Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun, is the capital city of

Mian Channu Tehsil Mian Channu ( ur, ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Khanewal District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its capital is Mian Channu Mian Channu, alternately spelled Mian Chunnun, is the capital city of Mian Channu Tehsil in Kha ...

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the d ...

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

province of

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Etymology

The city was named after a

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, Baba Mian Channu, who had lived there at one point. After his death, he was buried there. There is an

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about the name; it is believed that during the British rule, administration attempted to change the name of the city. They painted all boards with the new name. However, an unknown vandal changed the boards back to the original name. They tried repeatedly in vain, and since then, the name of the city remained 'Mian Channu'. Mian Channu has many services and areas for its inhabitants, as well as tourists, such as educational institutions, a medical unit, a railway station, a fruit mandi, a park, and a public library. A

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

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, and

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was built to perform religious services for all communities.

History

In the year 1919, Mian Channu was considered a

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, and by 1938, it was considered a

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. Its limits were last extended in the year 1950. Since then, no extension has been made, and the development of the town from 1947 to 1961 remained slow. A

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was established in 1975, as it had grown into small

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by that time. After that, the town began developing, and major growth has been taking place, from 1972 to 1984. The trend of growth in this period has largely been along G.T Road, and in the northern direction. It has been the

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of the

since 1985, and is administratively subdivided into three Union councils. For more than a century, Mian Channu was part of

Multan District Multan District ( ur, ), is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 3,116,851 (1.315 million or 42.2% in urban areas). Its capital is the city of Multan. The district of ...

. With the raising of status of Mian Channu to a tehsil headquarters, and the creation of Khanewal District on 1 July 1985, Mian Channu Tehsil became a part of Khanewal District. In 2009, a bombing killed approximately 12 people. An accidentally fired

BrahMos The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10)2022 India–Pakistan missile incident.

Demographics

Mian Channu has approximately 90,130 residents per the 2017 census, and is located on the

Grand Trunk Road The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. ...

(250 km South West of

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, and 1,050 km northeast of

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), and KLP (Karachi, Lahore,

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

) railway line. *

Mohallah Rehmania Mohallah Remania is the biggest residential area in Mian Channu city, Khanewal District, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-mos ...

, residential area

Economy

The city is one of the major contributor to

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production.

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wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

, and

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es are the major agricultural products. Major crops of the town are wheat, grain, peas, barley are the important crops of Rabi season, while Kharif crops are cotton, sugarcane, jawar, bajra, oil seeds which are shipped by rail and road to other parts of the country. The city is also known for their local specialty, Khushi Barfi, which is a kind of

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Notable people

* Arshad Nadeem - athlete (gold medalist javelin thrower) *

Ayub Ommaya Ayub Khan Ommaya MD, ScD (hc), FRCS, FACS (1930 - 2008) was a Pakistani American neurosurgeon and the inventor of the Ommaya reservoir. The reservoir is used to provide chemotherapy directly to the tumor site for brain tumors. Ommaya was also a ...

- Pakistani-American

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(NIH USA) *

Ghulam Haider Wyne Ghulam Haider Wyne ( ur, , 1940 – 29 September 1993) was a Pakistani politician who served as the tenth Chief Minister of Punjab. He was a member of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad and later Pakistan Muslim League (N) Early life Wyne's family ...

- Pakistani opposition leader, former chief minister of Punjab provinceLAHORE: Tributes paid to Ghulam Haider Wyne
Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 October 2004, Retrieved 16 May 2022 *

Maulana Tariq Jameel Tariq Jamil ( ur, , Ṭāriq Jamīl; born 1 October 1953), is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer, scholar, and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. The recipient of the Pride of Performance award, Jamil has been named twice i ...

- is a Pakistani Islamic television preacher, religious writer, scholar, and a member of the Tablighi Jamaat. *

Iftikhar Thakur Iftikar Thakur (Urdu, pa, افتخار ٹھاکر), born Iftikhar Ahmed is a Pakistani actor and stand up comedian. He rose to fame for his roles in Punjabi drama. He has starred in numerous stage shows and telefilms in different languages m ...

- Pakistani actor and stand up comedian. *

Rana Babar Hussain Rana Babar Hussain Abid is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from PP-208 Khanewal-IV, PP-208 Mian Channu Tehsil, Mian Channu from February 2024 till date. Previously, he was a Member of the Prov ...

- Pakistani politician * Muhammad Waseem (cricketer) -is an Emirati cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates cricket team. *

Aslam Bodla Aslam Bodla (; born 15 March 1952) is a Pakistani politician who was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 1993 too 1996 and again from 2002 to May 2018. Early life He was born on 15 March 1952. Political career He ran for the se ...

- Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan *

Zahoor Hussain Qureshi Zahoor Hussain Qureshi () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till January 2023 from the NA-152 constituency of Tehsil Mian Channu & Khanewal district. He was also made Parliam ...

is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. He was also made parliamentary secretary for Ministry of Power. He is MNA from Khanewal district.

References

Populated places in Khanewal District {{Khanewal-geo-stub