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City in Punjab, Pakistan

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City
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Coordinates: 33°33′59″N 72°38′32″E / 33.56639°N 72.64222°E / 33.56639; 72.64222
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
District Attock
Tehsil Fateh Jang Tehsil
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Website Fateh Jang City

Fateh Jang (Punjabi and Urdu: فتح جنگ) is a city in Attock District of Punjab Province, Pakistan.[1] It is located 40 km (25 mi) from Attock City, and nearly 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Islamabad, Pakistan's capital near M1 motorway.

The city is located in between Kala Chitta Range and Khairi Murat Range.[2] The New Islamabad International Airport, the largest airport of Pakistan,[3] is located near the city.[4] Fatehjang railway station is one of the important railway stations in the Attock district. It is about 50KM away from Jund City which is the last tehsil of Attock District in Punjab after which the KPK Province starts.

History, toponymy and geography

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According to local tradition, its current name is attributed to an elder of the modern settlers here who fought many wars and always won. There is still a mosque of old times in the Purana Mahallah of the city. Its architecture suggests that the mosque is one thousand years old and may have been built during Ghaznavid rule. This mosque is one of the archeological sites that have been protected under the country's law. During the Sikh period, the regional feudal lords remained the local rulers and paid tribute to the Sikh government. Fateh Jang came under British rule in 1848 after the region was conquered by the British Empire. Fateh Jang became a tehsil of Rawalpindi during British rule. Then in 1940, Attock District was formed and Fateh Jang was included in it. At that time, 203 villages were included in the tehsil Fateh Jang and it consisted of 1393 square kilometers. In 1891, the population of the tehsil was 113041 people. In February 1910, Fateh Jang was declared as notified area, while in January 1924, it got the status of a "small town Committee". Later it got the status of a town committee and then a municipality. Today, the tehsil Fateh Jang consists of 14 union councils.[5][6]

North of Fateh Jang city, there is some plain area of Kala Chatta mountains, the green valley of Khairi Murat in the south, while between these two mountain ranges, there is a narrow plain in the east and an open plain in the west.[5]

Fateh Jang is inhabited by the Gheba, Alpial, Awan, Bhatti, Gujar, Maliar, Khattar and Mughal tribes. There is also a considerable number of Afghan settlers and people from other cities.[5] Hindko is the major spoken language, while the medium of education is generally Urdu and English.

There are male and female degree colleges, commerce colleges, vocational institutes, several public and private schools in the city.

Notable educational institutes

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  1. ^ "Fateh Jang". Fateh Jang. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ^ Xiaoming (14 May 2013). Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231520829.
  3. ^ https://www.researchsnipers.com/new-islamabad-airport-costs-rose-170-percent/ Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "New Islamabad Airport: Costs Rose By 170 Percent"], RS-TECH
  4. ^ "New Islamabad Airport to be fully operational by June 2017". The News International. Islamabad. APP. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "فتح جنگ". Duniya News (in Urdu). 20 April 2016.
  6. ^ Khan, Asif Jahangir (16 June 2022). "بلدیہ فتح جنگ کی تاریخ- حصہ اول". IAttock (in Urdu).
  7. ^ a b "ایک صدی کا قصہ،فتح جنگ ہائی اسکول". IAttock (in Urdu). 16 July 2022.