Choa Khalsa

Choa Khalsa

چوآ خالصا
Choa Khalsa چوآ خالصا
Town
	Coordinates: 33°24′39″N 73°28′47″E / 33.41083°N 73.47972°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	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. The town consists of 800 houses. On 1 July 2004, Choa Khalsa became a union council.

History

The word "choa" means water spring, and Khalsa is related to Sikhism. 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 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, nobles or farmers to the same in the Rawalpindi District.^{[citation needed]} Some villages go by the name of Dera Khalsa, Thoa Khalsa, or Choa Khalsa. 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 one of the villages affected by the 1947 Rawalpindi massacres. In March 1947, Pashtun tribals along with the Muslim League National Guard attacked this village, looted, and raped and forced local Sikh women to convert to Islam.^[2] 150 Sikhs were killed in total.^[2] This barbaric attack set in motion a mass killing spree in the whole of the Punjab region.^[2] Many Sikh women chose to drown themselves in a well in an act of mass suicide.^{[citation needed]}

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
Sahot Kalyal
Sahot Badhal
Barri Bunn
Mohra Nagrial
Dhok Muqaddam
Ghadur
Mirghala Khalsa
Mohra Nagrial
Mohalla Rajgaan

Choa Khalsa Circle Union Councils

Choa Khalsa is center of six union councils.

UC number	Union council	Population (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^[3] comes under NA-58 (Rawalpindi-II), National Assembly.and in PP-7 (Rawalpindi-II) of Punjab Assembly.

Notable people

Abdul Aziz Mirza, Chief of Naval Staff, ambassador to Saudi Arabia

References

^ "RAWALPINDI: Kallar Syedan starts functioning as tehsil". Dawn.Com. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Singh, Ajmer. "The March Massacre in Pothohar". The Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ Page 13 NA-58

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20151208165732/http://www.pothwar.com/tehkallar

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[1] "RAWALPINDI: Kallar Syedan starts functioning as tehsil". Dawn.Com. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

[massacre-2] Singh, Ajmer. "The March Massacre in Pothohar". The Tribune. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[3] Page 13 NA-58

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