Choa Khalsa

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Choa Khalsa
چوآ خالصا
Coordinates: 33°24′39″N73°28′47″E / 33.41083°N 73.47972°E / 33.41083; 73.47972
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province Flag of Punjab.svg   Punjab
District Rawalpindi
Tehsil Kallar Syedan
UC Choa Khalsa
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code 051

Choa Khalsa is a town and Union Council of Kallar Syedan Tehsil, [1] Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan. Town consist of 800 houses. On 1 July 2004, Choa Khalsa became the Union Council.

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History

The word Choa means a water spring and Khalsa is related to the Sikh movement. Khalsa is a strict Sikh religious order founded in 1699 by Guru Gobind Singh, the term Khalsa is an Arabic word. There are various interpretations to the term Khalsa, one of the general meaning of the term is free from impurities or pure [ citation needed ]. This term is also defined as the land or estate which belongs directly to the king, without any intermediary claims of lords/ noble or farmer to the same in the Rawalpindi District [ citation needed ]. Some villages go by the name of Dera Khalsa, Thoa Khalsa, Choa Khalsa, etc. They were so named because they were state owned villages during Sikh rule in Punjab. Choa Khalsa village is located about 60 km from Rawalpindi.

It was also one of villages affected by 1947 Rawalpindi massacres. In March 1947, Pashtun tribals along with Muslim League National Guard attacked this village, looted, raped and forced local Sikh women to convert to Islam [ citation needed ]. 150 Sikhs were killed in total [ citation needed ]. This barbaric attack set in motion the mass killing spree in the whole of the Punjab region [ citation needed ]. Many Sikh women chose to drown themselves in a well in an act of mass suicide [ citation needed ].

Notable people

Villages


Choa Khalsa Circle Union Councils

Choa Khalsa is Center of 6 union councils

UC Number.Union CouncilPopulation
(2017)
UC24 Nala Musalmana 00,00
UC25 Manyanda 00,00
UC26 Samote 30000 Approximately
UC27Choa Khalsa00,00
UC28 Kanoha 14000 Approximately
UC 29 Doberan Kallan 00,00

After Delimitation 2018 Choa Khalsa Circle 6 Union Councils of Kallar Syedan Tehsil Page 13 NA-58. Comes Under NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II), National Assembly.and in PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) of Punjab Assembly.

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References

  1. "RAWALPINDI: Kallar Syedan starts functioning as tehsil". Dawn.Com. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2013-11-13.