Fateh Jang Tehsil (Punjabi and ur, ) is an administrative subdivision (
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
), of
Attock District
Attock District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district in Pothohar Plateau of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Its capital is Attock city.
The district was created in April 1904 by the merging of tehsils of nearby districts. Its former name was C ...
in the
Punjab province of Pakistan lying between 33°10′ and 33°45′ North, and 72°23′ and 73°1′ East. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 14
Union Councils. A notable
Kharosthi
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inscription is located near the main town of
Fateh Jang, which is also the headquarters of the tehsil.
History
Until the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Fateh Jang was under
British rule
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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* it is also called Crown rule in India,
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or Direct rule in India,
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, the
Imperial Gazetteer of India
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describes the Tahsil (tehsil) as follows:
Languages
Inhabitants of Fateh Jang Tehsil speak Sohain dialect of
Punjabi language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers.
Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 m ...
, the name is derived from
Sohan River.
References
{{Tehsils of Punjab (Pakistan)
Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan