Gojra is a city in Pakistan famous for its tradition and history. It is known as the village of hockey and one of the biggest Tehsils in Punjab with an area of about 26 square kilometers.
And Pakistan offers the best & famous destinations for tourism.
The history of Gojra city
In order to increase the knowledge of the readers, let me mention at the outset that the British government had constructed a 137 km canal from the Gojra branch and a 150 km long canal Jhang branch from 1865 to 1896 to settle the Sandal Bar and irrigate the land in the area.
Simultaneously, the railway line from Faisalabad to Shorkot was completed from 1886 to 1896, with a station at Gojra. Thus the city was founded in 1896.
Then people from districts of United India like Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Amritsar, and other districts were brought here and settled in Gojra city and surrounding areas.
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| Gojra Railway Station |
When Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs gained independence from British rule in 1947, the city Gojra became part of Pakistan in Partition.
Gojra named after
I have heard from my elders that the people of the Gujjar community used to graze their buffaloes and live in the forest ballet in this area. Due to this Gujjar community, the name of this city was Gojra.
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Lala Jwala Singh's Janj House (Wedding House)
A very rich Sikh, Lala Jwala Singh, lived in this city at that time. He built a common house called Janj Home on a four-Kanal area near the railway station in 1906, with about twenty rooms, five bathrooms, and five latrines all around, leaving space in the middle of the house.
Every poor or rich, irrespective of religion and nationality, used to come and stay in this common house along with his Barati as there was no hotel, etc. at that time.
Barati's from far-flung areas used to come to the station and get off the train and stay in this 'Janj Ghar' for rest before going to any village.
For their comfort, this kind-hearted man, Lala Jwala, built this 'Janj Ghar' with his own money and ten beds were laid out in each room for the comfort of the guests.
There were 4 employees for the service and security of the house, whose salary was used to pay by Lala Jwala Singh out of his own pocket.
And those employees used to provide food and drink according to the season to the people of Janj ie Barat and provided fodder for animals of them. In return for this good deed, Lala Jwala Singh only sought the prayers of the people. This continued until 1947.
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| TMA Office, Gojra |
Then slowly the name and symbol of this war house disappeared. There was a lot of looting everywhere during the partition of Pakistan and India, but the citizens of Gojra took to leave the 80-year-old Sikh and his family from the railway station wearing garlands of flowers and tears in their eyes.
Gojra Tehsil
Gojra was formerly a small town and a municipal committee, but as it progressed, it was given the status of a tehsil of Toba Tek Sangha district in 1982.
Councils, Villages, and Population
Gojra is now a tehsil with a population of 800,000, consisting of 24 union councils and about 180 villages.
The population of the city is about 175,000 and the population of the villages is 625,000. Gojra is known to the world as the village of Hockey.
Gojra is a Village of Hockey
This land produced more than one thousand international players under the patronage of PT Muhammad Yaqoob and under the coaching of Ustad Muhammad Aslam Roda, Ustad Muhammad Iqbal Bali, Ustad Manzoor Al Hassan Senior, Ustad Rashid Al Hassan, Ustad Khawar Javed.
These include Tahir Zaman, Mohammad Azam, Mohammad Sarwar, Mohammad Qasim, Sheikh Mohammad Usman, Mohammad Nadeem Indy, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Shahbaz Jr., and many others.
The girls also include Rizwana Yasmeen, who captained the Pakistan hockey team and won the Asian title as a goalkeeper.
Educational Standards and Means in Gojra
Educationally, Gojra has a special place in Punjab and Pakistan. There is a government postgraduate college for boys and a separate government college for girls.
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| Government College, Gojra |
There are 12 government high schools and if we talk about private colleges, there are a lot of in numbers as well. After studying here, young students are becoming engineers and doctors and making Pakistan famous all over the world.
Political figures
In the field of politics, the services of Baba Hamza, Chaudhry Amjad Ali Warraich, Chaudhry Khalid Javed Warraich, Haji Muhammad Ishaq, Chaudhry Asad Zaman Cheema, Chaudhry Bilal Asghar Warraich, Abdul Qadir Awan, Ehsan Gujjar, Haji Ghulam Rabbani, and many eminent politicians are included.
These are the people who have been senators, MNAs, and MPAs in different periods.
Gifts of Gojra
Speaking of gifts, Gojra sweets have a distinct identity. Gojra is famous for its delicious and sweet Barfi like Mand's Barfi, Shakur Jatt's Barfi, export daily to other countries of the world.
Apart from this, people also like to eat Rana's Dahi Bhallas and Baba's pakoras with great enthusiasm.
The comforters or blankets of Khadi made of Ansar Colony are also very famous which are sent to Karachi.
Other Features of the city Gojra
Gojra is a part of Motorway 4 which goes from Faisalabad to Shorkot. In terms of business, Rafiq Center and Al Barak Mall are very popular here and people from nearby areas also come here to shop.
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| Underpass in Gojra |
All the politicians played a vital role in building a hockey stadium in Gojra, which gave the children a chance to show their talents in the field of hockey and also employment. There is a huge hospital in the health sector to serve the poor.
Famous Personalities of Gojra
Among the actors, the famous heroine of the past, Shirin, belonged to Gojra. Actor Bella, who was the father of Honey Bella, also belonged to Gojra.
Among the singers are two singers known as Baba Group who made a name for themselves in the Indian Punjab and Pakistani Punjab by singing uniquely in Heer and Mystic Kalam. One of the singers was from Gojra and his name was Mohsin Akbar.
Lala Obaidullah, a well-known kabaddi player, hails from villages around Gojra. Wali Muhammad, a famous wrestler of the past, belonged to Talundi, a village on the outskirts of Gojra.
In 1960, besides Pakistan, he also won prizes by defeating Sikh wrestlers in England and made Pakistan famous.
Story Behind Famous Proverb of Gojra
I would also like to tell a famous story of 1955 about Fazal Din alias Fazlu Jutt, who was a resident of 245 GB, a village near Gojra.
In his youth, he had married a beautiful girl of his choice, from the village while in those days it was considered a great sin to marry a woman of one's choice.
That girl was very fond of drinking Hookah like other women in the village. hookah is a device from which tobacco smoke passes through water before being inhaled.
On a winter's night, when all the wood had been soaked by the rain, Fazlu's wife had a desire to burn Huqqa.
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| Beautiful Road View, Gojra |
So Fazlujat started burning one rupee, two rupees, and five rupee notes from his pocket as fuel instead of wood so that his new bride would not get angry and said "Kush la mere yaar, to hain mere dilda karar". Means: Smoke it, Oh my love, you are my love.
The incident became famous throughout the village as well as in the surrounding areas, thus becoming a proverb that is still remembered today.
Let me explain that in those days one rupee was very valuable, one rupee could buy forty kilos of wheat, one rupee could buy two kilos of ghee and one rupee could buy three kilos of goat meat. This is still known in our city Gojra and surrounding areas.