Humans tried to live in groups for food, hunting, and security for thousands of years. Later, in settlements for agriculture and shelters. Mohalla is an Arabic word for a specific residential area of people belonging to a particular caste, tribe or profession. Word was used in Central Asia and then in the Subcontinent. Mohallas serve as the centres of communal life, where residents meet their neighbours and create meaningful connections with them, In other words, a group of houses or buildings that are socially and physically linked to one another and the availability of shared services.
The new Bhera was established by Sher Shah Suri on the left bank of the River Jhelum in 1540 AD. As I heard, the town was oval, with a wall and moat around it, and it had nine gates. The present-day Circular Road is the general alignment of the wall. Previously, most of the mohallas were inside the Circular Road, but with the increase in population after Independence, many have come up outside the Circular Road. There are several mohallas inside the Circular Road: large, medium, and small. There are five large mohallas, that is, Sahniawala, Khawajagan, Seithanwala ( Kalan ), Sheikhanwala, and Pirachgan. Read an Urdu article by Headmaster Ali Hassan ( Retd), Mohallas of Bhera, and also see a video clip shared on the website, www.bhera.org. A complete list of mohallas of Bhera is also given below for information.
محلہ ترکھاناں والا (مُحلّہ معماراں والا- نیا نام: مُحلّہ پاکستانی)
محلہ بلوچاں والا
محلہ گوسائیاں والا
محلہ شیش محل
محلہ چِٹّی پُلی
محلہ کمہاراں والا
محلہ میئاں والا
محلہ اِسلامی باغ (پُرا نام : سیتا رام باغ)
محلہ چُوہڑیاں والا
محلہ چوپڑا منڈی
محلہ اِملی والا
محلہ کچّا ویہڑا (نزد محلہ خواجگان)
محلہ کچّا ویہڑا (نزد مُحلّہ سِپْراواں والا)
محلہ سِپْراواں والا
محلہ گھئیّاں والا
محلہ اُبراں والا
محلہ حافظانہ
محلہ قاضیاں والا
محلہ کپوراں والا
محلہ بارُود سازاں
محلہ وَڑْیاں والا
محلہ بھُٹیاں والا
محلہ کوہلیاں والا
دین پور لوکڑی
اسلام پور لوکڑی
لال والی لوکڑی
لوہاراں موری (نزد محلہ پراچگان/حاجی گُلاب)
چاہ گولیاں والا
چاہ ڈھولیاں والا
چاہ جوتالیاں والا
اُچّا کُھوہ
نصیر آباد کالونی
الشّمس کالونی
نذیر آباد کالونی
صدیق آباد کالونی
پیر مصطفٰی آباد کالونی
شِروانی ہومز
باوا موج دینؒ کالونی
گلاب گڑھ
جاوید نگر
سلیمان کالونی
نُور احمد کالونی
نیو سٹی (نزد عیدگاہ)
اعظم آباد
فاروق آباد
دَھوناں دا گڑھا
کُوچہ ڈوگراں
پیر بھنبھا کالونی
معاویہ ٹاؤن
ایفل سٹی
اعوان ٹاؤن
قدیم اور تاریخی شہر بھیرہ کے پُرانے مُحلّوں اورنئی آبادیوں کے نام
محلہ پراچگان
محلہ خواجگان
محلہ شیخاں والا
محلہ ساہنیاں والا
محلہ لوہاراں والا (نزد دربار پیر خاکی)
محلہ مِرْدِیہاں والا
محلہ سیالاں والا
محلہ حکیماں والا
محلہ مُفتیاں والا
محلہ ٹَھٹیاراں والا
محلہ گاندھیاں والا
محلہ فراشاں والا
محلہ گُل فروشاں
محلہ شاہ نصیب دریائی
محلہ پیر اعظم شاہ
محلہ پیراں والا
محلہ شاہ لطیف
محلہ تیلیاں والا
محلہ علی بھَٹا
محلہ جھنگی والا
محلہ داندیاں والا
محلہ چِھبراں والا
محلہ حاجی گلاب
محلہ ڈَڈّاں والا
محلہ لالُو والا
محلہ علی پُوریاں والا
محلہ شیخ پُوریاں والا
محلہ مَلکاں والا
محلہ سیٹھیاں والا (کَلاں)
محلہ سیٹھیاں والا (خُورد)
محلہ ستّاں والا
محلہ سادات
محلہ ہدایت شاہ
محلہ نَمد گراں
محلہ پیر خاکی
محلہ فاضل امام
محلہ بوڑھی والا
محلہ جامع مسجد بُگویہ
محلہ مسجد کھجوری والا
محلہ وِجھیاں والا
محلہ جنڈی والا
محلہ چندھوکاں والا
محلہ ملہوتریاں والا
محلہ پکھی واراں (نیا نام: محلہ اَعواناں والا)
محلہ ڈِھبّے والی
محلہ قانی گویاں
محلہ کانواں والا
محلہ کھٹِیکاں والا
محلہ ہتّاراں والا
محلہ چھاٹاں والا
The names of the mohallas of Bhera and the new settlements around it are given below. Mohallas, which are highlighted and bold, their link has been provided; you can approach them straight away. Provide additional information about the new and old mohallas, along with the pictures. It will be uploaded on the website, bhera.org. Must see the article by Headmaster Chaudhry Ali Hassan ( late), “Bhera ‘s Mohallas and its Residents”
Article – Bhera’s Mohallas and its Residents, by Headmaster Ali Hussain ( Retd). The links to Mohallas are given below
- Mohalla Sahnian Wala
- Mohalla Pirachgan
- Mohalla Khawajgan
- Mohalla Sethiaan Wala (Kalan)
- Mohalla Sethiaan Wala (Khurd)
- Mohalla Sheikhanwala
- Pelee Khothi – Mohalla Sheikhanwala
- Mohallah Loharan Wala
- Mohalla Mehmarawala / Tarkhanawala ( now Pakistani ).
- Mohalla Mirdeyaan Wala
- Mohalla Sialaan Wala
- Mohalla Hakeemaan Wala
- Mohalla Muftiaan Wala
- Dhona Da Garrha
- Mohalla Namadgaran
- Mohalla Ghoriayanwala
- Mohalla Choparan de Mandi
- Mohalla Gandhiaan Wala
- Mohalla Hattaranwala
- Mohalla Firashaan Wala
- Mohalla Gul Firoshan Wala
- Mohalla Shah Naseeb Daryaee
- Mohalla Laluwala
- 500 Years Old Temple – Mohalla Peer Azam Shah
- Mohalla Peer Azam Shah
- Mohalla Thatyaaran Wala
- Mohalla Peeraan Wala
- Mohallah Shah Lateef
- Mohalla Tailiaan Wala
- Mohalla Ali Bhatta
- Mohalla Jhangi Wala
- Mohalla Daandiaan Wala
- Mohalla Chibbaraan Wala
- Mohalla Haji Gulab
- Mohalla Ali Puriaan
- Mohalla Sheikh Puriaan
- Mohalla Malkaan Wala
- Mohalla Sattaan Wala
- Mohalla Sadaat
- Mohalla Hidayat Shah
- Mohalla Namad Garaan
- Mohalla Peer Khaki
- Mohalla Fazil Imam
- Mohallah Bohrri Wala
- Mohalla Jaame Masjid Bugvia
- Mohalla Masjid Khajoori Waali
- Mohalla Dhibbeywali
- Mohalla Jandi Wala
- Mohalla Chandhokaan Wala
- Mohalla Malhotraan Wala
- Mohalla Pakhiwaaran Wala
- Mohalla Dhibbey Wali
- Mohalla Qani Goaan
- Mohalla Kanvaan Wala
- Mohalla Khateekan Wala
- Mohalla Mohalla Hattaraan Wala
- Mohalla Chhaataan Wala
- Mohalla Balochan Wala
- Mohalla Gosaaiaan Wala
- Mohalla Sheesh Mahal
- Mohalla Chtti Puli
- Mohalla Kumharan Wala
- Mohalla Meyaan Wala
- Mohalla Islami Bagh
- Mohalla Choohrriaan Wala
- Mohalla Sipranwala
- Mohalla Imli Wala
- Mohalla Vighianwala
- Mohalla Kachcha Vehrra ( Near Mohalla Khwajgan)
- Mohalla Kachcha Vehrra ( Near Mohalla Sipraavan Wala)
- Mohalla Sipraavan Wala
- Mohalla Ghayyiaan Wala
- Mohalla Ubraan Wala
- Mohalla Hafizana
- Mohalla Qaziaan Wala
- Mohalla Kapooran Wala
- Mohalla Barud Sazaan
- Walaytianwali Mari, Mohalla Ali Bhatta,
- Mohalla Bhuttiaan Wala
- Mohalla Kohliaan Wala
- Mohalla Warianwala
- Gopal Bahari da Katra
- Mohalla Malook Shahian
- Mohalla Jalal Shah
- Mohalla Mironapo
- Mohalla Randanwala
- Mohalla Maslian , Bhera
- NEW MOHALLAS OF BHERA, MOSTLY OUTSIDE CIRCULAR ROAD
- Din Pur Lokrri
- Islam Pur Lokrri
- Lalwali Lakari
- Chah Doleyaan Wala
- Chah Dholeyaan Wala
- Chah Jotaleyaan Wala
- Uchcha Khooh
- Naseer Abad
- Ashshams Colony
- Nazir Abad Colony
- Siddiq Abad Colony
- Pir Mustafa Colony
- Shirvani Homes
- Bawa Moujdin Colony
- Gulab Garh
- Javed Nagar
- Salman Colony
- Noor Ahmed Colony
- New City ( Near Eid Gah)
- Azam Abad
- Farooq Abad
- Koocha Dogaraan
- Pir Bhamba Colony
- Muavia Town
- Eiffel Town
- Awan Town
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Mohalla Thatyaranwala, Bhera.
Mohalla Thatyaranwala, Bhera.
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Gopal Bahari da Katra , in front of Imam Kot ( old Gurdawara ) , Bhera . See on the website , bhera.org , under the category “Mohallas of Bhera”.
Gopal Bahari da Katra, is located in front of Imam Kot ( old Gurdawara ), in the main bazaar, Bhera. […]
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Pelee Khothi – Mohalla Sheikhanwala, Bhera. See on the website , bhera.org , under the category , “Mohallas of Bhera”. Zahid Mumtaz
Tucked away at the entrance of Mohalla Sheikhanwala, Pelee Kothi stands as a testament to Bhera’s rich history and architectural […]
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Mohalla Mehmarawala / Tarkhanawala ( now Pakistani ) is a small old mohalla inside the Circular Road, Bhera. See pictures of the mohalla on the website , bhera.org , under the category “Mohallas of Bhera.” Zahid Mumtaz
Exploring Mohalla Mehmarawala/Tarkhanawala ( now called Pakistani ), Bhera. Inside the Circular Road, Mohalla Mehmarawala/Tarkhanawala is a quaint, old neighbourhood […]
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Heritage Preserved : An old house renovated with love in Mohalla Sahniawala, Bhera. See on the website, bhera.org, under the category , Mohallas of Bhera. The link is given below : Zahid Mumtaz
Heritage Preserved: An old house renovated with love in Mohalla Sahniawala, Bhera An old house in Mohalla Sahniawala has been […]
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MOHALLA FAZAL IMAM , BHERA, DISTRICT SARGODHA. Alama Nazir Ahmed, ex-principal of Government Intermediate College ( now Government Associate College ), Bhera, has briefly explained the history and significance of Mohalla Fazal Imam through audio messages. He belongs to Mohalla Fazal Imam. The audio messages are given on the bhera.org website under the Category – Mohallas of Bhera- Mohalla Fazal Imam ( Part 1 & 2 ). Also, an audio message of Bunyad Hussain Bokhari, from Sheikhpur, Bhera, in response to Alama Nazir Ahmed’s audio messages. Zahid Mumtaz
Mohalla Fazal Imam is a medium-sized mohalla located outside the Circular Road, south of Peeranwala Darwaza ( 1865). In the […]
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Mohalla Hattaranwala, Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Hattaranwala is a small mohalla near the Municipal Committee (1867), Bhera. In the north of it are mohallas Nagianwala […]
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Mohalla Shah Naseeb Daryaee
Mohalla Shah Naseeb Daryaee is close to Darul Uloom Muhammadia Ghosia, Bhera, Al-Karam International University, Bhera and Darul Uloom Girls’ Hostel. […]
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Mohalla Hafizana , Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Hafizana is a small mohalla located towards the west of Bhera. in the north of it is Mohalla Pirachgan […]
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Mohalla Pakhiwaaran Wala, Bhera , district Sargodha
Mohalla Pakhiwaaran Wala is a small mohalla located near Masjid Mohajareen ( in Sheikhanwala Bazaar ). It is a close-ended […]
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Mohalla Dhibbey Wali , Bhera , district Sargodha
Mohalla Dhibbey Wali is located close to Chirri Chog Darwaza ( Qabali Gate – 1865 ) , an old temple […]
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Mohalla Meyaanwala, Brera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Meyaanwala is a small mohalla located close to Mohalla Khawajgan. In the north of it, the old Civil Dispensary, […]
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Mohalla Kapooranwala, Bhera , district Sargodha
Mohalla Kapooranwala is a small mohalla beteeen mohallas Sethianwala and Sheikhanwala . In the north of it, Sethianwala , in […]
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Mohalla Kachcha Vehrra ( near Mohalla Khawajgan), Bhera , district Sargodha
It is a small mohalla located close to Mohalla Khawajgan. On the north, is Mohalla Hakeemawala, in the west Chakwala […]
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Mohalla Ghoriayanwala , Bhera , district Sargodha
It is a small mohalla located northeast of Bhera. In the north of it Circular Road, in the west Mohalla […]
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Mohalla Rubabianwala , Bhera , district Sargodha
Mohalla Rubabianwala is a very small mohalla located southwest of Mohalla Sheikhanwala . In the north of it Sheikhanwala , […]
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Mohalla Tailianwal, Bhera , district Sargodha
It is a small mohalla located close and east of Chakwala Darwaza ( 1865). North of it is Mohalla Khawjgan, […]
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Walaytianwali Mari, Mohalla Ali Bhatta, Bhera, district Sargodha
Walaytianwali Mari is located in Mohalla Ali Bhatta, on the road Chakwala Darwaza – Bus Stop, Bhera. On the building, […]
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Mohalla Sethianwala, Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Sethianwala is one the biggest mohallas located in the north centre of Bhera. In the north, it is Circular […]
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Mohalla Qazianwala, Bhera, district Sargodha
Qazianwala is one of the smallest, close-ended mohallas of Bhera. It is located next to Imam Kot ( old Gurdwara), […]
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Mohalla Purani Aabkari , Bhera , district Sargodha
Mohalla Purani Aabkari is a small mohalla located in the southeastern corner of Bhera. In the north is Bagh Dewan, […]
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Mohalla Kholianwala, Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Kholianawala is a small old mohalla located in the centre of Bhera. In the north, it is Main Bazaar […]
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Mohalla Namadgaran , Bhera
Namadgran is a small south central mohalla close to Peeranwala Darwaza ( 1865 ). In the north of it is […]
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Mohalla Malhotara, Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Malhotara is a small central mohalla of Bhera. In the north of it is Mohalla Vigianwala, in the west […]
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Mohalla Ubranwala , Bhera, district Sargodha, Bhera
Mohalla Ubranwala , Bhera, district Sargodha, Bhera Mohalla Ubranwala is located south of the old civil dispensary in Kachery Bazaar, […]
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Bagh Dewan, close to Mohalla Sahniawala, Bhera, district Sargodha
It is located in the southeastern corner of Bhera, part of Mohalla Sahniawala. It is still the second largest bagh […]
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Mohalla Kachawara, Bhera, district Sargodha (near mohalla Mehmaranwala/ Terhanawala)
Mohalla Kachawara is located near Laluwala Darwaza ( 1865 ). There are three mollahs Kachawara in Bhera. One near mohallas […]
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Mohalla Sipranwala , Bhera, district Sargodha
Sipranwala is a small central mohall of Bhera, close to mohalla Ghosianwala ( now called Ansarianwala ). In the north […]
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Mohalla Ghayianwala, Bhera, district Sargodha
Mohalla Ghayianwala is one of the smallest mohallas of Bhera, located almost in the centre of Bhera. In the north […]
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Mohalla Nagiananwala ,Bhera, district Sargodha
A small house of Gurdas Ram Khanna is located in mohalla Nagianwala, Bhera, district Sargodha. It was constructed in 1923, […]
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Loharan De Mori, Bhera, District Sargodha
Loharan de Mori is a small mohalla located southwest of Bhera inside the Circular Road. In the north is Mohalla […]
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Mohalla Bhutianwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Bhutianwala is a medium-sized mohalla close to Laluwala Darwaza ( Moltanee Gate – 1865). In the north of it, […]
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Mohalla Balochanwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Balochanwala is a small mohalla close to Laluwala Darwaza ( Moltanee Gate – 1865). In the north it is […]
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Mohalla Chibberanwala, Bhera, District Sargodha.
Mohalla Chibberanwala is a small, close ended mohalla located near famous Jathuwali Khui . In the north of it is […]
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Mohalla Choparan de Mandi, Bhera, District Sargodha
Coparan de Mandi is a fairly large mohalla in Bhera. It is located almost in the centre of Bhera. In […]
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Mohalla Gossaaiaanwala (Now Ansarianwala) – Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Gossaaiaanwala ( Ansarianwala ) is a middle size mohalla of Bhera . Located in almost the centre of the […]
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Mohalla Gandianwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Gandianawala is a small, close-ended gated mohalla located in the centre of Bhera. In the north, it is mohalla Chibberanwala […]
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Mohalla Malakawala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Malakanwala is one of the smallest mohallas of Bhera, comprising 10 to 12 houses. Probably belonged to one caste […]
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Mohalla Haji Gulab, Bhera, District Sargodha (Prem Dua, son of, Lala Sant Ram, Mehndiwala ( Henna), belonged to Mohalla Haji Gulab)
Mohalla Haji Gulab is indicated as a red dot on the sketch. Prem Dua was born in Mohalla Haji Gulab, […]
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Mohalla Vighianwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Vighianwala is a small mohalla located in the centre of the Walled town of Bhera with nine gates. In the […]
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Mohalla Chitti Pulli, Bhera, District Sargodha
Chitti Pulli is fairly a large mohalla, located inside Chitti Pulli Darwaza (Cashmiree Gate – 1863). In the north of […]
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Dhona da Ghara, Bhera, District Sargodha
Dhona da Ghara is a small rectangular-shaped mohalla located almost in the centre of the Walled City, Bhera having nine […]
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SHEESH MAHAL – Mohalla Sheesh Mahal, Bhera, district Sargodha
Sheesh Mahal is a middle-sized mohalla. Located inside the Circular Road and the old walled city of Bhera ( see […]
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Mohalla Chotta (Khurd) Sethianwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Chotta Sethianwala is a small mohalla in the walled town of Bhera, with nine gates. The main entrance of Chotta […]
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Mohalla Imliwala, Bhera, District Sargodha . Its legacy and link with old Delhi. Zm
Mohalla Imliwala is one of the oldest medium-sized mohallas of Bhera. It is located almost in the centre of the […]
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Mohalla Hakimawala, Bhera ,District Sargodha
Mohalla Hakimaka is a small mohalla, located inside the Walled City of Bhera with eight gates. The general alignment of […]
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Mohalla Muftianwala, Bhera , District Sargodha
Mohalla Muftianwala is a small old mohalla, located inside the Walled City Bhera with eight gates. The general alignment of […]
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Mohalla Pirachgan, district Sargodha , Bhera
Mohalla Pirachgan is one of the five large mohallas of Bhera, located northeast of Bhera. It is easily accessible from […]
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Pelee Khothi – Mohalla Sheikhanwala Bhera
Pelee Kothi is located at the entrance of Mohalla Sheikhanwala from the circular road. The road is oval, and its […]
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Mohalla Sheikhanwala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Sheikhanwala is one of the largest mohallas of Bhera, like Sahniawala, Khawajgan, Parachgan and Sehtianwala. Sheikhanwala is located in […]
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Mohalla Khawajgan Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Khawajgan is one of the largest mohallas, located inside the Walled City of Bhera. It has nine gates. Till […]
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Mohalla Sahniawala, Bhera, District Sargodha
Mohalla Sahniawala is the largest mohalla of Bhera. It is located inside the Walled City of Bhera with eight gates […]

Reference write-up with pictures of mohalla Khawajgan, Bhera by Zahid Mumtaz. Comments by Sahibzada Abrar Ahemd Bugvi, from Bhera, as under :
محلہ خواجگان کے تین اہم نام جو مخیر اور انسان دوست غریب پرور شخصیات تھیں
اے آئی ماڈل سکول، محلہ کچا وہڑہ میں دو پرائمری سکول بچوں بچیوں کیلئے بنوائے
خواجہ محمد سعید مہتہ مرحوم ، خواجہ ظہور احمدمہتہ مرحوم انہوں نےٹی بی ہسپتال، بچہ زچہ سنٹر عمارات ، مشینری اور فکسڈ ڈیپازٹ ہلال احمر ریڈ کراس کو عطیہ کیے۔
خواجہ عبد السمیع مہتہ مرحوم نے ان عمارات کو دوبارہ بنوایا ۔ماڈل سکول میں اضافی کمرے بنواے ۔ ادویات فراہم کیں اپنا ذاتی سہ منزل مکان فری تعلیم براے بچوں بچیوں کیلئے وقف کیا کتب کاپیاں یونیفارم بیگ فری خواتین کیلئے فری سلائی سنٹر ،مستحق خواتین کو فری سلائی مشین فراہم کیں ۔شیخ پور کہنہ میں بھی ایک پرائمری فری تعلیم کیلئے سکول کا قیام کیا ۔کہنے آج بھیرہ کے بڑے چاچے مامے بن رہے ہیں جن کے بڑے اس وقت انتہائی کم درجہ پر تھے ان لوگوں نے بھیرہ کا خیال رکھا ۔
حاجی محمد سعید
محلہ خواجگان کی ایک نیک نام عبادت گزار اور سخی شخصیت۔ انہوں نے 1956 یا 1957 میں وفات پائی۔ کامیاب اور نیک نام تاجر۔ اللہ اور اس کے پیغمبر کے بتائے ہوئے راستے پر چلنے والے تھے
Reference write-up with pictures of Mohalla Muftianwala, Prof Dr Bilal Sohail, presently serving as principal FG Qauid – e – Azam Degree College, Chaklala, Rawalpindi, has given the following comments, that maybe of interest to some.
زاہد صاحب! بہت شکریہ آپ اپنے اور میرے شہر سے محبت کے اظہار کے لیے اتنا تردّد کرتے ہیں۔ آپ کی یہ کاوشیں کبھی رائیگاں نہیں جائیں گی۔ مُحلّہ مفتیاں کو بھیرہ کا سب سے چھوٹا مُحلّہ کہہ سکتے ہیں۔ یہ مُحلّہ مُفتی خاندان سے منسوب ہے۔ جن کے بزرگ پرانے زمانوں میں مفتی رہے۔ اِس خاندان کے ایک بزرگ “شیخ بُڈھا” لگ بھگ پانچ سو سال پہلے بھیرہ میں رہتے تھے۔ یہ خاندان نسلًا عثمانی قریشی ہے۔ جو خدمتِ دین اور حکمت (طبابت) سے منسلک رہا۔ ریٹائرد ہیڈ ماسٹر محکمہ تعلیم حکومتِ پنجاب مفتی فضلِ جلیل مرحوم ساڑھے چار سو سال قدیم عظیم الشان خاندانی کتب خانے کے آخری خدمات گار تھے۔ مفتی خاندان اُنیسویں صدی میں بھیرہ سے ایک اُردو اخبار “مفتاح الاِسرار” شائع کرتا تھا۔مفتی خاندان کے کتب خانے میں ہزاروں نایاب قلمی کتابیں بھی تھیں۔ مفتی جلیل صاحب بے اولاد تھے۔ 1995ء میں آپ کی وفات کے بعد آپ کے بھانجے رییاٹرڈ فیڈرل سیکرٹری (سی ایس پی)مفتی محمّد لطف اللہ صاحب نے یہ کتب خانہ حکومتِ پاکستان نیشنل آرکائیوز کو عطیہ کر دیا تھا۔ جس کی وجہ سے یہ قیمتی اثاثہ ہمیشہ کے لیے محفوظ ہو گیا ہے۔ میں بیس سال پہلے جب ممتاز سکالر اور مخطوطہ شناس پروفیسر ڈاکٹر عارف نوشاہی صاحب کو یہ ذخیرہ دکھانے کے لیے نیشنل آرکائیوز لے گیا ، تو وہ بہت متاثر ہوئے۔ اُنھوں نے اِس کتب کے فارسی سیکشن کے مخطوطات پر ہزار صفحے کے تحقیقی و تعارفی کتاب لکھی ہے۔ جو ایران سے شائع ہوئی اور جس پر اُنھیں ایرانی حکومت نے نیشنل ایوارڈ سے نوازا۔ مفتی فضلِ جلیل مرحوم کے والد مفتی فضلِ عظیم بھی سکول ٹیچر تھے۔ ان کے گھر سے متصل دوسرا مکان مفتی عبدالرؤف مرحوم کا تھا، جو برٹش ریل وے میں آفیسر تھے۔ اُن کے بیٹے مفتی عبدالشکور نےمسلم یونی ورسٹی علی گڑھ سے ایم اے انگلش کیا۔ آپ گورنمنٹ آفیسر تھے۔ یہاں تیسرا گھر مفتی مُرید صاحب کا تھا، جو ایک سرکاری ملازم اور مفتی محمّد لطف اللہ صاحب کے والد تھے۔ دل چسپ بات یہ ہے کہ پرانے سرکاری ریکارڈ میں مُحلّہ مفتیاں ، مُحلّہ شیخ پوریاں والا اور مُحلّہ حکیماں والا کے ناموں کو ایک دوسرے میں گڈمڈ کر دیا جاتا ہے، گویا یہ ایک ہی محلّے کے نام ہیں۔
Reference write-up and pictures of Mohalla Hakimawala, Bhera.
Dr Bilal Sohail from Bhrea, presently serving in Rawalpindi has given the following comments.
Maybe of interest to some.
جناب زاہد صاحب! محلّہ حکیماں والا بھیرہ کے قدیم ترین محلّوں میں سے ایک ہے۔ یہ چھوٹا سا محلّہ ، محلّہ خواجگان، محلّہ شیخ پوریاں اور محلّہ مُفتیاں کے درمیان واقع ہے۔ اِس محلّے میں زیادہ گھر کشمیر سے بھیرہ آنے والے مسلمانوں کی اولاد کے تھے۔ جن کی ذات تو مہتہ اور کپور تھی ، مگر یہ لوگ بزرگوں کی طبابت کے باعث حکیم کہلاتے ہیں۔ کشمیر سے اِس خاندان کے لوگ مغلیہ دارالحکومت دہلی جا کر بھی آباد ہوئے تھے۔ جن میں نام ور اُردو شاعر حکیم مومن خان مومنؔ کا خاندان بھی شامل ہیں۔ محلّہ حکیماں والا کے خواجگان میں حکیم احسان اِلٰہی جو کہ ڈاکٹر احسان اِلٰہی کے نام سے معروف تھے، آپ طبیہ کالج علی گڑھ کے گریجوئیٹ تھے۔ایلوپیتھک اور یونانی دونوں طریقوں سے علاج کرتے تھے۔ آپ سلسلہ نقشبندیہ سے منسلک نہایت متقی آدمی تھے۔ اُن کے بھائی بھی علیگ تھے۔ حکیم عبدالخالق مرحوم بھی بہت ہی خلیق اور خُدا ترس آدمی تھے۔ حکیم حافظ مختار احمد بڑے زمین دار اور بھیرہ کے رئیس حکیم فضل اِلٰہی مہتہ کے داماد تھے۔ اِسی محلّے میں لکڑی کی کنگھیاں بنانے والے کاری گر بھی رہتے تھے۔ جن میں ہزاروں حفاظ کے اُستاد حافظ فضل اِلٰہی غیرمعمولی آدمی تھے۔ اُردو شاعر محمّد عظیم دردؔ بھی اِسی محلّے کے مکین تھے۔ جن کا کلام اُن کے صاحب زادے ندیم انور صاحب کے پاس محفوظ ہے ، مگر ابھی شائع نہیں ہُوا۔بھیرہ کی پہچان حضرت میراں صاحب رحمۃ اللہ انگہ (وادیِ سُون) سے جب بھیرہ تشریف لائے ، تو جناب کا اوّل اوّل قیام اِسی مُحلّے کی مسجد حکیماں میں تھا۔ بعد میں آپ محلّہ پراچگان چلے گئے اور باقی زندگی وہیں گزاری۔ جہاں اُن کا مزارِ پُرانوار آج بھی اہلِ دِل کا مرجع ہے۔
Note: Prem Sarup, elder brother of Prof Dr Gian Sarup, now 90 and living in Chicago, has a strong nostalgia for Bhera.
Dear Zahid Sahib:
Further to my email of the 24th of April, let me now get on to narrate what I know about the great Malik’s family. I may sometimes deviate from the subject, but it would have some bearing on it. The family had a lot of landed property and held high social status. Malik Tiklak Raj ji, I think, were three brothers. One of his brothers, Malik Suraj Kaul, whom only I had seen, was Hony. Magistrate of Bhera and had a great personality, so should have MalikTiak Raj ji and the third brother. Because of age and status difference, myself being only a student first at Bhera High School and then in college at Lahore, and they being on the high rung of status ( echelon ) and also because of our mohalla not been near their grand residence, there could not have been a direct contract, but certain sequences of events and circumstances led me to knowledge of their family. Though I never entered the Peeli Kothi of the Maliks, I did go close to the entrance to the Kothi from the street side, which we used to call Malkan Di Mori, adjacent to Sheikhanwala Mohalla. I think the main entrance to the Kothi was from the Circular Road as shown in picture NO. 495K and No. 446K as attachments to your email of the 15th of April. Another Malik family also lived on the said street just opposite the entrance to Peeli Kothi from the street side. That family’s daughter named “Chand Malik ” was a close friend and classmate of my elder sister ( 6 years older than me ) and both were toppers in their school. ( My sister also got married to a doctor in January 1941, the year your mother from Rawalpindi got married and moved to Bhera ). I accompanied my sister to the Malik family’s house a few times and thus came to know of Peeli Kothi nearby. Perhaps Mrs. Rommy Sahni might have heard of the Malik family at an early age.
Before 1947, there was only one middle school for girls at Bhera, called ” Arya Putri Pathshala “, located about 100 yards/meters away from the origin of the street from the middle of the big area between outer and inner Ganjwala Darwazas and which led towards Chakwala Darwaza. Girls of Bhera generally used to study upto 8th class. It was perhaps for the first time in 1942 when three girls belonging to very influential families joined the 9th class of our school ( K.R.A.S. High School ), and they were ” Kamla” daughter of Malik Suraj Kaul, ” Swarna” d/o Diwan Inder Raj Sahni ( a very well-groomed rich person, who used to drive himself his personal Tanga with white horse ), and ” Mohini” d/o our Headmaster, Mr. Harivansh Lal Vohra. All three girls used to be seated at the front desk close to the teacher’s table and chair. We passed matriculation (High School ) in 1944. I as well as a few friends of mine moved for further study in college at Lahore. We used to spend all longer holidays, such as summer holidays, Dussehra holidays and Christmas holidays at Bhera.
During those days, girls used to get married as soon as they attained the age of 16 to 20 years. As per Mrs. Rommy Sahni, her elder sister Santosh got married in 1945; surely it would have been a grand marriage in their family and a memorable event, where only men of high status would have been invited and even the most famous singer and actor of those times, late K.L.Sehgal, also attended. I believe within a few months or at the most within a year of the said marriage, another marriage took place in that family and it was that of Kamla daughter of Malik Suraj Kaul. Kamla got married to Mr. Jia Lal Sawhney, whose parents had vast lands at Salam and were highly respected in the community. Malik Suraj Kaul had a bungalow (kothi) near Govt. High School on the lawn of which a ” Mujra ” was held in celebration of the said wedding. I had a very close Sawhney friend ( a cousin of Jia Lal Sawhney ), who took me to the Mujra performance without then telling me his relationship with the groom; nor did he tell me who had been married to Jia Lal ji. Incidentally, he told me about the details of the said marriage sometime in the eighties when I casually talked about the event. After the marriage, Kamla ji moved to Salam near Phularwan and stayed there beyond 1947.
We moved to Delhi in 1947 and had to struggle hard to establish ourselves in new environments. My brother, Gian Sarup, has well narrated this aspect of our lives in the Articles he wrote and which appear on the website ” www bhera.com”. My youngest brother, Rajinder Kumar, after completing of his studies and after working in an insurance company for a few years, moved to London in 1964. He was a kind-hearted, disciplined, hard-working and very social person. After a year or two of his stay in London, he had a large number of friends, both Hindu and Muslim. Soon he started organizing gatherings of his friends which grew bigger and bigger. At one such gathering, he met Mrs Karuna, who is the daughter of Kamla ji and Jia Lal Sawhney and married a Sindhi gentleman. Rajinder used to be extra friendly if any of his acquaintances turned out to be Bherochi or anyone related to Bhera. Soon he wrote to me ( I was then in Delhi ) about having met Karuna daughter of Kamla ji. I wrote back that if I was not mistaken, Karuna was the daughter of Kamla ji, who was onetime our class fellow at Bhera High School and I also expressed my compliments about her dignity. He told me about my response to Karuna and she in her turn passed on the same to her mother at Salam. Some times in the middle seventies, Rajinder visited India and after staying with us for some time, he expressed his desire to visit his birth town of Bhera. He first went to Lahore, met some relatives of Kamla ji there and then proceeded directly to Salam ( via Sargodha by bus ), where the Sawhneys treated him very warmly and provided him with a car with a driver for his visit to Bhera.
Then in early 1978, Kamla ji visited India; she first went to Jagadhri and then came to Delhi, where she stayed with her close relatives in the posh area of Friends Colony or Maharani Bagh. Both myself and my wife went to meet her there. As our mother was then sick and old, Kamla ji came all the way, about 25 k.ms., to our house in Delhi to see our mother and paid her respects to her, true to the traditions of Bhera.
Rajinder Kumar moved from the U.K. to the U.S.A. in 1985 and later Karuna with her husband also moved to California, U.S.A. Both families stayed in touch through telephone conversations. About ten years back, Rajinder and his wife (my sister-in-law) visited Karuna’s family in California, about 3000k.ms. from our town. Their contact continued till the untimely demise of my brother, Rajinder, more than two years back. He, however, did tell me sometime before his departure that Kamla ji had perhaps expired. If it is true, we pray to Merciful God to bless peace to her and Santosh ji’s souls. We also wish that descendants ( progenies ) of both the families of Maliks and Sawhneys flourish like their ancestors and have a good future
With hearty best wishes for all members of your family,
P.S. While I feel sorry for the delay in sending this promised email, I am certainly happy also that at last, I could accomplish it.
Mohallas of Bhera by Headmaster Ali Hassan
( Retd)
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