Sidhandi | village

Pakistan / Punjab / Khewra /
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Coordinates:   32°44'7"N   73°9'36"E

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  • There are two castes known as Qutabshahi Awan and Mughal Phatan are living. Most of the people prefer to join Pakistan Army but Gharibwal Cement Factory spoil the future of young generation which are now living idle.Sidhandi is surrounded by mountains known for limestone and coal. The limestone and shale of Sidhandi is being used in Gharibwal Cement Factory which was established especially for Mangla Dam and Link Barrages due to Indus Basin Treaty between India & Pakistan. Malik Ghulam Shabbir Awan of Sidhandi
  • You can reach Sidhandi via Chakwal and Pind Dadan Khan,if you travel from Jhelum you will go by road from Jhelum to Gharibwal Cement Factory More and then to Factory from where you will see high mountains if you go on foot you will cross Jotana village and after an hour you will reach Sidhandi. If, you start journey from Chakwal you will reach traveling from Choha Saidan Shan ,Basharat,Peer Patakh,Kharan and will reach Sidhandi. There is another way from Domailee to Amreela,Peer Patakh,Kharan and Sidhandi. There are many Coal Mines near Sidhandi.Peoples of Sidhandi are brave,cooperative,honest and hardworking they accommodated all their guests because of their tradation.
  • The elders of Qutabshahi Awan were Ghulam Mohammad,Allah Bakhsh,Bhadar Khan,Mirza Khan,Nadir Khan,Talib Hussain,Khadim Hussain,Bhadar Khan had four sons namely,Muhammad Shah,Farman Ali,Kala Khan,Habib whereas Mirza Khan had five sons whose names were Muraid Bakhsh,Gheba Khan,Allah Dad,Shadman Ali and Punjha Khan from which I belong.These names are recorded on the graves of our elders of Sidhandi.
  • First gazetted Class-1 Officer from Sidhandi is Malik Ghulam Shabbir Awan
  • 1965 War Shaheed of Sidhandi was Sepoy Mohammad Bashir S/o Muhammad Hayat Caste Mughal Phatan an other Shaheed of Sepoy Sunawar Hussain S/o Mohammad Khan Caste Mughal Phatab. 1971 War Shaheed was Sepoy Pervaiz Iqbal S/o Muhammad Habib Caste Awan Qutabshah.
  • Other elders of Qutabshahi Awan were Sarfraz Khan,Khuda Bakhsh,Abdul Rehman Rtd Subedar Major from Army,Naib Subedar Mohammad Zaman,Naib Subedar Karamdad,Haviladar Sattar Muhammad,Khushal Khan,Muhammad Habib,General Foreman in GCL,Haji Muhammad Latif,Muhammad Sharif,Muhammad Yar, Mohammad Feroze, Haji Abdul Majeed, Abdul Aziz, Shahwali, Rtd Subedar Fida Hussain , Muhammad Hussain,Mula Dad, Farzand Ali s/o Punja Khan,Muhammad Bashir s/o Farman Ali, Rtd Subedar Fazal Ellahi,Karam Ali, Imam Din, Karam Ellahi, Karam Ali,Muhammad Ali,Abdul Rashid ,Abdul Hameed, Fateh Muhammad, Raj Wali, Fazal Hussain,Abdul Malak,Mowaz Ali,
  • 1971 War Shaheed in East Pakistan(Bengal) was Havildar Mohammasd Khan s/o Muraid Bakhsh.Muhammad Ashraf s/o Khadim Hussain Malik had performed Hajj for three times.Imam Masjid of Sidhandi were Moulvi Abdul Ghani,Moulvi Abdul Aziz, Moulvi Abdul Haq and Moulvi Subedar Rtd.Abdul Majeed Akhtar whose son Mr. Zaheer Ahmed is now in Military Accounts as an officer.
  • The first B.D member of Sidhandi was Malik Muhammad Zaman s/o Sarfraz Khan Awan Qutabshahi. The first School Teacher of Sidhandi is Gulistan Khan s/o Raj wali. The village headmen of Sidhandi were Malik Fazal Ellahi s/o Raj wali Awan Qutabshi.and Muhammd Hayat Mughal Phatan. The first Naib Sadar of Union Counsel Ara is Malik Arab Hussain s/o Satter Muhammad Awan QutabShahi who become 2nd time also.
  • Sidhandi is a village in Tehsil Choa Saidan Shah Disrict Chakwal formerly it was a part of Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan District Jhelum. It is covered with high mountains. Lime stones quarry of Gharibwal Cement Factory was in Sidhandi when the factory was built in 1960 for Mangla Dam and barrages a part of Indus Basin Treaty between India and Pakistan.
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