Sandal Bar
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Sandal Bar(Punjabi:ساندل بار), also known as theJungle Bar,[1]is the section of theBar regionin western Punjab located between the riversRaviandChenab,and comprises the southern part ofRechna Doab.It corresponds to the present-dayFaisalabad,Jhang,Toba Tek SinghandChiniotdistricts.[2]
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Sandal Bar is named after Sandal, grandfather of the 16th-century Punjabi chieftainDulla Bhattiwho, according to the popular folklores, led a revolt against the Mughal rule in the Sandal Bar during the reign ofAkbar.[3]Until the late-19th century it was sparsely populated, when it was brought under irrigation after the establishment ofChenab Colony(Lyallpur) in 1892.[4]
References
[edit]- ^Latif, Syad Muhammad (1997).History of the Punjab from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time.Sang-e-Meel Publications. p. 294.ISBN9789693507355.
- ^Soofi, Mushtaq (13 June 2014)."Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab".Dawn.Retrieved26 May2023.
- ^Singh, Surinder (2008)."Mughal Centralization and Local Resistance in North-Western India: An Exploration in the Ballad of Dulla Bhatti".In Singh, Surinder; Gaur, Ishwar Dayal (eds.).Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia.Pearson Education India. pp. 89–112.ISBN978-81-317-1358-7.
- ^Gilmartin, David (2015).Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History.University of California Press. p. 146.ISBN978-0-520-35553-8.