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==Administration== |
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As well as being a [[Districts of Pakistan|district]] capital, the city is also the administrative centre of Toba Tek Singh tehsil, one of the three subdivisions of the district - the tehsil itself is composed of 32 [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Councils]]<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=33&dn=Toba%20Tek%20Singh Tehsils & Unions in the District of Toba Tek Singh - Government of Pakistan]</ref>, three of which form the city of Toba Tek Singh. |
As well as being a [[Districts of Pakistan|district]] capital, the city is also the administrative centre of Toba Tek Singh tehsil, one of the three subdivisions of the district - the tehsil itself is composed of 32 [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union Councils]]<ref>[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=33&dn=Toba%20Tek%20Singh Tehsils & Unions in the District of Toba Tek Singh - Government of Pakistan]</ref>, three of which form the city of Toba Tek Singh. |
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In addition, Usman Safdar is the permanent residenct of Toba Tek Singh and studying in Lahore now-a-days. He's the pride of the city because he got the 4th position in Matriculation Exam 2004 from Govt. Model High School, Jhang Rd, Toba. |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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Revision as of 10:48, 1 December 2008
- For other uses of the name Toba Tek Singh. see Toba Tek Singh (disambiguation).
Toba Tek Singh is a city and tehsil of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 30°58'0N 72°28'60E[1].
History
During British rule Toba Tek Singh was a tehsil of Lyallpur District, the population of the this town in 1906 was 1,874[2]
Administration
As well as being a district capital, the city is also the administrative centre of Toba Tek Singh tehsil, one of the three subdivisions of the district - the tehsil itself is composed of 32 Union Councils[3], three of which form the city of Toba Tek Singh. In addition, Usman Safdar is the permanent residenct of Toba Tek Singh and studying in Lahore now-a-days. He's the pride of the city because he got the 4th position in Matriculation Exam 2004 from Govt. Model High School, Jhang Rd, Toba.
In popular culture
Sadat Hasan Manto, an Urdu Novelist [4] wrote a short story entitled "Toba Tek Singh" which is a satire on Partition; in the story, an inmate in an asylum frets over the question of whether his home town Toba Tek Singh is now in India or Pakistan. It was adapted into a short movie of the same name [5] directed by Afia Nathaniel [6] in 2005.
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