Choa Khalsa
چوآ خالصا
Town
Coordinates: 33°24′39″N 73°28′47″E / 33.41083°N 73.47972°E / 33.41083; 73.47972
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DistrictRawalpindi
TehsilKallar Syedan
UCChoa Khalsa
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)
Area code051

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.

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 . 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 . 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 . 150 Sikhs were killed in total . This barbaric attack set in motion the mass killing spree in the whole of the Punjab region . Many Sikh women chose to drown themselves in a well in an act of mass suicide .

Notable people

Villages

  • Choa Khalsa
  • Chullo Mirgala
  • Dhoke Ch Feroze Khan
  • Dhoke Kanyal
  • Dhok Dulal Qureshi
  • Khanada
  • Muhalla Akbari
  • Takal
  • Mohra Heran
  • Dhok Baba Balandiyan
  • Dhok Sadiq abad
  • Dhoke Gohar wali Takal
  • Pehr Hali
  • Rajam
  • Dhok Bangyal
  • Dhok Sangal
  • Khanadah
  • Mohalla Akbri
  • Sahot Hayal
  • Barri Bunn
  • Mohra Nagrial
  • Dhok Muqaddam
  • Ghadur
  • Mirghala Khalsa
  • Mohra Nagrial
  • Mohalla Rajgaan

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
UC27 Choa Khalsa 00,00
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.

References

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


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