Mianwali District of Punjab, province of Pakistan
Short brief history of Mianwali district of Punjab (Pakistan)
Mianwali is the capital city of Mianwali District, Pakistan . It is in the northwest of Punjab province on the eastern bank of the Indus River.
Thal Canal traverses the city and makes the surroundings picturesque.
In the 1998 census of Pakistan, the city had a population of 85,000.. The two dominant tribes of Mianwali are Niazis and Awans. Many Awans also write Malik as their last name. Awans usually associate themselves with Potohari Punjabi identity while Niazis associate themselves with Seraiki identity of South Punjab regions.
In November 1901, present day tehsils of Mianwali, Isa Khel and
Piplan were separated from Bannu District and districts Bhakkar and
Layyah from Dera Ismail Khan District and clubbed together to form a new
district named Mianwali with its headquarters in Mianwali city. The
municipal committee was founded in December 1903 and has remained
operational since then.
Before the British rule, the area formed an integral portion of the Graeco Bactrian Empire of Kabul and the Punjab. During British rule, the Indian empire was subdivided into provinces, divisions and districts; afterward, the independence of Pakistan Divisions remained the third tier of government until 2000. The British had made the town of Mianwali as tehsil headquarters of Bannu District then part of Dera Ismail Khan Division of Punjab province. The population of Mianwali, according to the 1901 census of India, was 3,591.
In November 1901, the North-West Frontier Province was carved out of Punjab and the tehsils of Mianwali and Isa Khel,
and were separated from Bannu District (Bannu became part of NWFP). A
new district was made with the headquarters in Mianwali city and placed
in Punjab. The district became a part of Rawalpindi Division There were four tehsils: Mianwali, Isa Khel, Bhakkar, and Layyah. Layyah was included in the Muzaffarabad Division in 1909. The district became a part of Sargodha Division in 1961. Bhakkar Tehsil was separated from Mianwali and was made a separate district inside Sargodha Division w.e.f. 01-07-1982.
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