DEFINATION
Gujar Khan (Urdu: گوجرخان ) is a famous city in District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Gujar Khan Tehsil, the largest tehsil of Punjab.It is approximately 55 kilometers southeast of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and 220 km to the north west of Lahore, capital of Punjab. Gujar Khan is bounded on the north by Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Attock, on the south by Jhelum, Lahore and Gujrat, on the east by Azad Kashmir and Kahuta and on the west by Chakwal and Khushab. The city has a population of approximately 73,000.[1] Gujar Khan lies at the heart of the Pothohar cultural region. The area has considerable natural resources in the form of petroleum and natural gas.
HISTORY
The place was named after Gujers. The region is also the ancestral land of all the Kukhrains of India. these include the sub castes of Chaudhary, Raja, Suri, Bhalla, Sethi, Ghandhoke, Chatha, Kohli, Sheikh, Rajpot. Many famous Indians (including the current Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh) are ancestrally from this region.
