Mananwala
human settlement in Pakistan
Manawala (Urdu: مانانوالہ) is a city in Sheikhupura District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated on the Lahore-Sheikhupura-Faisalabad road.
History
Prior to the Partition of India, Mananwala was established in 1890 by Sardar Bahadur Kirpal Singh Mann, head of the famous Jat Sikh Mann Sardars of Mughalchak, Gujranwala. Initially consisting of five large Havelis within a fortified perimeter, Mananwala has now expanded into a sizeable city of more than 9 square kilometres and with a population of over 50,000 people. The ancestral territories of the Mann Sardars of Mughalchak also included Qila Shabdev Singh, Qila Mihan Singh, Qila Didar Singh, and Maan. In reference to this family, Lepel H. Griffin footnotes that "there is a saying, well known in the country, to the effect that three families in the Panjab, Attariwala, Mann, and Majithia, have possessed the greatest number of remarkable men. The Attariwala Sardars are brave and faithless. The Mann Sardars, handsome, gallant and true; the Majithias, wise and timid."
Hari Ram Gupta accounts that in mid-eighteenth century, in order to establish and strengthen the Sukerchakia Misl, Charat Singh made four major matrimonial alliances, one of which was made with the Mann Sardars of Mughalchak. Sardar "Charat Singh's son Mahan Singh was married to the daughter of Sardar Jai Singh Mann of Mogalchak". Sardar Jai Singh Mann was the Sardar of the Mughalchak Misal, and led his forces alongside Sardar Charat Singh, the Sardar of the Sukerchakia Misl, in the military expeditions of Tsa Khel, Pindi Bhattiari, Gujrat, and Sialkot.
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