gardens around the town.
Wide and airy tunnels linked the royal residential quarters inside the fort to the adjoining gardens outside. There were 24 burgs (musketry holes) on the fortification wall, 24 mosques, 24 bavlis (ponds) and 24 wells at the town's peak. The trench, ponds and tunnels have been filled in, but in some places the location of the trench can still be defined. Most of the wall has been razed. Two of the four massive gateways with pointed arches also exist though they are badly damaged and their wooden doors have vanished. Later coats of cement have marred the original architecture of the gateways

Bhuman Shah:>This village called Bhuman Shah is in the Jurisdiction of P.S. and Tehsil Dipalpur of district Okara. It is located at a distance of 24 kilometers from Dipalpur on Dipalpur-Haveli Lakha road. According to Bhai Kahan Singh Ji, Dashmesh Ji had given blessing to Bhai Bhuman, Shah that his langar would continue serving.
The shrine is built in the style of a big fort and inside this fort-like structure the Gurdwara of Baba Sri Chand, residence of Baba Bhuman Shah , the Samadh of various Mahants are located alongwith hundreds of rooms for visitors, langarkhana and the tank.
There are four big gates to enter this shrine and the walls are decorated with colourful pictures the sayings of Gurus. More than 1000 Ghumaon of agricultural land is endowed to shrine. This building is now in charge of the Evacuee Waqf Board. The present condition of the building is miserable, the walls have developed cracks and the roofs have collapsed. In case this building collapses in the time to come an invaluable treasure of art will also be destroyed with it.

Situated on the old bank of river Beas, Dipalpur started expanding and spilling out of fortification long ago. It was declared as notified area in 1949, which has been raised to the status of Municipal Committee. Now it is a typical Pakistani market town with all the hazards of urbanization: congestion, mixed traffic, encroachments, potholed roads and piles of domestic waste. Municipal Committee does not seem to notice the plight of the residents, particularly those living in the old portion of the city. The area is very fertile and ideally suited for livestock and agro industries.

Sadly, our Archaeology Department is neither very keen to ‘discover the missing links of human evolution in this area nor in preservation of bits and pieces of history lying under the layers of time. Challenge of restoring the ancient Dipalpur to its old magnificence might be too much, but the experts could carry out a survey to record the places having essential, historic, social and architectural value.

Historically Wrapped and Simply Romantic.

 

2nd mentioned : Saray

Another notable structure in the old section of Dipalpur is a Saray (inn) near the monastery of Lal Jas Raj. It was a spacious building with airy rooms on four sides, a big courtyard in the centre and four arched entrances. The inn, like most of the older structures in town, is now in a state of disrepair. It has been divided and subdivided so many times by successive occupants that the original shapes are obscured. Even the verandas have been converted to create rooms.

Still some streets like this

Basically Now Dipalpur is well known as Agricultural Land.   

 About Peoples:

By the profession Most Families are Landlords they are Farming like>

Wheat:> 

Rice:> 

Corn:>

Potatoes:>

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Dairy Farms:>   Dairy is one of the emerging sector in Pakistan and growing at fast pace. It is hoped that in a period of 10 years, this sector has all the potentials of transforming into a Billion dollars industry.

People have their on farms where they work hard with cows and buffaloes,

Technology has changed the ways of life and make them easy in dairy Farming New milking Machines introduced... 1st old method of milking was this>

and now a days its so easy like this> 

Schools and Colleges: 

  Distric Public School and College:>

O P F Public School:>

The Educator:> 

 

Superior College:

Govt Schools and Colleges are also Available For poor children:>  

About Politics: 1st:Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo (Urdu: منظور احمد وٹو‎), is a senior statesman, politician and the current minister of the ministry of states, frontiers and Kashmir affairs. He is the current provisional president of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Active in national politics since over 30 years, Wattoo dissolved his party and campaigned on party ticket of the Pakistan People's Party in 2008 general elections .^[1] He got (46941) Votes and won. On May 30, he joined the cabinet and served as an advisor to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani before assuming the charge of the ministry of states and frontier affairs.

 2nd:Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan, born on August 20, 1954 in Depalpur, is politically affiliated with PML(Q). He was previously affiliated with PPP.
An agriculturist by profession, he graduated with a B.A degree in 1972 from University of the Punjab.
Married and father of two sons,He elected as member of National Assembly in 2002 elections from NA-146, he was the sectary of Gas and Petroleum Ministry. in 2008 He got  (46006) Votes but lost.  Rao Muhammad Ajmal Khan has travelled to China, the U.S.A and U.K. His hobbies include reading and music.

3rd: Syed Abbas Raza Rizvi, He is an agriculturist by profession of Mauza Meer Aman Ullah, he was candidate for MNA NA-146 and got (29709) votes but lost. 

4th:  RAO QAISER ALI KHAN, He was in Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz PML (N), but left the party and joined Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf (PTI) in 2012, but in the end of year he left (PTI) and joined Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). 

5th: Malik Ali Abbas Khokhar, Malik Ali Abbas Khokhar son of Malik Abbas Khokhar was born on January 5, 1972 at Okara. He graduated in 1994 from University of the Punjab, Lahore. An agriculturist, who has been elected as Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in general elections 2008, he gained (19094). His father remained Member, Punjab Assembly for four terms during 1985-88, 1990-93, 1993-96 and 1997-99; his uncle, Malik Nazar Farid Khokar served as Member, Provincial Assembly of the Punjab during 2002-07 and functioned as Chairman, Standing Committee on Privileges during 2003-07.

About Poors:> Every one is not rich, a lot of peoples living their lives in poverty even they are not able to feed their children as much as they want but they work day and night to make both ends meet.. Their Children cannot study in well known school and colleges even somewhere they don't have any class room, therefore no one can show his/her hidden talent, the condition of Govt Schools and Colleges are not good, but no one talks about it even Media. This is the future of  Pakistan.

 If no one asks then how Pakistan will be the Pakistan of  Jinnah.

Think....... 

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