Lakki MarwatorLakki(UrduandPashto:لکی مروت) is the headquarters ofLakki Marwat DistrictinKhyber Pakhtunkhwaprovince ofPakistan.[7]Lakki Marwat has becomeone of the fastest growingcities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Lakki Marwat is also the20th most populous city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Lakki Marwat
لکی مروت | |
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District Headquarter /City | |
| District Lakki Marwat | |
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  Lakki Marwat  Lakki Marwat | |
| Coordinates:32°36′19″N70°54′52″E/ 32.60528°N 70.91444°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Lakki Marwat District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil-council |
| • Chairman | MaulanaAnwar Badshah[1](JUI-F) |
| •Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Iqbal Hussain Bacha[2] |
| • Assistant Commissioner HQ | Mr. Omer Riyaz[3] |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Mr. Awais Khan[4] |
| Elevation | 255 m (837 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 59,465 |
| Time zone | UTC+5(PST) |
| Calling code | 0969 |
| Number ofUnion councils | 2[7] |
| Website | lakkimarwat |
History
editOrigins
editLakki was first called by the name of "Thal Daman", which means an open sandy plain.[8]The first evidence of civilization in the plains of Thal Daman and the spread ofIslaminBannuis indicated by the graves of Ashaab on the left bank of theKurram River.In addition, contemporary historians write about Bannu in their works.Al-Baladuriwrote that "In the year 44 H. [664 AD], and in the days of theKhalif Muawiya,Muhallib son of Abu Safra made war upon the same frontier, and advanced as far asBannaandAlahwarwhich lie betweenMultanandKabul.”[9][10]
The tribes of Lakki Marwat, such as the [Bannuchi] are mentioned in the memoirs ofMughal EmperorBabur.He considered the whole of the valley which is now theTahsilof Bannu and Marwat, as 'Bannu territory'. Babur also stated that when he came to Bannu in 1505, the Niazis were settlers in what now is Marwat.[11][12]In 1602, the Niazis were driven out byMarwattowardsIsakhel.
In 1756,Ahmad Shah Durraniincorporated the whole of the Bannu territory into theDurrani Empirecentred atKandahar(laterKabul).[11]
In 1818, theNawabof the area, Hafiz Ahmed Khan Sado Zai, annexedIsakhel.The following year, he was invited by the White Gund of Marwats to aid him against the Black Gund of Marwats. After doing this, the Nawab, took possession of the whole Marwat area.[12]
In 1836,Maharaja Ranjit Singhformally annexed Marwat and leased it for an annual sum of Rs. 40,000 to a tax collector called Dewan Lakki Mull.[11]Dewan Lakki Mull then settled some of theHindu inhabitantsacross theGambila Rivertowards the north. Eventually, these settlements turned into a small town known as Lakki. It was through Dewan Lakki Mull that the area derived its name 'Lakki'.[8]
After Dewan Lakhi Mull, Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana became the area's tax collector.[11]He belonged to theTiwanafamily and was an ancestor ofMalik Khizar Hayat Tiwana.In 1844, he built and garrisoned a fort in the heart of Marwat which he called Ihsanpur. A town grew up under its walls and became the capital of Marwat.[13]He induced many of the leading classes to settle near it, so a number of families that had moved to Isakhel returned to the region.[11]
British rule
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 8,634 | — |
| 1961 | 9,451 | +0.91% |
| 1972 | 14,359 | +3.88% |
| 1981 | 18,755 | +3.01% |
| 1998 | 30,467 | +2.90% |
| 2017 | 59,465 | +3.58% |
| Source:[14][6] | ||
On 20 March 1849, thePunjab regionwas annexed by theEast India Company.The province was divided into the districts of Leiah and Dera Ismail khan. The Isakhel and Marwat, was put into theDera Ismail Khan District.[15]On 1 January 1861, the Leiah District was broken up and the Dera Jat District was formed with Bannu as its most northern area.
In 1862, Bannu district was expanded to include parts ofMianwali District,such as PakharKalabagh,a tract lying along the eastern base of the salt range, and the villages of Harnoli andWan Bhachran.[11]Therefore, the whole of theNorth-West Frontier Province,including Bannu, Peshawar, Hazara and Kashmir remained part of thePunjab Provinceuntil 1901. Malik Fateh Khan Tiwana's old fort town of Ihsanpur continued to be the capital of Marwat until 1864. That year, it had to be abandoned when theGambila Riverflooded the area making it into a marsh. The District Officer, Major Urmston, allowed the inhabitants to move across to the right bank of the Gambila and settle amongst a cluster of villages consisting of Mina Khel, Khoedad Khel and Sayed Khel.
The municipality was constituted in 1874.[16]On 9 November 1901, theMianwali Districtwas formed out of the tehsils of Isa Khel and Mianwali from the Bannu District and Bhakkar and Leyyah from Dera Ismail Khan District.[15]The population in 1901 was 5,218.
Post-Independence
editA Narrow gauge (762 mm or 2 ft 6 in) railway line was linked it withMari Indus,BannuandTank, Pakistan,was closed in 1991.
On 1 January 2010, at least 99 people were killed in the nearby villageShah Hassan Khelwhen asuicide bomberblew himself up at avolleyballgame.[17]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^"JUI-F wins another tehsil chairman seat in recount".The News International (newspaper).23 December 2021.Retrieved18 January2022.
- ^"Widening of key Lakki road okayed".Dawn (newspaper).15 January 2022.Retrieved18 January2022.
- ^"Lakki municipal authorities get cleaning equipment".The News International (newspaper).30 December 2021.Retrieved18 January2022.
- ^"AAC Directs Shopkeepers To Follow Administration's Price Lists".Urdu Point (newspaper).6 November 2022.Retrieved10 November2022.
- ^"KP's new LG system: structure, powers, and voting process".SAMAA TV.17 December 2021.Retrieved18 January2022.
- ^ab"POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (LAKKI MARWAT DISTRICT)"(PDF).LAKKI MARWAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf.Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 June 2020.Retrieved21 June2020.
- ^abTehsils & Unions in the District of Lakki Marwat - Government of Pakistan[permanent dead link]
- ^abSher Mohammad Khan Mohmand,The Marwats,(Peshawar, 1999) pp. 17-22OCLC62341253
- ^Elliot H. M. 'The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians' in "The Muhammadan period: Volume 1"
- ^Briggs, J. trans.Mohammad Kasim Firishta,"History of the Rise of the Mahomedan Power in India Till the Year A.D. 1612 “, Volume VI
- ^abcdefGovernment ofNorth-West Frontier Province.Gazetteer of Bannu District (1883–84).(Lahore.Sang-e-Meel.1989) pp. 36-226
- ^abThorburn, S.S.,Bannu or our Afghan Frontier,(Kessinger, 1876) pp. 19-224
- ^Hunter, William Wilson,Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial series, North West frontier Province,Vols. VIII-XVI, 1908, p. 130
- ^"TABLE-1: AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES"(PDF).Administrative Units.pdf.Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.Archived(PDF)from the original on 20 June 2020.Retrieved20 June2020.
- ^abGazetteer of Mian wali District,1915 p. 40
- ^Lakki - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 130.
- ^Pakistan volleyball bomb toll climbs to more than 90fromBBCretrieved 19 September 2013
Sources
edit- Bellew, Henry Walter, "An inquiry into the ethnography of Afghanistan" (Karachi Indus Publications, 1891)
- Edwards, Herbert Benjamin,A Year on the Punjab Frontier 1848-49,Vol. 1
- Hunter, William Wilson,Imperial Gazetteer of India, Provincial series, North West frontier Province,Vols. VIII and XVI (1908)
- Rose, Ibbetson and Maclagan,A Glossary of the tribes and castes of the Punjab and North West Frontier ProvinceVol. I, p. 48 and Vol. III, p. 139
- Thorburn, S.S.,Report on the first Regular Land Revenue Settlement of the Bannu District in the Dera jat Division of the Punjab,(1879)