tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64938034066028658042024-03-08T10:40:25.054-08:00All About Qila Didar SinghPicture of Qila Didar Singh, People of Qila Didar Singh, Life Style of Qila Didar Singh, Hotels in Qila Didar Singh, All About Qila Didar Singh!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493803406602865804.post-83545103655224238132009-11-04T02:33:00.000-08:002011-08-11T12:48:38.091-07:00Pictures of Qila Didar Singh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Sameer Nisar a young entrepreneur from Qila Didar Singh.Contact Sameer : url http://sameernisar.com<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gOvLdkwq9iQ/SvFccVD8tOI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Shi92gvZCCs/s1600-h/ABCD0001.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400199069953733858" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gOvLdkwq9iQ/SvFccVD8tOI/AAAAAAAAAOw/Shi92gvZCCs/s400/ABCD0001.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 300px;" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6493803406602865804.post-37726884104566290302009-11-04T02:29:00.000-08:002009-11-04T02:32:59.165-08:00About Qila Didar Singh<p><b>Qila Didar Singh</b> is a town of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujranwala_District" title="Gujranwala District">Gujranwala District</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_%28Pakistan%29" title="Punjab (Pakistan)">Punjab</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. It is located at 32°8' N 74°1' E<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qila_Didar_Singh#cite_note-0"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup>, west of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujranwala" title="Gujranwala">Gujranwala</a> city - the district capital. Its population was estimated to be 54,849 in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qila_Didar_Singh#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup>. Qila Didar Singh lies on the Gujranwala-Hafizabad Road, 17 km west of Gujranwala. The town's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> market is one of the largest in the Punjab. In 2007, Qila Didar Singh was administratively upgraded to City Town, one of four in the Gujranwala District<sup class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from November 2008" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup>.</p> <p>Affiliated with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_Punjab" title="University of the Punjab">University of the Punjab</a>, there are two colleges in town, one each for boys and girls, which offer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BSc</a> degrees. Qila Didar Singh is centre of education and shopping for nearby villages.</p><table class="infobox geography vcard" style="width: 23em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" style="width: 100%; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;font-size:1.25em;"><span class="fn org">Qila Didar Singh</span></th> </tr> <tr class="mergedrow"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <center> <div style="width: 252px; float: none; clear: none;"> <div style="padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 250px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pakistan_location_map.svg" class="image" title="Qila Didar Singh is located in Pakistan"><img alt="Qila Didar Singh is located in Pakistan" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pakistan_location_map.svg/250px-Pakistan_location_map.svg.png" width="250" height="200" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: absolute; z-index: 2; top: 32.4%; left: 68%; height: 0pt; width: 0pt;"> <div style="position: relative; text-align: center; left: -3px; top: -3px; width: 6px; font-size: 6px;"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" width="6" height="6" /></div> <div style="line-height: 110%; position: relative; top: -1.5em; width: 6em; left: 0.5em; text-align: left;font-size:90%;"><span style="padding: 1px;">Qila Didar Singh</span></div> </div> </div> </div> </center> </td> </tr> <tr class="mergedbottomrow"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; padding-bottom: 0.7em;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span></h2><br /><p>The origin of the town is related to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> land owner called Didar Singh. When Didar Singh was married, his father gave him the lands surrounding the part of Qila Didar Singh that is currently known as "Old/Inside part of Qila". The name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qila" title="Qila">Qila</a> implies a fort; this name originates in the fact that Didar Singh's family had a very large and tall mansion, which was surrounded by smaller houses. Because there was a wall surrounding the whole town with several gates, the town had the appearance of a fort.</p> <p>During the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian rebellion of 1857" class="mw-redirect">Indian rebellion of 1857</a>, British troops during during chase of the rebels, arrived at the Qila and surrounded it, believing it to be a fort. Representatives of the townpeople however managed to convince the troops that the town was not in fact a fortification.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from November 2008" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a></i>]</sup></p> <p>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>, the year of Pakistan's independence from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Indian Empire</a>, Qila Didar Singh was a very small town with mainly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh" title="Sikh">Sikh</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> population. Most of the Sikhs and Hindus living in the town moved to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> part of the Punjab and many Muslim immigrants moved to the area from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Punjab" title="East Punjab">East Punjab</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>.</p><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Source_of_income">Source of income</span></h2><br /><p>Due to fertile soil of the surrounding area, the economic backbone of Qila Didar Singh is agriculture; the main <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_crops" title="Cash crops" class="mw-redirect">cash crops</a> being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice" title="Rice">rice</a> in the summer and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat" title="Wheat">wheat</a> in winter.</p> Most people from Qila Didar Singh are labourers, government employees, and factory workers. There has been considerable migration from the area to other countries. Residents of Qila Didar Singh are not farmers but people living in villages around Qila Didar Singh earn their living from rice and wheat fields. A couple of hundred people from Qila Didar Singh commute to Gujranwala daily for labour or to do technical jobs in various small industries in the city. Leaving their families at home, many others work in different parts of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> for their living.<br /><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Nearby_villages">Nearby villages</span></h2>Hager, Noor Pur, Chehal, Ugoo Chak, Herdo Deuory, Juana, Jodeh Pur, Kot Shah Muhammad, Botla Junda Singh, Papnakha, Sanak, Ball, Kalowali, Nokhar, Sago Pago, Panj Graïn, Chugian, Khewa, Mosa, Chak Jaid, Herdoopur, Man, Qazi Kot,Kot Ladha and Nawan Pind are villages surrounding Qila Didar Singh.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1