Jati Umra is a small village in the

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(formerly

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) of

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, India. Pakistan's well-known businessman Muhammad Sharif belonged to Jati Umrah. He left his everything in India and moved to Pakistan in 1947. the co-founder of Ittefaq Group and founder of Sharif Group. Two of his three sons,

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and Shehbaz became Prime Ministers of Pakistan. He left everything here and went to Pakistan in 1947.

History

Jati Umra is notable for being the ancestral village of

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, also including the former

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. In December 2013, the Chief Minister of Punjab,

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during India visit also went to the grave of his great-grandfather Mian Mohammad Baksh at the village and offered a holy sheet. Mian Muhammad Sharif, the former head of Sharif family, had lived in Indian Jati Umra before migrating to

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in 1947.

References

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