What is the Past and Present of Rajanpur?

What is the Past and Present of Rajanpur?

The Rajanpur is the small city of south Punjab with 1.03 million population located in province Punjab of Pakistan. Rajanpur is less urban and 85% of the rural population. District Rajanpur is divided in three sub-district and 44 Union Councils. The main three sub-districts are Jampur, Rajanpur and Rojhan. Rajanpur is satiated in the right bank of the River Indus. Rajanpur is based on different tribes of Jat, Aryan, Rajput and Baloch and the most popular speaking languages of the Rajanpur are Saraiki, Balochi, Punjabi and Urdu.

Rajapur like other parts of Punjab has a traditional and cultural history. Indo-Aryan ruled is the area and after Alexander, the Rajanpur was ruled by Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites and Shahi kingdoms. In 10th century Rajanpur came under the light of Sufi saints and people started to convert to Islam. In past Rajanpur was the home of Hinduism and Islam. Mughal and Sikh Empires occupied Rajanpur district respectively. After partition Rajanpur became the part of Pakistan and Hindu and Sikh migrated to India.

Rajanpur land is agricultural like other parts of the Punjab. However, This part of the Punjab regularly faces a flood situation now and then. Flood always destroys land and farmers lost a lot of financial resources. Rainfall occurs during the monsoon season (July–September). Occasional heavy rainfall causes flooding in this region, flood waters come from the Koh Sultan and Shacher torrents (rivulets), as well as the Indus. Rajanpur land produces different crops, i.e. cotton, sugarcane crop, wheat, rice and tobacco etc.

The Rajanpur district is growing in term of education, health and technology sector. The community is gaining modern information.District Rajanpur is linked with transportation and Daewoo is the main bus service link the district with other parts of the country. Radio, television and cables are the main source of information. Moreover, Youth is using internet and websites.olx.com, zmeen.com, Zong, Telenor and jazz are telecommunication services. As district Rajanpur is not a wealthy district so government only provides hospitals and educational institutions.