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About Kunjah
Kunjah (Punjabi and Urdu: کنجاہ) is a city in Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is also the city where Major Shabir shareef Shaheed a recipient of Nishan-e-haider belonged to.
From the Wikipedia article Kunjah (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Various accounts date the founding of Kunjah anywhere from the 4th century BCE during the time of Alexander the Great to the 8th century CE. Kunjah is named after a raja named Kunjpal who is also often credited to be the founder of the town. Islam was brought to the region by the Umayyad Caliphate early in the 8th century and soon replaced Buddhism as the dominant religion. Kunjah grew in prominence in the 9th and 10th centuries.
Starting during the Muslim period, Kunjah was considered a strategically important town. Ibrahim Bin Masood used Kunjah as his main base for his attack on neighboring districts. In the Mughal period, Emperor Aurangzeb also visited Kunjah, and during his stay in Kunjah built a mosque that is now named after him.
Kunjah prospered during the time of the Sikh Empire. Maharaja Ranjit Singh granted Kunjah and several villages as jagir to one of his most trusted officers, Diwan Moti Ram. The place was Moti Ram's ancestral hometown and worth over three lakh rupees annually. His family built a number of gardens and a baradari that still stands. Also to be found are two royal palaces and a royal bathing pool connected by tunnels.
From the History section of Kunjah on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Gujrat Airport (GRT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 14 km away.
- Chak Pindi 7 km north, about 7 min by car
- Dittewal 8 km north, about 8 min by car
- Banian 10 km north, about 10 min by car
- Gujrat 11 km northeast, about 11 min by car
- Wazirabad 17 km southeast, about 17 min by car
- Mandi Bahauddin 46 km west, about 46 min by car
- Gujranwala 46 km southeast, about 46 min by car
- Sialkot 52 km east, about 52 min by car
- New Mirpur City 72 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Jammu 86 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Tomb of Doctor Allah Ditta Talib Kunjahi jamati - panoramio, Bakhtiar Hussain, CC BY-SA 3.0
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